Customer Service

In 2024, the most forward-thinking and innovative retail organizations will recognize that it's a must to blend intelligent human insight and artificial intelligence (AI). It will become clear that unless an organization can find a way to unify the two across virtually every aspect of their business, it will suffer the consequences across both the…

The retail industry is gearing up for an artificial intelligence-first revolution, with customer experience (CX) at the center of this massive shift. AI is poised to become an essential instrument for retailers, enabling them to outpace competitors, provide standout personalized services, and keep CX at the core of their business strategy, creating a flywheel effect…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Shannon Flanagan, vice president and general manager of retail and consumer goods at Talkdesk, a global cloud contact center leader for enterprises of all sizes. Listen in as Flanagan discusses her experience in the industry (0:45), her career journey to Talkdesk and the…

While at Shoptalk in Las Vegas last month, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviewed Logan Dunn, head of e-commerce at WYZE, a smart home security company, about post-purchase customer experience (CX). During their conversation, Dunn provides an overview of the business' offerings and sales channels, the challenges WYZE faced in its post-purchase engagement strategy, and how customer…

Customer service can be the single most important factor for consumers in deciding which brands to support. Far too often, companies are waiting for problems to arise before they get to know their customers, when what they should be doing is getting to know consumers from the moment of first interaction. At a time when…

How generative artificial intelligence will transform online shopping is a hot topic in e-commerce. One year after generative AI started to dominate headlines, what have we learned about its real impact on e-commerce? This article presents findings from iAdvize’s inaugural Barometer of Generative AI in E-Commerce — a report that uses first-party data to share…

The months after the holiday season can be chaotic due to a flurry of returns, accompanied with the pressure to meet new sales goals and start the year off strong. This year, retailers anticipate an approximate $25 billion in fraudulent return claims, representing approximately 16.5 percent of the total returns during this period. For retailers…

One of the biggest challenges brands face today is meeting the consumer where they are. With so many consumers relying on their favorite social media platform or messaging app to ask a product question or submit a customer service inquiry, consumer care teams are having to take an omnichannel approach when it comes to their…

Since Amazon Echo’s 2014 launch, conversational commerce has been a hot topic of conversation in retail (pun intended). The biggest question: How can conversational commerce improve shopping experiences? For the last decade, the answer seemed to be it doesn’t. Consumers struggled to leverage these tools to shop, unless they were reordering a previous purchase. Conversational…

It's no secret the holiday season is the most crucial time of the year for most retailers, and for good reason. In the United States, consumers were expected to spend a record amount to celebrate the season. To capitalize on last year’s holiday rush, retailers needed to provide fast, personalized online and in-store shopping experiences,…