Tag: CX news

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...

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...

Klarna rethinks AI push, rehires humans after automation stumbles

After loudly downsizing its customer support team in the name of AI efficiency, Klarna is backpedalling. The Swedish fintech is once again hiring human agents, admitting that its AI-first strategy delivered cost savings, but at the expense of service quality.CEO...

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...

AI is transforming businesses, but what happens to the CX jobs?

Artificial intelligence is changing the competitive landscape at an unprecedented rate. It’s easy to get the impression that if an organisation isn’t using AI, it is already falling behind. And that may well be true.A survey by Medallia claims that...

Amazon’s Vulcan, AI-wary employers, and Houston’s shopping habits: the human-tech divide widens

Employers raise alarms over work readiness and AI use among young hires  Young people entering the workforce in 2025 are increasingly underprepared, with employers expressing concerns about inflated job applications aided by AI and a lack of essential soft skills. According...

Consumers still read emails, but only the ones they trust

A new survey confirms what most inbox-weary marketers already fear: consumers are still checking email, but they’re quick on the spam trigger.According to ZeroBounce’s 2025 Email Statistics Report, 93% of consumers check their email every day, yet 80% admit they...

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...

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

Shell weighs historic BP acquisition as shares slideShell 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...

Amperity says it can fix enterprise data problems holding back AI

Most companies want to use AI to power smarter customer experiences, but they’re still stuck on step one: getting their data in order. Amperity thinks it has the fix.The Seattle-based customer data firm has launched what it calls the first...