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CXM Book Club: Customers the Day After Tomorrow

We have now entered the third phase of digital evolution, and it is changing the behaviour and expectations of customers, fast. Thefirst phase was all about the internet, and making information accessible. The second phase was all about mobile and...

UK Customers Wary of AI Future

Large majorities of British consumers prefer dealing with humans over automated services for everything from querying a bill (85 percent) and changing account details (62 percent), to making a complaint (84 percent), buying a product or service for the first...

Experts Reveal What Customers REALLY Want

You might think that your product or service is great, but the truth is, it doesn’t matter if it isn’t what your customer wants. But how can you go beyond your own gut instinct to be sure you’re really meeting...

Trust ‘Vital’ in Building Long-Term Relationships With Customers

Failing to build trust undermines customer loyalty and damages revenues, with over three quarters of consumers saying they’ll leave a supplier that they don’t trust.  At the same time, focusing on getting customer service basics right and listening to consumers will...

Lush UK Washes Hands of Social Media Channels

The axing of UK social media accounts by cosmetics giant Lush could lead to more retailers turning their backs on the channels and embracing live chat, it is predicted. The high street favourite, which has over half-a-million followers on Instagram, over...

An Interview With Ian Golding: The Strategy of CX

Ian Golding is a world-renowned Customer Experience consultant, and author of the most influential CX book available today, Customer What?: An honest and practical guide to customer experience.  In this interview, Ian – who also leads the CX Professional Masterclass and...

The International Customer Experience Awards

The International Customer Experience Awards is returning to Amsterdam in 2019 following an inaugural event that brought together some of the biggest names in global CX, and the very best customer-centric organisations from around the world. Entries for the event are...

The Gulf Customer Experience Awards

The Gulf Customer Experience Awards, hosted by Awards International UAE, is the biggest celebration of CX in the Middle East and beyond, with the next awards finals taking place in Dubai next January. As Customer Experience continues to be the key...

The UK Customer Experience Awards: A Decade of Excellence

Entries are now open for the UK Customer Experience Awards, which in 2019 is celebrating its tenth year of recognising and rewarding the very best customer-centric organisations in Britain. Click here for details on how to enter and take advantage of...

Re-Discovering the ‘Forgotten Tribe’ of Customer Service Experts

Retail is buoyant, exciting, and transformative, so what better sector to be in right now? This was the counterintuitive conclusion of a recent white paper produced by Retail Week in partnership with Manhattan Associates. Based on in-depth interviews with 25...