The digital habit that birthed during the pandemic must be sustained with contextual cues and hybrid offerings for the future of customer expectations. Consumer behaviours change fast. As the pandemic is nearing the end, consumers are slowly shifting from pure online to hybrid experiences, expecting the best of both worlds. With such expectations, marketers need […]
Customisation was enough a while ago, but today it is mass personalisation that takes the cake Chandi. Janvi. Chandler (yes, really). How many different versions of your name have you had on your Starbucks cup? We’ve seen a million social media photos of cups with interesting handwriting and spelling errors that become running jokes among […]
Genesys announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire Pointillist and Exceed.ai to enhance its ability to deliver the power of empathy in every customer experience as it executes on the promise of Experience as a Service. Both transactions are expected to close before the end of the calendar year 2021. Genesys pioneered Experience […]
“What we are witnessing today is an intense competition between the disrupters that are innovating to capture the market share versus the existing enterprise trying to retain their market share,” says Sunny Rao, Senior Vice President of Global Sales Vonage. Vonage is a Cloud-based Enterprise Communication as a Service business (CaaS) company that began as […]
Ninety minutes of wait time is no joke. I had called the airline multiple times regarding my refund status for a cancelled flight. But when I did manage to connect to an agent, he didn’t know my situation and what the management had decided about refunds. Meanwhile, the situation at the airline contact centre was […]
Delivering the best services or products isn’t enough to skyrocket your business. CRM (Customer Relationship Management) solutions have become a competitive and growing space. Since customer experience is what all brands have been talking about, CRM solutions and strategies and the importance of launching companies forward are immense. So, it won’t be a stretch to […]
Shopping patterns call for a unified customer journey to match the expectations of time-crunched consumers. IDC & Milkman Technologies presented a report entitled Master the Last Mile to Exceed Customer Expectations and Win Loyalty. It offers data and insights on how harnessing technology such as advanced analytics and hyper-automation for the last-mile is becoming a […]
UAE’s shopping mall, retail and leisure operator Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) has opened its first contactless and checkout-free store in the region using its artificial intelligence-enabled “Simply Walk Out” strategy. Carrefour City+ in Mall of the Emirates allows consumers to buy stuff from the convenience store and walk out without having to queue and pay […]
“The most customer-centric organisations in the world maintain a continuous connection with their customers. They ensure an elated customer experience and their connection strategy is linked to the brand’s promise. Subsequently, they invest in artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality to complement customer experience,” says Manoj Karanth, Global Head-Data and Intelligence, Mindtree, in an exclusive […]
Venzee Technologies Inc., the artificial intelligence (AI) platform for product data, recently announced additional Mesh Connector activations for a client home improvement brand. “Activation of the two largest North American home improvement retailers for this new client reflects Venzee’s ability to convert its growing pipeline into tangible, SaaS-model revenue,” said John Sexton Abrams, CEO of […]
