Customer Service

The COVID-19 pandemic sent consumers into lockdown and shuttered brick-and-mortar stores for a relatively brief period. Many jurisdictions maintained stay-at-home orders for just a few months over the spring and summer of 2020. But the pandemic’s impact on the retail sector may have been permanent. Retail was already swinging decisively toward e-commerce, and the pandemic helped accelerate that trend, possibly forever. Most directly, consumers were forced to spend more time shopping remotely in early 2020, and brick-and-mortar operations found it difficult to pay the bills. The pandemic also had indirect consequences for retail. With more people working from home, for example, fewer people ran errands during their commutes. This trend persisted even when stay-at-home orders were lifted, and retail operations[...]

Getting a customer is only the beginning. The act of building that customer relationship needs to be prioritized in that conversation. Here we are going to share four ways you can do build that relationship and how it will benefit your customers and your business in the long term. Tip #1: Customer Retention Starts Before the Sale, Then Continues You may have what your customer needs, but having a customer that is excited to buy from you vs buying out of convenience from you is a different story. Customer experience (CX) applies through the whole customer journey, from engagement to acquisition and aftersales. The initial purchase is an important first impression. This is where you set your expectations and show[...]