Tag Archives: customer satisfaction

New Adidas App Seeks to Avoid Store Lines

There are millions and millions of apps out there — some better than others. 🙂 One clever new app is from Adidas, called Confirmed. As described by Kyle Stock for Bloomberg: “Are limited-edition sneakers still special when buyers can reserve them … Continue reading

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Do You FULLY Understand What’s Involved with Personalization?

As we have noted before (see 1, 2, 3), customer personalization is an important tactic for retailers — both online and offline. Recently, Neustar (a data-driven intelligence firm) published an interesting report on customer personalization: “Customers expect it. Technology enables … Continue reading

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2014 Retailing Customer Service Champions

1to1 Media recently released its 2014 Customer Champions report. This is how it defines customer champion: “Behind every successful enterprise-wide customer strategy is an individual who tirelessly evangelizes the customer cause, who reminds employees that customers are the business, who … Continue reading

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