We have the technology to listen to customers, but we're still not getting customer experience right. According to the State of Customer Experience 2017 report from business process services company Conduent, brands fail to provide 80 percent of customers with first-step resolutions. Further, 75 percent don’t provide enough support to encourage successful self-help.
Some brands have turned to Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs to help inform the experiences they provide. Wikipedia defines VoC programs as marketing techniques designed to understand and facilitate the wants and needs of customers by organizing them into a prioritized hierarchal structure.
https://www.cmswire.com/customer-experience/10-common-voice-of-the-customer-mistakes/
Customer centricity is misunderstood. A change in retail has already occurred: technology users and their need for immediacy have severed the middle ground. Retail in the middle, grounded in mediocrity is doomed. The unifying force, no matter what way you shop, demands a customer-focused experience.
https://www.retaildive.com/news/customer-centricity-is-misunderstood/524103/