In February, Multichannel Merchant escaped the winter storms of the Northeast and jetted to sunny West Hollywood, CA, to discuss contact center management with a group of multichannel executives. Although the participants represented diverse merchandise categories, the challenges they face running a contact center and improving customer service are universal.
During a recent best-practice study, a call-center certification tale piqued my curiosity. I must admit to becoming a little jaded because of all the call-center certifications that have come and gone in my 20-plus years in this industry. But the one was different.
Low compensation and high stress in the contact center led to a jump in employee attrition rates, according to a study from Burlington, MA-based IT solutions provider Dimension Data.
Improve your contact center customer service with these seven tips from Penny Reynolds
If train A leaves Boston at 3:13 p.m. going 75 miles per hour, and train B leaves New York City at 2:24 p.m. going 71 miles per hour, what time will they
Rosanne D’Ausilio, Ph. D., is an industrial psychologist and president of Human Technologies Global. She will present The Five Ws of World-Class Customer
Contact centers are data-rich environments, with detailed information available from a multitude of systems on every minute step of each interaction’s
There is not yet a standard definition for a contact center
Crediting increased operational efficiencies as the catalyst, Lillian Vernon closed its satellite call center in Manila, Philippines, on March 18.
Crediting increased operational efficiencies as the catalyst, Lillian Vernon closed its satellite call center in Manila, Philippines, on March 18.