2017 has been a transformative year for customer experience, with artificial intelligence and digital assistants at the forefront of the transformation. With the emergence of new channels, organisations also spent much of 2017 grappling with how to handle and analyse the sheer volume of data they were able to collect on customers.
These emerging technologies will inevitably play a more integral part in how businesses deliver the customer experience. Other technologies such as VR and AR, as well as IoT, also have potential to affect customer experience. As we look towards 2018, we’ve put together some thoughts on what 2018 might bring for the customer experience.
https://www.itproportal.com/features/what-does-2018-hold-for-the-customer-experience/
Shopping cart abandonment is an occurrence that plagues many retailers and webshops all over the world on a daily basis. By definition, shopping cart abandonment is when a potential customer starts the checkout process for an order online but drops off before completing the purchase. You will probably all agree with me when I say that the thought of the customer getting all the way to the shopping cart only to leave empty-handed is a very troublesome one, which is why it’s important to take action and stop it.
https://mopinion.com/5-user-experience-ux-strategies-to-reduce-shopping-cart-abandonment/
Oracle’s Antony Welfare explains why customer experience offers retailers the biggest competitive advantage.
Your customers have unprecedented power, information and choice at their fingertips. As a result, their expectations are higher than ever.
These modern customers – many of them millennials with a mobile phone moulded to their hand – expect the same retail experience, regardless of where their interaction takes place. Whether it’s online, in store, on your mobile app or socially.
https://www.retail-week.com/retail-voice/the-retail-customer-experience-of-the-future/7027916.article?authent=1/
"Fine" can have as many meanings as there are days. So how do you know how customers really feel?
https://www.cmswire.com/digital-experience/no-really-my-customer-experience-was-fine/
Have you been handed the reigns of the Customer Experience program at your company and have no idea where to start? Need to radically overhaul your existing program in a hurry? Here is a list of steps to get rolling in your first 100 days.
https://customerthink.com/a-quick-start-guide-to-the-first-100-days-of-your-cx-program/
For any knuckle-draggers out there, CX isn’t just some Millennial, hipster, spiced chai latte, altruistic, fluffy nonsense. McKinsey research found that companies who provide a superior, low effort experience realised a 10-15 per cent increase in revenue and a 20 per cent increase in customer satisfaction. More satisfied customers are easier to rebook and upsell. Greater numbers of advocates provide powerful, free promotion. Businesses become more competitive and staff become more engaged in a positive working environment.
The upsides are obvious – and yet the evidence suggests that the experience of the exhibitor is far from positive. There could be many reasons – here are just six.
http://www.exhibitionworld.co.uk/2018/01/08/rising-challenge-cx/
Here are all the ways Amazon is investing in improving the experience in the form of retail delivery innovation. It’s no wonder that Amazon ranked number one in overall customer experience according to ForeSee's new Retail CX Rankings.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2018/01/04/how-amazon-is-investing-in-customer-experience-by-reimagining-retail-delivery/
The Customer Experience (CX) is the preoccupation for most customer facing organisations. In an age where customer service is the definitive part of many retail offerings, CX is a key ingredient in retaining and growing the customer base.
https://mopinion.com/the-difference-between-a-user-experience-and-a-full-customer-experience/
Sometimes, the key to increasing ROI is not to expand your targeting, but to refine it. Columnist Kristopher Jones shares a case study where hyper-targeted advertising based on detailed customer personas produced award-winning results.
https://marketingland.com/knowing-audience-better-competitive-advantage-case-study-229974/
This article explores both the process of customer journey mapping and customer experience mapping, explaining the types of steps involved for each.
http://www.customerexperienceupdate.com/customer-experience/?open-article-id=7639348&article-title=customer-experience-mapping--how-to-create-smoother--more-effortless-journeys&blog-domain=comm100.com&blog-title=comm100/
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