Customer Service

Costco's Move to Visa Cards Brings Problems
June 24, 2016 at 10:19 am

On Monday, Costco took the final step in severing its 17-year relationship with American Express and began exclusively accepting Visa for credit card purchases at its stores. For more than 11 million customers, the switch meant cutting up their Costco-branded American Express cards and swapping them for a new Visa card issued by Citigroup. A transitionโ€ฆ

Brooks Brothers Reveals Secret to Customer Loyalty
June 7, 2016 at 9:41 am

โ€œWeโ€™re like poker buddies,โ€ says Richard Buonomo about Mario Mirabella, his personal shopper at Brooks Brothers as he searches the shop for the right โ€˜brownish button.โ€™ โ€œHe is very picky and fussy,โ€ says Mario, a second generation master tailor at the flagship store in New York. โ€œBut we make everything perfect. Thatโ€™s what a personal shopperโ€ฆ

Taking an Omnichannel Approach to Customer Loyalty Programs
May 27, 2016 at 8:42 am

With the range of brands and products available today, consumers have an unprecedented number of options along their path to purchase, leaving retailers competing harder for consumer attention and pulling out all the stops just for a single purchase. It's important for resellers to work closely with retail partners to ensure retailers have the resources needed to connect with consumers successfully.

Wal-Mart Brings Back Store Greeters
May 6, 2016 at 10:09 am

Those smiley door greeters are back at Wal-Mart. The nation's largest retailer said in a blog post this week that it's bringing back door greeters to a majority of its 5,000 stores by mid-summer to improve customer service. For stores which have been selected as higher risks for thefts, Wal-Mart will position a "customer host," whoโ€ฆ

Target is Testing Robot Employees In-Store
May 3, 2016 at 9:28 am

Don't be surprised if you bump into a robot next time you shop at Target. The retail giant is testing robots for a week at one of its San Francisco stores to help stock shelves and take inventory, according to Fortune. Simbe Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup, built the robot called "Tally," which can move aroundโ€ฆ

4 Keys to Delivering Next-Generation Customer Experiences
April 29, 2016 at 2:19 pm

If you asked passengers on a plane if they booked their tickets online, over half are likely to answer โ€œyes.โ€ And if you asked those who didn't complete their ticket purchase online, over 80 percent are likely to say they abandoned the purchase because they were surprised by the price โ€” either the price changedโ€ฆ