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Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care?

BlueOcean

Instead, we live in a customer-centric world, where metrics like Average Speed of Answer (ASA), Average Handle Time (AHT), and First Call Resolution (FCR) are, by themselves, short-sighted and more focused on controlling costs instead of enhancing the experience.

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The State of B2C Complex Customer Care

BlueOcean

With everything shifting so quickly, many customers were more tolerant of longer wait times and challenges in achieving first call resolution. Today, a typical consumer wants customer service that is defined by easy access to a fast and effective resolution. But that’s shifting—and fast.

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Key Questions to ask before Choosing a Call Center Service Provider

NobelBiz

Studies show that a 1% improvement in first-call resolution can lead to a 1% increase in customer satisfaction. This unified system handles complex outbound, inbound, and blended campaigns across eCommerce, customer service, technical support, collections, healthcare, and finance.

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AI CoPilots Are Incremental, AI Agents Are The Real Breakthrough

TechSee

Agent copilots helped reduce the need for manual service summaries and improved average handling times (AHT) and even first-call resolution rates. eCommerce leaders like Amazon utilize fully automated systems to handle common customer inquiries at scale, eliminating the need for human agents in many routine interactions.

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Why the Retail Customer Experience is More Important Than Ever

Stella Connect

Ecommerce dominates the retail industry today as brands rely on digital channels to offer products and services to customers wherever they are. Shopping centers reopened, and ecommerce continues to simplify the ability for any retailer to go digital and connect with customers. Ecommerce doesn’t plan on fading away, that’s for sure.

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A First-Time Outsourcing Decision Pays Long-Term Dividends?

GlowTouch

First, the obvious: an online interaction is not the same as a face-to-face transaction. But when your value proposition is built on being a lifestyle brand rather than an eCommerce company, this distinction can get blurred. CSAT for this program is more than 90%, with a first-call resolution rate of 85%.

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10 Steps to Immediately Improve Customer Retention With Journey Analytics

Pointillist

Most ecommerce businesses retain fewer than 20% of their customers. In retail and eCommerce, the focus of retention is on creating engaged customers that return to shop with you again. As per Gartner, a 5% increase in retention can increase profits by 25% – 125%.