Category: Customer Experience

AWS takes contact centres to the cloud

AWS wants businesses to abandon their contact centre infrastructure and move it to the cloud. To win them over, it has rolled out Amazon Connect, a cloud-based contact centre product, which promises rapid setup, consumption-based pricing and AI-powered functionality. “Contact centres...

Shadow AI is undermining your CX strategy: Here’s how to fix it

Your agents are already using AI, even if it’s not the kind your company has approved. Tools like ChatGPT and other free assistants are fast, easy and available as Shadow AI with just a few clicks. So it’s no surprise...

Kore.ai and Microsoft plot AI domination with a new partnership

Kore.ai has signed a strategic partnership with Microsoft, strengthening its integration across Microsoft’s cloud and AI platforms to accelerate enterprise adoption of conversational and generative AI. The collaboration will enable Kore.ai to offer deeper, more seamless deployment of AI agents...

From identity to experience: How Luckybeard architects CX through brand

Between the customer experience and any business lies the brand. This mythical, much-discussed and often maligned key piece of marketing power can get lost in the mix of modern business. Startups might think their brand is ready-baked on day one....

RingCentral unifies voice and CRM with new Salesforce integration

RingCentral has announced the launch of RingCX for Salesforce Service Cloud Voice, now available on Salesforce AppExchange. This powerful integration brings RingCentral’s voice and digital communication capabilities directly into Salesforce, allowing organisations to deliver faster, more intelligent, and personalised customer...

DoorDash to acquire Deliveroo in £2.9 billion deal

DoorDash has announced a definitive agreement with Deliveroo plc’s board of directors to acquire the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of Deliveroo in a recommended all-cash transaction. Under the terms of the deal, Deliveroo shareholders will receive 180 pence in...

AI and kiosks are taking over your favourite drive-thrus

A new Emerging Experiences 2025 study by Intouch Insight and QSR Magazine reveals that the biggest names in quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are racing to out-tech each other, using AI voice bots, app-based ordering, and touchscreen kiosks to streamline your fast...

Amperity says it can fix enterprise data problems holding back AI

Most companies want to use AI to power smarter customer experiences, but they’re still stuck on step one: getting their data in order. Amperity thinks it has the fix. The Seattle-based customer data firm has launched what it calls the first...

Relatient launches Dash Voice AI to automate patient scheduling calls

Relatient has unveiled Dash Voice AI, a new conversational AI tool designed to automate and streamline patient appointment management. As an advanced feature within the company’s Dash Schedule platform, Dash Voice AI handles routine, high-volume phone interactions, such as appointment...

Americans cut back on spending as tariffs fuel a new age of caution

From cutting second vacations to skipping the wine with dinner, American consumers are drawing a harder line on spending, and it’s not just inflation fatigue. According to the KPMG’s Consumer Pulse Summer 2025 report, economic anxiety is no longer a...