Amazon still top of UK customer satisfaction index

Amazon is still number one in the UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI), published by The Institute of Customer Service. With a customer satisfaction score of 86.7 points (out of 100) this is the sixth consecutive time consumers have rated Amazon number one. Eight non-food retailers make up this year’s top 20, and the retail sector […]
Conversational customer relations to take centre stage in 2018?

New research for iAdvize indicates that conditions are ripe for so-called ‘conversational marketing’ to drive customer engagement across multiple industries in 2018. The term is used to describe the use of messaging apps (staffed by both real people and chatbots) by companies as a means of communicating with customers, as opposed to telephone and websites. iAdvize analysed […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: A Team Manager’s Perspective – Their response on new advisor research

Kura has just released the latest blog from one of its Team Managers, describing the role of the advisor and what they believe organisations need to do to improve the role for the advisor and in effect, how this will improve customer experience. This blog is in response to the latest CCA research sponsored by Kura and Inisoft. […]
Americans say customer service is better than ever

US consumers – especially millennials – say businesses are meeting or exceeding their service expectations according to research from American Express. The study shows US consumers are happier than ever with the service companies provide, with eight in 10 Americans (81%) reporting that businesses are meeting or exceeding their expectations for service, compared to 67 […]
New Eptica Study: The Changing Face of Chat

How Chat can bring value to your customers and your business? The importance of chat to customer service is accelerating, particularly now that consumers are familiar with messaging apps. It’s no wonder that 50% of companies are using chat, with an addition 24% introducing it in the next year. So, what is the current state […]
FREE DOWNLOAD: Digital Consumer Interaction Report

The IMImobile Digital Consumer Interaction Report presents findings into the customer service experiences and expectations of 1,000 UK consumers. Get inside the mind of today’s digital consumer and discover why 68% of consumers prefer messaging based customer service to phone or email. Download the report to help you verify that how you communicate, deliver services and […]
Demystifying Speech Analytics and BI for contact centres

Effective change in your contact centre has to be based on hard evidence. That evidence lies buried within telephone conversations, emails and social media interactions. Join Ember Services for lunch and learn about the key things you need to think about before implementing a speech analytics solution across multiple channels. During the session we will cover: The role […]
WHITE PAPER: Are you a Customer Service Leader or Laggard?

Part 1: A leader’s perspective on the industry Kura and Inisoft have been working with ContactBabel and the Contact Centre Association (CCA) to understand the state of the contact centre industry from a leader’s perspective, and in contrast to this, an advisor’s perspective. Part one of this research series with ContactBabel takes a deep-dive into […]
US businesses ‘lack the contact centre capabilities to meet customer expectations’

Research from NewVoiceMedia shows that many US businesses lack the contact centre capabilities to meet customer expectations. The study, conducted by global market research firm Opinion Matters, exposes significant gaps between customer preferences and reality, and suggests that businesses across many different sectors are missing out on opportunities to enhance their customer contact centers with technology […]
Q&A: Alok Kulkarni, CEO, Cyara Solutions

In July, Cyara Solutions published the results of a survey it conducted with Frost & Sullivan analysing Operational Customer eXperience (OCX) in contact centres around the world. The report highlighted a number of challenges across the companies surveyed, with retaining Customer Satisfaction as the priority. We recently caught up with Cyara CEO Alok Kulkarni to ask […]