Category: Customer Experience

Shoppers say ‘hell no’ to AI buying for them

Retailers are rolling out AI shopping assistants, but many consumers aren’t ready to hand over control. A new Omnisend survey found that 66% of shoppers would not let AI make purchases for them, even if it meant getting a better...

Blockchain platform Raise grabs $63M to make gift cards smarter

Gift cards have long been a retail staple, but blockchain platform Raise is trying to make them something more than a plastic afterthought. The company has secured $63 million in new funding led by Haun Ventures. This brings Raise’s total...

Alexa+ boosts Amazon’s customer experience with all-new AI

Amazon has unveiled a successor to the AI service that runs on the company’s long running range of Echo gadgets, Fire TVs and Ring doorbells. Powered by generative AI, the new Alexa is smart, faster and more aware. Alexa+...

Condor Airlines partners with Talkdesk to modernise and personalise customer support

Condor, a German airline, has chosen Talkdesk to bring its contact centre operations in-house, leveraging AI-powered solutions to enhance customer experience. By adopting Talkdesk’s advanced cloud-based contact centre technology, Condor aims to facilitate operations, gain deeper customer insights, and improve...

Alibaba pours $53B into AI

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is making its boldest tech move yet, pouring a staggering $53 billion (£41.9bn) into AI and cloud computing over the next three years—more than it spent on these sectors in the past decade combined.The announcement...

Feel-good marketing is not a trend—it’s the future.

In a world where negativity tends to dominate social media and news feeds, consumers seek uplifting content. A recent study by Upworthy and Alter Agents, “The Power of Uplifting Content,” highlights that positive, feel-good messaging doesn’t just make people happier...

Broadvoice unveils AI tool to deliver deep post-call insights

Broadvoice | GoContact has introduced Post-Call AI, an advanced feature designed to enhance service quality and customer satisfaction by analysing every interaction. Integrated into the GoContact CCaaS platform, the tool uses AI-driven sentiment analysis, automated summaries, and data-rich transcripts to...

Americans delay life goals as inflation takes its toll

Sticker shock at the checkout? You’re not alone. A staggering 76% of Americans are slashing spending in response to stubbornly high prices, according to Wells Fargo’s latest Money Study. That’s up from 67% last year, and the financial squeeze is...

Luxury shoppers still spending but want AI to read their minds

High-end shoppers may be feeling jittery about the economy, but they’re not putting their wallets away just yet.Saks Global’s latest Luxury Pulse survey reveals that while confidence in the economy is slipping, most luxury consumers plan to maintain or even...

The future of digital marketing in Europe

Emarketer’s latest report, The Future of Digital: Europe, offers an in-depth investigation into the region. It provides a deep dive into Europe’s deeply diverse digital marketing economies, segmenting and identifying key regional developments with projections. With marketing and advertising a...