Curious & Cuirky

Nike is Stepping Up Their Brand, Why Customer Experience Is a Higher Priority Than Product Quality, How Can you “De-Commoditize” a Commodity? Airbnb - Pay, