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Businesses Willing To Pay Big Bucks for Quality Customer Service

A recent study revealed that 90% of businesses are willing to pay more for better customer service. However, they will pay more elsewhere if satisfaction takes too long.

Young Shoppers in Stores Expect Easy Digital Payment, Service Options

As physical stores enjoy a return of foot traffic from younger consumers, their banking and payment preferences present challenges to retailers.

STARTUP TO WATCH

DevRev Brings New Approach to SaaS Management

DevRev is an API-driven, developer-first CRM platform for product-led SaaS companies that merges customer support conversations and tickets with developer issues and product enhancements.

EXPERT ADVICE

Retailers, It’s Time To Get Phygital

Attention retailers! Are your stores ready to get phygital? A successful phygital retail strategy blends the useful elements of the in-person customer experience into the digital sphere interchangeably.

Inflation Triggers Retailers To Reassess SaaS Spending

Until now, retailers have relied heavily on SaaS offerings for their fulfillment systems. But research shows that many retailers are shifting away from this in favor of solutions they own. Why? To gain the flexibility for providing a better customer experience.

Why Quality E-Gifts Are Smart Business Decisions

Need a last-minute corporate gift idea? Consider a branded e-gift. Distributing quality e-gifts to employees, partners, and prospects can help ease the stress of finding the perfect corporate gift over the holidays.

Playvox Workforce Management Prioritizes Emotional Loyalty

Building emotional loyalty with customers and employees might be the secret to long-term business success. One way a brand can measure emotional loyalty is to use tools such as customer analytics, which measures customer sentiment.

Retail Needs Tech Integration Strategies To Satisfy Consumer Expectations

Among the many challenges retailers face, customer-related concerns appear to be the most pressing. The best way forward for retailers is to focus on integration and automation.

Retail Reality Check: Rewards Programs Do Matter to Consumers

Spiraling inflation is increasing consumer demand for incentives wherever they shop. So, retailers take note: if you want shoppers to buy your wares, reward them for it.

For Better CRM Results, Prioritize Pipeline Over Forecast

Quantifying an opportunity to gain the ability to forecast and call a revenue number is largely the sales team's responsibility. But often, those forecasts are flawed.

Messaging Key To Meeting Changing CX Preferences

How businesses must handle customer interactions is changing as customers adopt messaging as a communication preference. Companies that fail to keep up with the rapid advancements of digitizing this process will be left behind.

Post-Pandemic E-Commerce Signals Refocus on Omnichannel Operations

Is e-commerce declining or fitting in the post-pandemic world? The answer might well depend on how the limits of e-commerce are drawn in the "new normal" business world, as companies balance their e-commerce focus with the reality that customers likely prefer an in-person shopping experience.

Paradigm CX Shift Focuses on CRM Plus Smart Data

We spoke with Sameer Patel, CMO and solutions officer at SAP CX / CRM about the challenges and benefits of building a strong customer data foundation.

VR Platforms Deliver Metaverse-Style Experiences to Online Shopping

As consumers continue to explore virtual shopping in the metaverse, two companies forge the path for shoppers with platforms that make e-commerce more inviting by bringing 3D virtual showrooms and virtual try on rooms to reality.

OPINION

How Not To Do CX, Lenovo Style

I bought Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet 5 for an attractive price from a major national electronics store. In hindsight, that was a purchase I wish I could undo.

VENDOR PROFILE

Robotic Letter Writing Lends a Hand to Personalized Marketing, CRM

The Handwrytten app is part of an automated CRM tool that lets businesses — and individuals with an entrepreneurial passion — integrate computerized automation with personalized handwritten notes to customers. The result is a novel approach to updating one of marketing’s best-known strategies ...

Pulse Check on Physical, Digital Commerce Health

The supply chain debacle and the rising costs of everything have forced consumers to make critical choices in how they spend their rapidly disappearing dollars. Retailers can no longer rely on personalization strategies alone to win over or retain loyal customers.

VENDOR WATCH

Monday.com’s New Tools Showcase Low-Code/No-Code Trend in CRM

Monday Sales CRM is built on the company’s flexible low-code/no-code framework and is a fully customizable tool that can be implemented within minutes.

PRODUCT PROFILE

‘Thinking Machine’ Speaks Volumes for Better Customer Service Experiences

Replicant -- a tech company providing voice automation solutions for call centers -- is solving staffing and customer experience problems with voice AI technology that can "speak" with customers to solve routine issues like rebooking flights, refunding orders, or providing status updates.

Gen Z to Retailers: Sell Us Speed, Simplicity, Touchless Pay Options

Gen Zers do not balk at paying more for sustainable products or from brands that share their social and political views. But without providing convenient payment methods, retailers are conducting a losing proposition.

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