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How UrbanStems Leverages AI to Manage Peak-Season Customer Service

Retail TouchPoints

Among other things, this requires UrbanStems to increase its customer service staff from approximately 16 people to 200 during these high-pressure periods. While UrbanStems has been using Zendesk solutions for nearly six years, this is the first time the retailer has deployed its AI tools to support customer service.

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Invisible Experiences: Anticipate Customer Needs with Real-Time Interaction Management

Forrester eCommerce

Imagine having a butler who anticipates and serves your needs. In Gotham City, Alfred ensures Batman’s utility belt is always stocked. Just as Alfred faithfully supports Batman, your personal assistant earns your trust through silent understanding. Now think of this relationship in terms of your experiences with brands.

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Role of Knowledge Management in the Retail Customer Experience Scenario

Retail TouchPoints

According to Forbes, today’s business benchmark is customer experience. The key to having that edge over the competition is delivering top-notch customer experience, ensuring the quality of well-trained staff and continuously studying customer behavior and trends to ensure that customer needs and expectations are met.

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New Forrester Wave Examines Customer Feedback Management Technology

Forrester eCommerce

Fully 69% of global voice-of-the-customer (VoC) and CX measurement leaders use a customer feedback management (CFM) tool, according Forrester’s 2022 global study of these leaders. That’s about the same number as the 70% who told us that their organization believes that the VoC/CX program is vital to its continued success.

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The Future of Customer Loyalty: Rewards, Retention, Appreciation, and More

Speaker: Jennifer Hileman - Director, Retail Data & Technology at Orium, and Zach Ettelman - Solutions Partner Team in North America at Talon.One

Elevate your retail game by unleashing the power of customer loyalty! The holidays are the perfect time to redefine and reimagine your retail strategy, as modern customers are being re-engaged through creative retention tactics.

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4 Ways an Effective Customer Flow Management Strategy Can Improve Your Business

Retail TouchPoints

As a result, customer flow management is more important than ever as leaders seek to empower the customer, improve the employee experience and collect actionable data to potentially scale their business. Three years later, customers would rather not spend time in such close proximity to others if they can help it.

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Can Your Managers Also Be Good Coaches?

Forrester eCommerce

Though coaching is linked to high employee engagement and performance, there are nuances that are important for managers to understand. Learn about the coaching skills that can deliver the best outcomes.

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Forrester Report: Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions

Presented by Orium and NewStore, the report defines: Function-First Tech Buying Framework Core and common functions of POS systems How core functions support inventory management and transactions How common functions support customer engagement Confidently choose the right POS system for your business. Read the report to learn more.

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Negative Reviews & Online Feedback Happens - But Where Do You Go From Here?

Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Head of Product Growth at Reputation and Jeremy Shubitz, Director of Marketing at Bosley

In today's, your customers will be not only your biggest advocates but also your biggest critics. However, negative feedback can offer actionable insights to build a stronger product and customer experience. Tune into the webinar to learn: What specific channels do customers go for feedback. What should you not say?

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Dominate Your Local Market With These 4 Reputation Management Strategies

Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Lindsay Harrison, and Erin O'Brien

Did you know that 4 out of 5 consumers use local search and 88% use smartphones for those searches? With that in mind, I think it's safe to say your online presence is the silver bullet of your business. Think about the revenue you could be missing by not prioritizing local search optimization.

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How ZoomInfo Enhances Your ABM Strategy

For marketing teams to develop a successful account-based marketing strategy, they need to ensure good data is housed within its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. More specifically, updated data can help organizations outline key accounts for their campaigns.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

The promise of a CRM ( customer relationship management ) led organizations to believe each could digitally transform its businesses through tracking touchpoints throughout the buyer’s journey. It’s no secret, only 13% of salespeople are satisfied with their CRM.

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Building a Culture of Experimentation: Using Continuous Development for Faster & Safer Product Releases

In other words, continuous development enables progressive rollout techniques, which has given rise to a culture of experimentation, allowing teams to build better products based on real-user feedback and guaranteeing customer satisfaction.

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A Master's Guide to B2B: How Listening to Your Customers Can Grow Your Business

Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Head of Product Growth at Reputation & Michele Bettinazzi, Customer Experience Manager at PeakMade Real Estate

Improved marketing conversion, happy customers, and faster growth - that’s only three things that can be accomplished by just listening to your customers. Customer feedback is an extremely invaluable tool to keeping retention high, attracting new business, and improving the general operations of your business.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.