Anyone who has had a customer support e-mail query orphaned by a vendor or who has been forced to abandon a shopping cart midsession knows that online customer service has a long way to go. E-commerce ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, author & keynote speaker. Customer service is not a department. It’s a philosophy to ...

Recently I had the opportunity to listen to an inspiring presentation by Horst Schulze, Founder of the Ritz Carlton Hotels and, more recently, Capella Hotel Group. His goal during the presentation was ...

— his 35 years in fixed ops, Bob Cawley has heard his share of advice. He has been told about new gadgets, the latest and greatest processes and bold "out-of-the-box thinking." To it all, Cawley says, ...

Haitian immigrant Nadine Vixama works as a cashier at a Whole Foods in Cambridge, Mass. Vixama has taken English classes and a program in store and customer service basics launched by the National ...