Global community of customer experience professionals TribeCX appoints new Chair

Global community of customer experience professionals TribeCX appoints new Chair

TribeCX, the practitioner-led customer experience community, has appointed Mark Harrison as its new Chair. Harrison will lead TribeCX toward becoming a globally preferred partner for help building customer experience capabilities that deliver business goals. Mark brings a wealth of understanding in the CX field, having led Shell’s global customer experience initiatives as General Manager, Customer […]

Accenture to Acquire Irish Creative Agency Rothco

Accenture to Acquire Irish Creative Agency Rothco

Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire Rothco, a full-service creative agency. Located in Dublin, Rothco will boost Accenture Ireland’s creative capabilities and those of Accenture Interactive as an experience agency in Europe. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval by the relevant authorities and other customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction were not […]

Accenture: UK consumers turn off personal data tap as companies struggle to deliver the experiences they crave

Accenture: UK consumers turn off personal data tap as companies struggle to deliver the experiences they crave

UK consumers are locked in a vicious circle with brands over customer experience, according to new research from Accenture. While 47 percent are frustrated when companies fail to deliver relevant, personalised shopping experiences, nearly half (48 percent) are concerned about personal data privacy as they subscribe to intelligent services designed to understand and anticipate their […]

WARC highlights five key marketing challenges for the coming year

WARC highlights five key marketing challenges for the coming year

WARC, the global marketing intelligence service, has today released Toolkit 2018, an annual guide to key trends and challenges that marketers around the world will be faced with in the coming year. At the heart of the report is a survey of more than 600 marketing and advertising professionals around the world to obtain their […]

SSP revamps platform interface to increase online engagement with insurance companies

SSP revamps platform interface to increase online engagement with insurance companies

Insurance systems and software provider SSP have revamped their platform interface to facilitate communication with their core online audiences. The leading global supplier, which offers insurance companies technology solutions that earn them competitive advantage in the industry, commissioned award-winning user experience (UX) and digital agency DotLabel to update its existing online platform. The aim was […]

Charles Trevail to become the new global CEO of Interbrand Group

Charles Trevail to become the new global CEO of Interbrand Group

The Interbrand Group of Companiesannounced that Charles Trevail, will become its new Chief Executive Officer, effective ‪January 1st, 2018. Currently the CEO of Omnicom agency, C Space, Trevail succeeds Jez Frampton, who is retiring at the end of 2017. In addition, C Space will become part of the Interbrand Group. Trevail has been CEO of […]

Mindshare UK reveals key trends for retail brands

Mindshare UK reveals key trends for retail brands

Mindshare UK, part of WPP, unveiled its research report, The Future of Retail CX (Customer Experience). The Mindshare Futures report identifies five key trends for the retail industry, focusing on mobile, voice, physical stores, branding and data. A key conclusion is that the store offering will become a real point of differentiation from competitors in […]

Pearson Launches All New Digital Customer Experience with Accenture Interactive

Pearson Launches All New Digital Customer Experience with Accenture Interactive

Accenture, together with Pearson, the world’s learning company, has created and launched a new digital customer experience which will simplify and improve the user experience for students, educators and job seekers looking to access Pearson’s learning materials and services. The new website and content publishing platform will give users a single “front door” to access […]