Albertsons serves up AI-driven personalization for alcohol and food

In California, the grocer’s direct-to-consumer wine shipping platform is now using Preferabli’s product discovery and recommendation software.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Dec. 11, 2024

Why wait times and first call resolution are key to customer loyalty

Customers are more satisfied with their contact center interactions, but bad experiences can risk their loyalty, Qualtrics XM Institute found.

By Kristen Doerer • Dec. 10, 2024

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Generative AI

In this Trendline, CX Dive explores how leaders are adopting generative AI in their CX practices.

By CX Dive staff

How Campari adapts to market trends to shape holiday experiences

The company’s vice president of marketing for America dishes on an expansive holiday strategy encompassing brands like Aperol and Grand Marnier.

By Sara Karlovitch • Dec. 4, 2024

Best Buy makes inspiring customer curiosity a priority for the holidays

The retailer introduced AI-powered product discovery, a virtual assistant and a real-time delivery tracker.

By Bryan Wassel • Dec. 3, 2024

A CX leader’s holiday survival guide: The gift of AI for a smoother peak season

Seven ways AI can ease holiday stress in CX: faster resolutions mean happier agents and customers.

By Siobhán Corley-Richards • Dec. 2, 2024

How to maintain customer trust while deploying AI

To address customer distrust of generative AI, experts urge businesses to establish governance plans and pick and choose use cases.

By Kristen Doerer • Nov. 19, 2024

Retailers confront trust issues as generative AI becomes commonplace

Generative AI can win over reluctant shoppers by offering personalization or help with finding deals, experts say.

By Bryan Wassel • Updated Nov. 18, 2024

How synthetic data might shape consumer research

Market research teams expect artificially generated data designed to mimic real-world information to grow in importance, a Qualtrics survey found.

By Bryan Wassel • Nov. 11, 2024

How to take a customer-led approach to contact center AI

AI the right way. Get 5 steps to contact center AI implementation your customers will thank you for.

By Siobhán Corley-Richards • Nov. 11, 2024

Taco Bell puts AI front-and-center in drive-thru strategy

The restaurant brand’s AI investments aim to improve drive-thru ordering and improve scheduling practices.

By Bryan Wassel • Nov. 8, 2024

28% of workers fear AI will diminish or replace their role: survey

It’s a stressful time for workers, who also report challenges such as increased burnout and declining mental health, Grant Thornton found.

By Alexei Alexis • Nov. 7, 2024

When is generative AI the wrong tool?

Despite the hype, the technology is often not the most cost-effective, reliable or efficient tool for enterprises to use, according to Gartner’s Rita Sallam. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Nov. 4, 2024

Wendy’s credits tech for better drive-thru experiences, employee satisfaction

The drive-thru accounts for 70% of transactions, and the company is focusing on improvements, including AI, that can enhance the drive-thru experience.

By Bryan Wassel • Nov. 1, 2024

Most consumers prefer live agents for customer service, survey finds

Nearly half of consumers say they don’t trust information from chatbots. Transparency and guardrails are key to building that trust, experts say.

By Bryan Wassel • Nov. 1, 2024

Gartner sounds alarm on AI cost, data challenges

“Cost is as big an AI risk as security,” Mary Mesaglio, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner, said during a conference keynote last week.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 28, 2024

T-Mobile to tap AI for preemptive customer service

The company is focusing on AI-powered tools to track potential service disruptions, keep agents informed and streamline the shopping process.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 24, 2024

Deploying generative AI? Don’t lose sight of customer-centricity

Without customer-centric goals, businesses risk focusing on easy-to-prove cost savings at the cost of longer term, transformational customer experience improvement.

By Maria Marino • Oct. 24, 2024

CX leaders are looking beyond chatbots with AI investments

Most leaders say AI will be critical for CX in two to three years, giving companies time to find the applications that best fit their needs, according to a Genesys survey.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 23, 2024

Google revamps shopping feature with AI-powered product curation

Upcoming features include AI-generated briefs, dynamic filters to narrow searches based on specific attributes and personalized feeds.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 15, 2024

How Brightcove leveraged generative AI to transform customer support

Streaming services provider Brightcove prides itself on delivering excellent customer service and adopted Amazon Q to enhance its support operations.

By Rosalyn Page • Oct. 14, 2024

Amazon rolls out AI Shopping Guides for curated product discovery

The guides use product searches to deliver pages filled with relevant product details and suggestions.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 11, 2024

Voice technology can drive customer service efficiency, but barriers remain

The technology can enable faster customer service, but inaccuracy and trouble processing accents remain significant barriers to usage.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 11, 2024

Walmart advances AI ambitions with LLM trained on its own data

The retailer’s AI investments include LLMs tailored to its own needs and personalized homepages planned for launch by the end of 2025.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 9, 2024

Will Google’s updated AI features up the ante for search experiences?

New features enhancing Lens’ ability to search photos and offering a better layout for recipe results could elevate customer expectations for overall search UX.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 4, 2024

Half of global consumers will share personal data for better experiences, study finds

Overall, consumers are more willing to share personal information to improve to their experiences than in the past, but age, trust and regulations are major factors, a Jack Morton survey found.

By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 3, 2024