According to Forbes magazine, globally it is reported that companies across different sectors lose around 62 Billion due to poor customer experience. With a statistic like this, one might think that customer service is getting worse, when in fact it is getting better. The reason behind this is that the best companies are setting the bar higher.
Research done globally by Ipsos has shown that expectations have become more liquid, meaning that they are increasingly influenced by a much wider body of experiences across a variety of sectors. Here it could be argued that the increasing digitization makes it easier for a customer to compare, thus it’s possible that the service provided by Amazon’s One click ordering affects the way consumers expect to deal with their bank, utility provider or local restaurant.
http://www.venturemagazine.me/2018/07/customer-experience-excellence-ipsos/
Voice of the Customer (VoC) provides you the ability to understand and anticipate your customers’ needs, wants, perceptions and preferences so you can better meet their ever-growing expectations.
In the age of the Customer Experience (CX), these insights are paramount to designing an online and offline experience that is superior to what your competitors are offering.
https://www.iperceptions.com/blog/successful-voice-of-the-customer-program/