Customer Experience

Listen up, brand strategists! Are there meaningful ways to maintain customer loyalty that you’ve never thought of?  Listen to the new episode of What If? So What?, where Jim and Kim talk with Justin Huckins, Director of Strategy and Innovation at Perficient, about customer reward systems and how different brand loyalty techniques can generate success. […]

Personalization is rapidly becoming the name of the retail game. Perficient’s Lead Commerce Strategist Justin Racine penned a 3-part article on CMSWire about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a role in both digital and physical personalization in retail. What You’ll Learn from the Piece We all have our own journeys, personalized to what’s important […]

DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) has not only become one of the hottest business buzzwords in recent years, it’s also become a contributor to sales and employee retention. More of our clients are investing in DEI programs, whether to cultivate happier and healthier employees, bring more varied perspectives and experiences, or demonstrate their commitment to […]

We’re looking forward to bringing our experience in journey science as well as adding a direct-to-consumer (D2C) approach to B2B Online in Chicago on May 1-3. This conference brings together top B2B voices to share their insights on all things digital, eCommerce, and omnichannel through keynote presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions. Perficient will be on […]

Survey says…  Recent surveys of cable users have shown that the demographic is quickly aging. Half of cable users surveyed in one report were at least 60 years old, while over a quarter of respondents aged 18 to 29 preferred streaming services over cable TV. More troubling was that 60% of those surveyed who used […]

Customer experience (CX) is vital to the success of any business, and Perficient’s Lead Commerce Strategist Justin Racine joined CX expert Nichole Devolites on CMSWire’s CX Decoded podcast to share real-life examples of customer experience, from having to buy a gold velvet jacket twice to cancelling cable via AI chatbot. What You’ll Learn from the […]

There’s been a lot of reporting on the healthcare moves that retail giants like CVS, Walmart, Best Buy, and Walgreens have made of late. For the average healthcare consumer, this is welcome news — the locations are nearby, it is easy to make an appointment (and can be faster too), and the pharmacy is right […]

In my last post on cost transparency, I mentioned how the provider is paramount over the payer in the eyes of the patient/member. Some payers have made this the focus of their strategic growth plans and are methodically moving to become part of a payer-provider “payvider” model.  This vertical integration is on the rise for […]

As businesses strive to stay ahead in today’s competitive market, innovation and creativity have become crucial elements of success. However, the traditional process of content creation can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, leaving little room for experimentation and innovation. This is where Artificial Intelligence comes in. Generative AI is a groundbreaking technology that is transforming the […]

As South by Southwest (SXSW) convenes on Austin, Texas, Perficient Director, Lead Commerce Strategist and Austin resident, Justin Racine, shared his perspectives in an article on CMSWire. Racine shares his personal journey with public speaking and how sometimes, fear gets the best of us, but that we all can overcome that fear. With SXSW convening […]

Conversion rate is a metric that measures the percentage of website visitors who take a desired action, such as making a purchase, filling out a form, or signing up for a newsletter. It’s one of the key metrics for measuring the ROI of the products or services.   By improving the conversion rate, businesses can increase […]

Despite surviving both the Great Depression and the Great Recession, not even enduring luxury retail giant Nieman Marcus could escape COVID-19’s interruption of indoor shopping. When Neiman Marcus emerged from bankruptcy after a tumultuous 2020, the company smartly pivoted towards a new plan for targeting consumers. The 115-year-old luxury retailer would laser-focus on their most […]