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Clearly, technology can be used to help consumers better serve themselves, freeing up human agents to deal with more complex queries where they can use their emotional understanding to improve the customer experience. Share this page on: Tweet.
In many ways the Citizens Advice research mirrors the findings of the 2015 Eptica Multichannel Customer Experience Study. This analyzed ten leading utilities and found that, on average, performance in the sector had worsened on email, chat and Twitter, and remained static on the web, since 2014. Share this page on: Tweet.
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