Tag Archive for Customer Experience

How is loyalty changing the way we shop and experience brands?

Customer loyalty is crucial to the success of a business, no matter what size. Any business owner knows that it’s better to encourage customers to return rather than always looking outwards for new business, as acquiring new customers can cost 500 per cent more than retaining them. However, loyalty is not created as a simple
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Modern CFOs are driving customer experience with data

New data uncovers the changing role finance leaders play in stewarding their organisation’s customer experience, a mandate traditionally viewed as one of the chief marketing officer, thanks to Dun & Bradstreet. Because positive business results are often fuelled by great customer experiences, chief financial officers are increasingly using data and analytics to become customer-obsessed to ensure
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Amazonian Fear? Don’t go at it alone!

With the recent announcement of Amazon.com purchasing Whole Foods there is much to read today. The potential, the impact, the reality and the fear from this is great. The quote from Christopher Mims in this weekend’s edition of the Wall Street Journal was sobering. ‘The impact of all this is clear: Existing businesses that can’t
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C-suite executives rank customer experience above marketing

According to a new report, ‘Success in The Experience Era: Connecting Customer and C-suite,’ UK and US business executives rank customer experience above sales and revenue as the key focus in 2017. A full 100 per cent of the C-suite survey respondents are prioritising the customer, in contrast to just 58 per cent who cite sales and
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The power of scent: using smells to bring consumers in-store

Retail is in a state of flux. The rise in online shopping continues to disrupt more traditional bricks and mortar stores, with 51 per cent of retail purchases taking place online in the last year. This shift has forced a change in approach and proposition for a new generation of shoppers. Rather than simply being
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