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Warning for Brands as Customers Ready to Walk After Bad Experience

Brands in the UK and the rest of Europe are failing to meet expectations in Customer Experience, and it’s having an impact on customer retention, a new study has warned. The findings are contained in the Experience Index Report from Adobe, which surveyed over...

Call Recording and the Future of Enhanced Customer Service

Historically, businesses have primarily perceived call recording as a regulatory insurance policy. The typical process was that calls were recorded, archived, and then accessed whenever a complaint was made. Some organisations still see call recording primarily in this way today. Other businesses...

Students Praised for Customer Behaviour Study

Final year university students are helping to identify changing customer behaviour in a new project with outsourced customer contact centre Echo-U. The research was undertaken by Newcastle University Business School’s business management degree programme students, and Echo-U – whose Director of...

Uk-Based Geomant Aquires US Firm as Part of ‘Ambitious Growth Strategy’

UK headquartered systems integrator Geomant , which specialises in contact centre technology and digital engagement solutions, has acquired US-based Inova Solutions. Inova, now known as Inova Solutions – a Geomant Company is a global provider of real-time performance management and visual communication...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Path to Digital Transformation

This article was co-authored by Josh Ayres, Head of Emerging Technology at IP Integration.   This week, 5,000 Contact Centre professionals descended on London for the Call and Contact Centre Expo – a two-day, annual event centred around Customer Experience management.  Exhibitor stands and...

Bust Ghosting in the Workplace

Usually referring to romantic relationships or friendships, when one partner starts to ignore the other without any explanation, the practice of ‘ghosting’ has now hit the workplace. It refers to situations when employees walk out of their jobs without so much...

Back or Front Office: The Right Blend for Business

Nearly a decade ago, HMRC commissioned PwC to undertake a study of private companies, which had sought to implement closer integration between front and back office operations.  As a result, recommendations were made on how to approach the use of...

Baby Steps: The Journey of Growing CX Economies

Being a judge at the 2018 International Customer Experience Awards in Amsterdam, I had a chance to watch the trends in the world of CX and see what challenges face companies that are working on their relationship with customers. I...

Replaced by Robots?: How Adaption by Customer Service Staff can Prevent a Takeover

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are regularly hailed as the future of a more personalised and responsive approach to customer services. However, their emergence as a realistic option for a wide range of businesses has raised fears over threats...

SearchFlow: Transforming Challenges Into Exceptional Customer Experience

With not one, but two UK Customer Experience Awards under their collective belts, conveyancing search solutions experts SearchFlow clearly know customer-centricity and how it positively impacts a business. The firm won Gold for Best Contact Centre – Small at the finals...