Even if companies understand that an omnichannel approach performs better in terms of operational metrics and meeting customer expectations, there’s still the question of how to do it. How should companies go about adopting an omnichannel support solution?

As companies increasingly look to provide a better experience for customers, offering support across multiple channels is becoming more popular than ever. According to the Aberdeen Group, companies doubled the number of channels they use to interact with customers between 2012 and 2017. But there’s a difference between providing support on a few channels and delivering a truly integrated omnichannel solution. Using the Zendesk Benchmark, our crowd-sourced index of customer service interactions from 45,000 participating organizations across 140 countries, we examined why companies are going omnichannel and what sets the companies using Zendesk for omnichannel support apart from everyone else.

Digital transformation has pioneered an ever-evolving landscape in the omnichannel retail experience. To efficiently meet consumer demands, retailers consider a fully immersive omnichannel customer experience as integral to their engagement strategy. With increasingly varied technologies such as NFC-based payments, digital signage with rich-media experiences, wireless technologies and IoT technologies—present great opportunities and complexities. New technologies are often being rolled out without a centrally managed approach leading to siloed solution landscape, making deployment difficult. Uncover the path to simplify and automate, where the Reliant Platform delivered performance, scalability, reliability, security, and inter-operability Reliant needs for retail applications.

In the midst of an overwhelming amount of disruption taking place in the retail banking industry, a clear path to success has emerged. Banks that want to continue to gain and retain loyal customers must make it easier to bank with them. According to a survey that included 760 different banks and credit unions, the most important priority for 2017 and beyond is the removal of friction from the customer journey.1 To clarify, today’s customer journey includes both the customer experience at local branch locations as well as their experience while interacting with websites, mobile apps, smart watches, and anything else that is connected to the Internet. The battleground for customers has shifted to the digital world, and retail banks must adapt quickly as crafty Fintech startups and tech giants like Amazon, Apple, and Google continue to push the limits of what is possible with technology. If digital channels aren’t approached correctly, they can add complexity to the customer experience in

Online, mobile, omnichannel, untethered, data mining, automation, and remote communication are all now buzzwords surrounding the new technologies and resources financial institutions have to help them re-invent their branch experience. Capabilities are available today that were not imagined a decade ago. This is an exciting time for those institutions that can look to the future and enhance their offerings. While technology is driving change, it can also be a tremendous challenge for financial institutions as they work to keep pace and even take advantage of the dramatic shift in customer needs and expectations. Millennials, baby boomers, small businesses – all are important market segments with very different wants and needs. Driven by technology, the new demand is for a complete online presence, complemented by more flexibility in personalized services, and specialized expertise available in every branch. Suffice it to say, financial institutions of all sizes and in every geography a

Retailer taps mobile computing to optimize markdowns, omnichannel fulfillment, and enhance the shopper experience

Your door is always open, regardless of your business or support hours. Today’s customers ask questions at any time of the day or night and will wait for you to respond (but not for long). This poses a challenge to most businesses: How can you anticipate which channels a customer will need or want, and how can you determine whether these channels will be efficient for your organization? The short answer is: you do. Customers want the ability to contact businesses in more than one way, and they expect each brand interaction to be consistent with the one before and after. Learn how with Zendesk's Omnichannel solution.

Your door is always open, regardless of your business or support hours. Today’s customers ask questions at any time of the day or night and will wait for you to respond (but not for long). This poses a challenge to most businesses: How can you anticipate which channels a customer will need or want, and how can you determine whether these channels will be efficient for your organization? The short answer is: you do. Customers want the ability to contact businesses in more than one way, and they expect each brand interaction to be consistent with the one before and after. Learn how with Zendesk's Omnichannel solution.

Although today’s customers interact with your brand through a variety of channels, they want one thing from you: a consistent experience. Savvy customers expect that you will meet them where they are, when they need you, and with the highest quality, informed service.

