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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of March 11, 2024

ShepHyken

If I had to sum these up in one word, I would say these fall under the category of “friendly,” which, according to our customer service and CX research , is a top reason customers will say, “I’ll be back!” My Comment: A self-service experience falls under at least two categories. Is Customer Empowerment the New Customer Engagement?

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 4-18-2022

ShepHyken

(Forbes) It’s easy for retail professionals to look at global, political and economic trends and say inflation is out of control and overgeneralize shopper behavior. Not every shopper falls neatly into one of two categories, and many have different behaviors for different product categories.

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Discover 3 Surprising Tactics Customers Use to Evaluate Your Price

Beyond Philosophy

This experience might include previous shopping that you’ve done yourself, any prices you’ve seen in advertisements, any price discussions you’ve had, and prices from related categories you’ve shopped in before. Price image is the reputation for pricing a brand or retailer has. That’s easy.

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Our Customers Are Always Complaining About Our Prices. What Do We Do?

Beyond Philosophy

However, the iPhone hasn’t always beat the competition in every category. For example, over the years, Samsung’s comparable model has been objectively better in some categories, like memory availability or camera clarity, etc. So in a side-by-side comparison, Apple does not come out on top.

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Millennials Still Shop In Stores, But Are They in Yours?

Beyond Philosophy

Per the Trendsource 2017 Retail Industry Report , it seems that millennial shoppers prefer physical stores for fashion, home improvement, and electronics. This news is ideal for retail, a sector repeatedly told they are the Beta Max or Laser Disc of tomorrow’s commerce preferences. Use promo code DECISION to get all 3 for $50.

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Would Consumers (Really) Spend More For Better Service?

Beyond Philosophy

Bob Thompson chronicled a part of this very well in a recent, widely-read, blog, where he looked at customer experience vs. customer engagement. A key finding was that half of these consumers indicated that they would buy from an online retailer if they had great customer service or a previous positive experience. Everest category.

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12 Top Choices to Read and Follow over the Holiday Season

Peter Lavers

As 2017 draws to its close I’ve been taking a look at my blog, twitter and Linkedin activity over the year, and I’d like to share with you my three top choices in four different categories: Most blog engagement. Best independent blog content. The Retail Reflections blog from Andrew Busby. People to follow.

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