Tag: Customer Experience

Foodies, fans, and first-class flyers: Mastercard reveals what’s fuelling global travel in 2025

The Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) has unveiled its Travel Trends 2025 report, providing a deep dive into the forces shaping global tourism through the lens of aggregated consumer spending data. While macroeconomic factors like exchange rates and geopolitics still influence...

Australian banks go digital, SHEIN styles Aussie homes, and UK shoppers spend big over Easter

Australian banks prioritise customer experience amid digital transformation hurdlesAustralian banks are accelerating digital transformation to improve customer experience, as 73% acknowledge that current offerings are underwhelming. A Publicis Sapient study reveals agility (23%) and CX (19%) are top priorities, with...

CX fundamentals all CMOs must know

Customer experience is a key priority for many organizations: according to Gartner research, 57% of CEOs and CFOs view enhancing CX as a leading strategy to fuel growth in the next three to five years. CX needs an outside-in approach....

Accenture to acquire Yumemi, expanding digital product development in Japan

Accenture has announced plans to acquire Yumemi, a Japan-based digital services company, to expand its ability to quickly design, develop, and launch innovative digital products for clients. The move strengthens Accenture’s position in digital product development by combining Yumemi’s agile...

Deepfakes threaten call centre security, claims Reality Defender

The advent of AI has given rise to a tsunami of fake voice and video content, threatening contact centre operations’ security. Contact centre managers might think ‘deepfake’ content won’t happen to them, but it is a real and present danger....

Cost of living fuels theft, Google pays for privacy breaches, and B2B deals falter 

Rising shoplifting among pensioners amid the cost-of-living crisisRetailers report a sharp rise in shoplifting by pensioners, driven by soaring living costs. Kingdom Services Group, monitoring hundreds of UK stores, notes a shift from organised gangs to desperate individuals, including elderly...

NICE and ServiceNow forge AI alliance to eliminate service silos 

At Knowledge 2025, ServiceNow’s flagship event, NICE unveiled a new partnership with ServiceNow to reimagine customer service through complete automation. This collaboration combines NICE’s advanced AI customer service automation with ServiceNow’s AI-powered enterprise workflow platform to create a holistic, integrated...

HubSpot expands Breeze Customer Agent across entire platform

HubSpot has revealed a major expansion of its AI strategy by announcing that Breeze Customer Agent, one of its most advanced AI agents, will be available to all Pro and Enterprise customers starting June 2, 2025. This rollout spans every...

Americans say ‘yes’ to branded calls, ‘no’ to unknown numbers

As robocalls and phone scams continue to rise, a new Transaction Network Services (TNS) survey reveals that most Americans now want businesses to clearly identify themselves when calling. According to the study, conducted with Kantar, 76% of U.S. adults say...

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...