Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, author & keynote speaker. Great brands don’t just react to customer expectations. They ...

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The Best Customer Experience Solution for Education category recognizes excellence in developing products, platforms, or services that enhance engagement, support, and satisfaction for students, ...

Large language models (LLMs) are really nothing new as they have formed the basis of AI initiatives for many companies during recent years. In the wake of OpenAI unleashing ChatGPT into the wild, ...

As building and maintaining customer trust becomes integral to long-term success, US customer experience (CX) leaders are stepping up with new strategies and tools aimed at strengthening brand ...

Future Market Insights expects the worldwide customer experience platforms market to grow at a compound annual rate of 14.8 percent over the next 10 years, expanding from a current value of $13 ...

For decades, the contact center has been a paradox. It is essential to every enterprise, yet it’s not always treated that way: chronically underinvested, fragmented and inefficient. Customers still ...

PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga., Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In Market Force Information's 2025 Home Improvement Retail Benchmark Study, Ace Hardware and Menards earned the highest Customer Experience (CX) ...

If we ask our employees open-ended, probing questions and are willing to have an open mind to not only ‘hear’ what they have to say but really ‘listen’ to their feedback — with zero ego attached — it ...

When it comes to excellence in customer care, Alberta home builders have the advantage. At the 14th Annual Homeowner Mark of Excellence (H.O.M.E.) awards, a competition among residential builders ...