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McKinsey Thinks Bland, Generic Loyalty Programs Are Killing Business – And They May Be Right!

Beyond Philosophy

These programs produce positive sales increases for hotels, for example, but negative sales impact on car rental, airlines and food retail. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., CMC, is Thought Leadership Principal for Beyond Philosophy.

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How Southwest Can Own Customer Experience Again

The Petrova Experience

And that is exactly what the airline is positioned to do in the next few years. Things like all hands on deck cleaning to shorten turnaround time is a unique culture tradition for both airlines. The airline is poised to use hard-earned lessons to lead customer experience transformation. Airline Network Planning 101.

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Top 51 Customer Service Leaders – Best Customer Experience Influencers

Netomi

Prior to joining Temkin Group, she implemented the CX strategy and managed the Voice of the Customer program for Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the top 10 public accounting and consulting firms in the US. Arie is a Customer Insight, Customer Strategy, Customer Lifecycle Management, and Innovation Independent Consultant. Arie Goldshlager.

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CX Journey™ Musings: Should You Invest in Customer Experience?

CX Journey

In the past, I've referenced Jon Picoult's research at Watermark Consulting, where he's compared the market performance of CX Leaders and CX Laggards (based on Forrester's Customer Experience Index). Always the same (great) story, regardless.

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Is ‘Being Human’ With Customers A New Concept? And, Does It Create Emotional, Experiential, Social and Financial Value?

Beyond Philosophy

In his 2010 book, Marketing 3.0: They included CarMax, BMW, Costco, Harley-Davidson, IKEA, JetBlue, Johnson & Johnson, New Balance, Patagonia, Timberland, Trader Joe’s, UPS, Wegmans, and Southwest Airlines. Starbucks might make more money selling Pepsi, but they don’t.

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