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Ericsson to Acquire Vonage for $6.2 Billion

Ericsson, the Swedish telecom equipment maker and a leading provider of 5G networking equipment in the US, has entered into an agreement to buy Vonage, the cloud communications provider based in New Jersey, for $6.2 billion in cash. The...

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Gartner Survey: Most Service and Support Leaders to Advocate Value-Added Customer Service Strategy for 2022

A new report from Gartner shows that a majority of customer service and support leaders favor a value-added customer service strategy to grow their business in 2022, representing a significant shift from the once-prevalent mindset that customer...

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CX Services Specialist Concentrix to Acquire CX Design Engineering Firm PK

Concentrix Corp., the California-based business services company specializing in CX services and technologies, is set to acquire global CX design engineering firm PK in an investment deal valued at approximately $1.6 billion. The deal will also...

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Post-Purchase Strategies to Improve Retail CX

For most retailers, the holiday season is marked by an uptick in the number of items ordered and shipped online. And while many organizations have done an admirable job of focusing on the CX during the marketing and sales phases of a shopper’s...

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OMB Launches Biden Agenda Calling for Improved CX Within the Federal Government

The administration of President Joe Biden has identified the need to improve CX within the government as one of three priority areas in an ambitious agenda intended to ensure equity and help the country become stronger. The roadmap, consisting...

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Customer Success Teams Help Build Meaningful Customer Engagement

Customer success is defined as “a long-term, scientifically engineered, and professionally directed strategy for maximizing customer and company sustainable proven value,” by the The Customer Success Association. But for most organizations,...

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Netomi, Mixpanel, and Judo Raise Fresh Capital in New Funding Rounds

Netomi Netomi, the provider of customer-service chatbots, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round to be allocated for increased research and development on artificial intelligence (AI), the company’s principal area of...

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Twilio Research: Significant Gap Revealed in CX Qualities Most Desired by Consumers

New research on consumer interaction with brands reveals a large and substantive gap between the CX qualities desired by consumers and what they, in fact, receive from companies. The research on industry perception and engagement statistics is...

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Accenture to Buy CX Specialist Firm Tambourine

Global professional services giant Accenture has inked a deal to acquire Tokyo-based Tambourine, an e-commerce CX specialist agency with capabilities in cloud-based technologies. Tambourine will become part of Accenture Interactive, Accenture’s...

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Uberall Study: Consumers Favor Local Business Over Online-Only

A new study shows that while most buying journeys for consumers today start online, they prefer to do business with brands and retailers that have a local presence and real-world locations over online-only shops. The study, titled The Local CX...

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Content Guru Teams Up with Bechtle in New Partnership

Content Guru, a leading provider of cloud communications and contact center solutions based in the UK that counts that country’s National Health Service (NHS) as a client, has formed a new partnership with Bechtle AG, Germany’s largest IT...

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Salesforce Report: Rising Shopper Expectations Put Pressure on Brands and Retailers to Redefine Customer Engagement Strategies

A new report from leading customer relationship manager (CRM) platform provider Salesforce sheds light on how COVID-19 permanently upended shopping for consumers and brands alike, raising shopper expectations in significant ways, while dramatically...

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