Category: This Week in CX

This Week in CX: Late Payments, Lousy Loyalty, and CX Gold

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored the bold, the surprising, and the overdue in customer experience – from Wizz Air’s “pay to stay behind” strategy and the UK’s instant payment...

This Week in CX: From Inbox to Espresso — AI Is Taking Over

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored how agentic AI like Freshworks’ Freddy is transforming customer service, the rise of AI-written messages and RCS communication, and how companies like Starbucks are...

This week in CX: Hidden Costs, Smart Conversations & Consumer Pushback

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored the rise of RCS and conversational commerce and retail’s biggest blind spots—from price hikes that risk loyalty to the hidden costs of poor scheduling...

This week in CX: Gen Z, Pharma Innovation & Beauty Retail Warnings

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored how Gen Z rethinks workplace communication, why beauty shoppers feel overwhelmed, Pfizer’s new CX metric for pharma reps, and the pitfalls of poor personalisation.We’re...

This week in CX: when bots break rules and brands break trust

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored how AI agents are posing new identity security risks, the fallout from Adidas’s customer data breach via a third-party vendor, and the growing mistrust...

This week in CX: lost items, AI breaches & summer travel realities

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored a range of stories shaping consumer trust and travel, from shifting expectations in summer travel to digital scepticism, and the evolving airport experience at...

This week in CX: deepfakes, digital payments, and destination travel

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored how deepfakes are emerging as a new security threat in call centres, why Gen Z and Millennials demand seamless in-app payments, and what the...

This week in CX: major moves in food delivery and customer loyalty

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored key developments, including DoorDash’s £2.9 billion acquisition of Deliveroo, AWS’s move to modernise contact centres, and how few UK firms are prepared for upcoming...

This week in CX: AI won’t save bad marketing

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored how brands can stop annoying their customers by finding the balance in personalisation, the double-edged power of AI-driven ads, and why reskilling is now...

This week in CX: from AI hype to human impact

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we’ve explored the rise in e-commerce AI spending, shifts in 2025 corporate travel plans, and how AI is enhancing—not replacing—human roles.We’re also discussing new updates from...