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Customer experience management in the age of agentic AI

Martech

This is in pilot right now, it will be available to our customers in an early calendar quarter in 2025. On the one hand, the aim of automating the customer experience (including automating the work of service reps) seemed very ambitious. And is customer experience really reducible to the service (or support or success) experience?

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How to turn marketing measurement into a growth lever – lessons from Waitrose

The Drum

In 2018, Waitrose digital marketing was aimed solely at driving a sale on Waitrose.com. But that changed when Google launched ‘Store Visits’ and Darbon’s team discovered something surprising: customers who clicked on digital ads were 8x more likely to visit a store than convert online.

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Contentstack acquires CDP Lytics

Martech

A data activation layer that enables users to understand customer data and promptly deploy it across engagement channels. The pattern was high-profile DXPs with CMS and other components filling out their platforms with customer data management. ” The combined companies will have around 500 employees and 500 customers.

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6 outdated AI marketing trends you should retire in 2025 by Comarch

Martech

These early bots relied on pre-programmed scripts to simulate conversation, automating basic customer service tasks and handling routine inquiries. While effective for simple, repetitive tasks, they lacked the ability to adapt to more complex customer needs. Now: Basic recommendations aren’t enough anymore.

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Research: Marketing Tech Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It

The CMO Survey

About CMO Insights Media Participate Results Reports Awards 2008 – 2018 Trends Home Blog Search for: The CMO Survey Created with Sketch. Media Articles Research: Marketing Tech Is Broken.

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Diary of a CMO: How Much Does Marketing Contribute to My Company’s Profits?

The CMO Survey

About CMO Insights Media Participate Results Reports Awards 2008 – 2018 Trends Home Blog Search for: The CMO Survey Created with Sketch. Media Articles Diary of a CMO: How Much Does Marketing Contribute to My Company’s Profits?

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How tariffs impact retail sales and ad spending, and why 2025 might be different

Martech

In 2002, tariffs were placed on steel mill products from non-NAFTA countries, tires from China in 2009 and a trade war with China that lasted from 2018 to 2020. China trade war, 20182020 Multiple rounds of tariffs occurred from 2018 to 2020, including a 25% tariff on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports, lower tariffs (7.5%-15%)

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