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Innovation interviews: Retail customer experience innovation

When the pandemic hit the US back in March, the world changed overnight. Industries that relied on in-person interaction needed to figure out how to navigate this new normal... Read more

Building relationships and closing deals

The next decade of selling In a work from home world where meeting a client for coffee or at an event may no longer be possible, B2B sellers are... Read more

Unprecedented time for product innovation 

Industries of all kinds around the world are affected by COVID-19, some are in better shape than others. There are a lot of companies that are reacting or adapting... Read more

SVOD wars: What telcos can learn from Disney and Netflix

When billions of people across the globe were quarantined due to COVID-19, consumers embraced subscription services of all kinds, from replenishment services and food delivery to retail boxes and... Read more

Curbside pickup is here to stay—here’s how to make it work

In April alone the number of orders placed at home and picked up at store surged 208%. Unlike other contactless trends linked to COVID-19, buy online and pickup curbside... Read more

5 ways for SaaS companies to drive end-user adoption

Cloud-based tools are the future of business. Gartner projects that in 2020 companies will spend $155.7 billion on SaaS and PaaS capabilities, and the number will grow to $209.1... Read more

Mine your data before you change your loyalty program

Recently, a major retailer asked Concentrix Catalyst to assess its loyalty program, which had first launched in the late 1990s. By one metric—retention rate—the retailer’s program was still successful.... Read more

Friday flyover: Healthcare narratives

As an homage to Alex Trebek, we’re excited to bring you our Jeopardy edition of Last Friday flyover. This month, Derek Philips, Director of Content Strategy at Concentrix Catalyst,... Read more

Trauma-informed marketing: An empathy framework

Nobody knew that 2020 would be the year the word “unprecedented” would become exhausted from overuse. But as I write this, sixty million Americans are living under curfew due... Read more

MIT’s COVID challenge: A weekend of work with fresh constraints

It’s one of life’s frustrations: No matter who you are, some of the smartest people will always be working for someone else. So, in this big world, no matter... Read more