Tag: CX news

Elevating Customer Experience: The Strategic Role of AI

AI is redefining the way contact centres serve customers. Tasks that once relied on long wait times and manual processes can now be handled in real time through intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and natural language understanding.AI is more than just...

Compromised AI, Gen Z’s eating habits, and federal action on explicit content

Researchers warn hacked AI chatbots pose growing security threatAI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini are being “jailbroken” to bypass safety controls, enabling them to generate dangerous, illicit content, researchers at Ben Gurion University warn. The team developed a universal jailbreak...

Navigating the digital generation: Apple’s inclusivity, Gen Z’s career hopping, and social media backlash

Apple expands iOS accessibility features to support diverse needsAhead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Apple announced major accessibility upgrades for iOS, including live captions, personal voice replication, braille enhancements, and app store “nutrition labels” listing each app’s accessible features. A...

Oh Polly improves NPS with revamped returns experience

Fashion brand, Oh Polly has boosted its net promoter score (NPS) and cut its cash refunds, by overhauling its returns process. The online retailer started working with Loop Returns in 2023 to transform its returns experience for customers and improve...

AI learns to behave, companies lobby for climate, and TikTok faces EU scrutiny

European companies shift toward pro-climate lobbyingAccording to Influencemap, a growing number of European companies now support strong climate policies. In 2025, 23% of companies lobbied in line with 1.5C °C climate goals, up from just 3% in 2019. Over half...

Cost-of-living crunch makes insurers look good

UK customers are warming up to their insurers, even as geopolitical chaos, economic stress, and cost-of-living woes continue to take a toll on household budgets.Guidewire’s newly released 2025 European Insurance Consumer Survey found a 7% year-on-year increase in the number...

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...

Insurance rebounds, US retailers face scattered spider threat, and hybrid work misses the mark 

Insurance in 2025: a sector rebounding amid rising expectationsDespite economic concerns and high cost-of-living anxiety (84%), public sentiment toward insurers is improving. Positive perceptions have grown, while views of insurers as “inconvenient” have declined. Claims are rising—especially in Germany and...

Billions are lost in translation due to poor localisation

Localisation can drive hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for global companies. Yet, most still don’t know how to do it properly.A new report from Lokalise reveals that 63% of companies say localisation accounts for up to half of...

Workplace woes and warming worlds: Microsoft cuts jobs, women battle health bias, and men drive up emissions

Men emit more carbon than women due to cars and meat consumptionA new study finds that men in France produce 26% more greenhouse gas emissions than women from transport and food, largely due to higher red meat consumption and car...