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Parting Lessons From CX Summit North America To Help You Deliver The Total Experience
As another CX Summit North America draws to a close, it’s time to get to work. Use these takeaways to help you create your action plan for transforming the experiences you offer.
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US Banks’ Total Experience: Brand Promises Fall Short, And CX Is Declining
Banks create value by winning customers and then serving them in ways that deepen the relationship and drive retention. Forrester’s new Total Experience Score rankings for 25 US banks reveal that banks’ brand promises aren’t resonating and that CX has declined. So what’s going wrong, and which banks are getting it right? What Is Forrester’s […]
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US Health Insurers’ Total Experience Fails To Impress
Before diving into the highlights of this year’s study, The US Health Insurers Experience Metrics Rankings, 2025, let’s first set some context. Since 2016, Forrester has been tracking the quality of brands’ customer experience (CX), using the Customer Experience Index (CX Index™), which links customers’ perceptions of CX quality to loyalty. This year, we are […]
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Customer Experience Quality In The US Falls To An(other) All-Time Low
While persistent challenges plague CX in North America, EMEA offered some bright spots. Learn about this year’s Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) scores and the lessons they hold for brands.
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It Takes A Postsale Team To Avoid A Messy DX
A postsale digital experience (PDX) helps customers succeed through self-directed activity, guides them to gain more value from current investments, and reduces churn risk.
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Revitalize Your Total Experience At CX Summit APAC
CX, marketing, and digital leaders have many measurement options at their disposal but struggle to identify what matters most to their customers and business. Find new ways forward at CX Summit APAC.
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How Banks Can Win At CX: Lessons From The Front Lines
Customer experience quality in banking is falling on average, but there are banking brands globally that buck this trend, outshining competitors and continuing to improve their CX performance.
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Siloed CX Metrics Are Holding You Back — Take Action At CX Summit EMEA
Too many companies invest in CX to improve what their customers say about their experiences, rather than to actually improve those experiences. At CX Summit EMEA 2025, learn how to create better, more meaningful experiences that foster loyalty and growth.
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Great Digital Banking Experiences Create A Data-For-Value Flywheel
Driving engagement is top of mind for most digital banking leaders. Forrester’s research reveals the immense value — for both customers and banks — of useful, convenient digital banking experiences. The right mobile banking offerings, for example, can unlock new value for a customer and differentiate a bank’s brand. And our broader customer experience research […]
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CX Isn’t A “Project”: Lessons from Forrester’s 2024 Customer Obsession Awards EMEA
Projects end, but placing customers at the center of your business' strategy, operations, and leadership requires continuous commitment. The winners of this year's Customer Obsession Awards for EMEA provide some valuable takeaways.
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Predictions 2025: CX Fortune Will Favor The Bold
2025 will be another year of CX mediocrity — unless you’re ready to kick things into high gear. Learn about the challenges (and opportunities) awaiting CX leaders in the coming year.
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European Banks See A Drop In CX Quality, Mirroring Global Trends
In 2024, European banks joined other regions and industries to see a significant drop — a worrying sign with grave business implications.
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The Singapore CX Index Rankings, 2024
Singapore’s Financial Service Industry Customers Rate Their Experiences As Just “OK” In 2024 Forrester has been evaluating the quality of customer experience (CX) at leading financial service providers in Singapore since 2018. This year, we’ve expanded the coverage of our Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) beyond retail banking and auto and home insurance to include […]
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2025 Budget Planning Guides: Customer Experience
Watch the on-demand replay to dive into the latest data-driven guidance for CX leaders on how to strategically allocate budget for 2025.
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What’s Behind The Decline In CX?
Customer experience (CX) quality in the US has dropped for three consecutive years and sits at an all-time low. What’s behind the decline, and how can brands turn things around? VP and Principal Analyst David Truog and Principal Analyst Pete Jacques weigh in on this week’s What It Means.
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How To Frame Your Customer Journey Mapping With A Clear Purpose
Learn how to uplevel your journey mapping by targeting key moments, interactions, and areas of improvement so that you can better align your efforts with customer needs and expectations.
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CX Summit North America Day 2: Achieving Boundless Experiences Through Alignment
While AI will help usher in a dynamic future for customer experiences, getting the human element right remains essential. Read some of the highlights from our second full day in Nashville.
Shine A Spotlight On CX Value
The new CX leader superpower? Measurement. Download our e-book to learn what to measure to prove CX’s value and impact — so you can lead CX to success.
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Overall Canada Customer Experience Quality Drops To A Historic Low
Scores for Canadian companies are at their lowest point since Forrester’s Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) began. Read a few of the key findings from our Canada rankings report.
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US Health Insurer CX Quality Plummets To A Five-Year Low
There’s just no way to sugarcoat this: US health insurer Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) ratings for 2024 have landed with a resounding thud. This is the second time since 2021 that the industry average rating had a statistically significant decline — and it’s easy to see why: Ten brands scored their lowest ratings in […]
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Customer Experience Quality In The US Falls To An All-Time Low
US consumers' perceptions of CX quality are now at their lowest point since the inception of the Forrester Customer Experience Index (CX Index™). Read a few of the key findings from our recent report.
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