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Twilio and Microsoft team up to accelerate conversational AI for customer engagement 

Twilio has announced a strategic, multi-year collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate enterprise adoption of conversational AI by bringing together Twilio’s trusted engagement platform with Microsoft’s powerful Azure AI infrastructure.“Every interaction between a business and their customers is an opportunity to...

Press Ganey Forsta acquires InMoment

Press Ganey Forsta has announced the acquisition of InMoment, paving the way for a new era in experience intelligence.Bringing these two powerhouses together will enhance the combined company’s ability to capture and analyse experience data from different sources—including surveys, social...

Here’s how to improve your networking

If you ask Coach Jerry (also known as Jerry Seufert), there’s no substitute for getting out there and networking. Log out of LinkedIn, get in your car (on public transport, whatever) and head out to an event. The nature of...

Customer Experience World Games prepares for June launch

The Customer Experience (CX) World Games makes its return next month. The initiative, which started in 2020 in COVID, brings together a global taskforce of CX practitioners to solve customer experience dilemmas for charities. Around 250 people are expected to register...

Is human interaction the new inconvenience? According to Gen Z, it is

For younger consumers, convenience increasingly means avoiding people altogether. A new Consumer Pulse survey from GoDaddy reveals that Gen Z and Millennials are quietly rewriting the rules of commerce, and human interaction is becoming a casualty.In a poll of 1,500...

Consumer confidence shifts as demand for American-made and second-hand goods rises

According to a new Gartner survey, nearly half of U.S. consumers (47%) plan to increase their purchases of American-made products this year, highlighting a trend toward local sourcing and domestic support. The findings suggest a shift in consumer values, driven...

The future of payments is invisible, instant, and everywhere

There’s a moment Alexander Berrai recalls that sums up how far we’ve come in the world of payments.“Just a few years ago, you had to dig out your wallet, slot the card into the machine, type your PIN, and take...

Insurance rebounds, US retailers face scattered spider threat, and hybrid work misses the mark 

Insurance in 2025: a sector rebounding amid rising expectationsDespite economic concerns and high cost-of-living anxiety (84%), public sentiment toward insurers is improving. Positive perceptions have grown, while views of insurers as “inconvenient” have declined. Claims are rising—especially in Germany and...

91% of consumers are fed up with poor digital experiences

In a digital economy where milliseconds can make or break a sale, most companies are failing the test.Conviva’s 2025 State of Digital Experience Report reveals that 91% of global consumers encountered a poor digital experience in the past year, and...

NICE and AWS transform customer service delivery with AI and cloud

NICE has announced a strategic collaboration agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to transform customer service delivery through a combination of AI, cloud computing, and automation. As part of this partnership, NICE’s flagship AI-powered customer experience platform, CXone Mpower,...