As a customer, can you imagine a world where “We Care” is not just a slogan, but is borne out in your everyday shopping experience, with every business? I can. I live, expectantly, in that imagining, with my fingers crossed, hoping that one day it will be reality. In the meantime, I enjoy receiving a …
“Whenever a wild card becomes possible, the future planning playbook has to be rewritten.” This quote by Tamar Kasriel, a retail futurist, speaks volumes. She was commenting that futurists had regarded the pandemic as a “wild card.” That is, an occurrence that would have big, worldwide impact, but a highly improbable event. Well, the event …
Now here’s a tall order for any business. But wait, Amazon, Zappos, Ritz Carlton, Disney and Hyatt have done it. So what makes them so special? Well, let’s take a closer look at these businesses and lift out a major feature that they all possess. By my estimation, they have migrated from just being businesses …
It’s Carnival time in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). For those folks reading this column and hearing about this for the first time, our Carnival celebration is the crown jewel of all carnivals across the world. It is a massive street parade powered by energetic music, a spectacle of revelry, costuming, gaiety, masquerade and most of …
At this point, it is understood that the Customer Experience is crucial for the success of a business. Employee- Customer interaction is one of the most important aspects of the Customer Experience. Customers like to buy from people they like. So naturally, there will be a correlation between employees being resistant to delivering great service, …
HOW CHATBOTS ARE CHANGING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE LANDSCAPE We all know that one of the most important pillars of customer service is speed. The critical factors being: How much time does it take to get a response from a company and how fast is the problem resolved? One of the problems that companies face in …