Tag: 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...

Skechers’ $9.4B buyout, aviation’s climate crisis, and the workplace loneliness epidemic

Skechers goes private in $9.4B deal amid tariff turmoil Skechers will be taken private by 3G Capital in a $9.42 billion buyout, the largest in footwear history. The move follows a sharp stock decline and mounting pressure from steep U.S. tariffs...

Pushing experience innovation with Valtech

Almost every business will tell you they play a good CX game, with enhanced this, AI-powered that and elevated experiences flying into the ceiling. But the results inevitably tell a different story, especially around much-vaunted AI efforts. To dig into...

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...

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...

No more “please hold”: Talkdesk brings AI innovation to utility support

Talkdesk has launched Talkdesk Utilities Experience Cloud, a purpose-built platform designed to revolutionise how utility companies engage and support their customers across every channel. This intelligent platform aims to assist utility service providers, combining the power of agentic AI, advanced automation,...

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...

Shell eyes BP, workers eye rights, businesses eye recovery: three fronts in the UK economy

Shell weighs historic BP acquisition as shares slide Shell is reportedly exploring the possibility of acquiring rival oil giant BP, according to Bloomberg. The potential takeover—still in early discussions—could mark one of the oil and gas industry’s largest deals, combining two...

3CLogic teams up with NewRocket to bring smarter Voice AI to the banking sector

3CLogic has announced a partnership with NewRocket to accelerate digital transformation across the financial services sector. As part of the agreement, NewRocket will become an official reseller of 3CLogic’s contact centre platform, integrating advanced voice capabilities into its specialised “Bank...