Contact center infrastructure vendors continue to expand their solution offerings to include broader feature sets, including omnichannel routing, and alternative delivery models. Companies should evaluate vendors' technology and ability to deliver in relevant regions.

This RSR custom research report explores the impact of omnichannel methods on merchandising, marketing and the supply chain; specifically, what analytical capabilities address the challenges that omnichannel selling and fulfillment pose for retailers. Consumers today routinely begin their shopping journeys online, but complete their purchases in nearby stores, in their “home” stores or delivered directly to their doors. Retail analytics enables organizations to capture data from their customers' journeys. Retailers that successfully deliver relevant omnichannel experiences while gaining a more sophisticated understanding of demand (where and how it is initiated) will enhance their brands’ value and create compelling and profitable customer relationships.

Choosing the right technology to design and orchestrate customer engagement across all digital channels and voice is key to delivering on customer expectations for effortless omnichannel experiences.

According to a recent study, “76 percent of marketers said marketing had changed more in the last two years than in the previous fifty.”1 From apps like Uber and Airbnb that reengineer entire markets to mobile, omnichannel commerce, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things, marketing is being built anew.

Read Forrester's inaugural Wave for Omnichannel Demand-Side Platforms to learn why Adobe is a leader. Adobe Advertising Cloud received top scores in product strategy and digital ecosystem footprint, and achieved the highest scores in 14 criteria.

In our 36-criteria evaluation of omnichannel demand-side platform (DSP) providers, we identified the 11 most significant ones — Adform, Adobe, AOL, AppNexus, DataXu, Google, MediaMath, Rocket Fuel, The Trade Desk, Turn, and Viant — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps marketing professionals make the right choice.

According to a recent study, “76 percent of marketers said marketing had changed more in the last two years than in the previous fifty.”1 From apps like Uber and Airbnb that reengineer entire markets to mobile, omnichannel commerce, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things, marketing is being built anew.

SugarCRM has leveraged IBM and other strategic partnerships to broaden its omnichannel appeal to enterprises, making Sugar a strong alternative to Salesforce.com, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. Learn how SugarCRM's four-pillar strategy enables businesses to create extraordinary customer experiences.

How Lowe’s, a Fortune 50 retailer, transformed into a omnichannel commercial success with digital performance management. In this case study, learn how Lowe’s transformed into a performance culture and delivered: Over USD$1 billion in eCommerce sales driven with growth in traffic and conversion Slashed average page load speed by half Correlated site performance with sales impact using predictive analytics Established data-driven decision making for increased customer focus and revenue

How Lowe’s, a Fortune 50 retailer, transformed into a omnichannel commercial success with digital performance management. In this case study, learn how Lowe’s transformed into a performance culture and delivered: Over USD$1 billion in eCommerce sales driven with growth in traffic and conversion Slashed average page load speed by half Correlated site performance with sales impact using predictive analytics Established data-driven decision making for increased customer focus and revenue

This white paper provides insight into how to perform a customer service audit to determine what needs to change in an organization.

This white paper provides insight into how to perform a customer service audit to determine what needs to change in an organization.

This report introduces Forrester's vision of mobile marketing for marketing leaders and provides specific strategic recommendations for brands dealing with demanding mobile customers.

The Succeeding in the Omnichannel Age report, produced by Econsultancy in association with Adobe, looks at the extent to which organisations take an integrated approach to marketing across different channels and use cross-channel campaign management tools.

The Succeeding in the Omnichannel Age report, produced by Econsultancy in association with Adobe, looks at the extent to which organisations take an integrated approach to marketing across different channels and use cross-channel campaign management tools.

How Lowe’s, a Fortune 50 retailer, transformed into a omnichannel commercial success with digital performance management. In this case study, learn how Lowe’s transformed into a performance culture and delivered: Over USD$1 billion in eCommerce sales driven with growth in traffic and conversion Slashed average page load speed by half Correlated site performance with sales impact using predictive analytics Established data-driven decision making for increased customer focus and revenue