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You Can’t Legislate Customer Centricity

Beyond Philosophy

One interesting bit of his speech touched on an important issue for Customer Centricity: data breaches. If they have the need to legislate, then lags in notifying Customers must have happened so many times they feel the need to put it in law! This is a law for the “non-Customer centric” organizations.

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Getting Company Culture and Operations Right, and Keeping Them Right: What It Really Means to Be Stakeholder-Centric This Labor Day

Beyond Philosophy

A recent article on corporate customer-centricity by a prominent market research firm made the case for this type of culture as “the most effective way to meet customers’ changing needs.” The author had several suggestions for building customer-centricity. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D., when making decisions.

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Loyalty Programs!?! We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Loyalty Programs!!!

Beyond Philosophy

A third is “Bluebird”, a prepaid debit card which functions as a Walmart customer’s alternative to having a checking account, with which they can make deposits, pay bills – – and shop at Walmart. Walmart, has been considering development of its own ‘house’ bank, which would provide even more customer data. In the U.S.,

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What Target Is Doing to Regain Consumer Trust – – And One of The Most Effective Things They (and GM) Could/Should Do

Beyond Philosophy

These efforts, however, only scratch the surface on what would help Target make large deposits to the severely depleted consumer trust account. That opportunity has been available for companies which have experienced negative press and impaired customer perception, such as Toyota, JetBlue, and FedEx.

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How to Sell More to Less People: Essentials of Segmentation

C3Centricity

However, it is definitely worth getting your segmentation and target customer choice right. After all, they form the very foundation of your brands’ customer-centricity. . This analysis was first developed in the 70’s by the Boston Consulting Group. Truly customer centric organisations excel at doing both; do you? .

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What is Customer Experience Ecosystem?

ClearAction

The result : 33% drop in online revenue, 25% drop in comparable store revenue, and 5 percentage points lower gross margin, with quarterly losses increasing throughout 2012, totaling $985 million loss, and new debt and a new CEO in early 2013. Customer Experience Treasure Trove via Chronic Issues (4-point checklist).

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Tortoise or Hare – Which One Best Describes Your Contact Center?

CSM Magazine

Thinking from the outside in will yield a set of metrics that enable agents to focus 100% on the customer – the true meaning of effectiveness. With customer-centric success criteria in place, turn to innovative workforce. Ways to build effectiveness using WFM.