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The Real Customer Service Story

Corporate leaders dramatically overestimate how much the customer wants to talk to a customer service representative. They believe customers value live service twice as much as self-service. HBR’s data shows customers are significantly indifferent to that claim, and they value self-service just as much as they value using the phone. More interestingly, that indifference doesn’t change across their demographic, issue type or urgency. Continue reading

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Self-Service Transactions to Triple by 2012

There was a recent discussion on retailwire.com about self-service transactions. Transactions at self-service kiosks are expected to top $607 billion this year and grow to over $1.7 trillion by 2012. Retailers love self-service kiosks because it can significantly increase customer … Continue reading

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