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Digital Transformation at Sears Holdings
Data-driven Personalization Fuels a Member-Centric Strategy
by Patricia Seybold, Susan AldrichSince 2009, Sears Holdings (Sears, K-Mart and related brands) have promoted a rewards program called "Shop Your Way" to turn shoppers into members. The loyalty program is supported by big data analytics and targeted, personalized marketing. At the same time, the retailer has innovated in cross-channel customer experience. -
CVS Makes It Easy to Reap the Value of Loyalty
Making Savings Relevant, Easy, and Obvious!
by Ronni MarshakDoes your organization offer a rewards program that encourages loyalty, spending, and makes customers feel good about doing business with you? You can learn some lessons from CVS! -
Are Your Daily Deal Customers Just One-Night Stands?
How Might You Convert Them to Loyal, Repeat Customers?
by Ronni MarshakMerchants who invest in daily deal discounts to court new customers need to follow up with planned marketing campaigns or the new customers might just be a “one-night stand.” -
Do You See What I See?
Why Customer Service Reps Need to Be Able to Access What Customers Actually Saw
by Ronni MarshakWhen customers can see information within their account pages on your website that your support agents can’t see, how can they trust your CSRs to really help when there are problems? -
Amazon Covers the “Last Mile”
Can the Etailer Improve on UPS, et al. to Create a Customer-Delighting Delivery Service?
by Ronni MarshakAmazon will deliver packages the “Last Mile.” How can they improve on what UPS, FedEx, and the USPS are doing to delight customers? -
How to Offer a Little Extra to Delight Customers
My Most Recent Favorite Customer Experience Practices
by Ronni MarshakGo beyond good – surprise and delight people with unexpected customer service. See examples from Amazon.com, Trader Joe’s, CVS, and BoltBus, with extrapolations for B2B organizations. -
Recovering from the Crisis of Missed Holiday Deliveries
How Well Are Etailers and Shippers Dealing with Customers’ Anger?
by Ronni MarshakWith so many packages not delivered in time for the holidays, etailers and delivery companies had a lot of explaining to do and apologies to make. What can be done to avoid this type of customer experience disaster next holiday season? -
My 2013 Holiday Customer Experience Heroes
Lessons to be Learned from Customer Support at Small Companies: Standing Stone Farms and Geoff & Drew’s
by Ronni MarshakSmall businesses often provide the best customer experience because they offer a personal experience. What can your organization learn from these small companies? -
Why I Am No Longer a Sears Customer
Sears.com Fails to Deliver on Promises
by Ronni MarshakSears has failed this shopper for the last time! Read the sad, sad story of hours wasted, responses not received, and powerless customer service agents following self-serving customer service practices. -
Customizing Greeting Cards Online
How Well Did American Greetings and Hallmark Meet My Customer Scenario?
by Ronni MarshakGoing through a card-buying scenario identified some important lessons for all businesses about keeping promises and providing a seamless experience throughout your customer ecosystem. -
CX Audit: JCP.com
Is Jcp.com Strong Enough to Help Save JC Penney?
by Ronni MarshakJC Penney is in crisis. Can the 15 year-old etailing site, jcp.com, help turn around this failing American brand? -
What Makes Amazon Tick?
Understanding the Levers that Amazon Uses to Run Its Business
by Patricia SeyboldAmazon’s strategic intent is to be the most customer-centric company and to offer the earth’s biggest selection of products. But what are the underlying goals and strategies the company uses to deliver on those promises? -
Being Creative on Zazzle.com
How Easy Is It to Create (and Sell) Your Own Customized Products?
by Ronni MarshakZazzle.com makes it easy for people to create and sell customized products. Here’s our review of Zazzle’s tools for customizing products, creating storefronts, and merchandising custom designs. -
Amazon’s Next Moves
It’s a Customer Ecosystem Poised to Become an Increasingly Important Part of Our Lives
by Patricia SeyboldAmazon isn’t “just” an online retailer; it’s a vibrant and layered customer ecosystem designed to help you get things done faster and cheaper. Amazon phones will bring added convenience. Amazon’s ads will be more relevant than Google’s or Facebook’s. -
Shopping Smarter with Mobile Devices Changes the Face of Holiday Shopping
Mobile Makes Its Mark on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday Sales in 2012
by Patricia Seybold2012 holiday shopping kicked off in the U.S. with a bang. Consumers shopped heavily on the Thanksgiving holiday through “Cyber Monday.” Online shopping from tablet computers was big. So was comparison shopping in stores using mobile phones. -
MySears Community Gets a Facelift
Community and Commerce Are Still Too Separate!
by Ronni MarshakYour customer community should be an integral part of your business and web presence. How well does the improved MySears Community do on integrating community with commerce? -
Steps to Success for Personalizing Your Customer Experience
A Roadmap for Personalization
by Susan AldrichSee how pioneers in personalization, including Bakers Shoes and Netflix, use personalization to great advantage. Personalization varies among businesses and among customers, but we offer the specific steps you can take to set and accomplish personalization goals that enhance your business and your customer experience. -
Is Sears.com Strong Enough to Help Save Sears?
Customer Experience Audit of Sears.com’s Capabilities to Let Customers Find and Buy What They Want and Manage Their Relationships
by Ronni MarshakCustomer Experience Audit of Sears.com’s Capabilities to Let Customers Find and Buy What They Want and Manage Their Relationships -
All I Want for the Holidays
A Wish List to My Favorite Retailers and Etailers
by Ronni MarshakHere's a list of ways to personalize the holiday shopping experience that will delight customers and bring in extra sales from those of us who avoid Black Friday and Cyber Monday. -
How Well Does Staples Help a Small Company "Manage My Stuff?"
Customer Experience Audit of Staple’s Capabilities to Let Small B2B Customers Manage Their Relationship
by Ronni MarshakStaples has done a great job of making it easy for customers. But how does it do in a scenario in supporting a small business customer’s account management needs as he tries to “manage his stuff?”
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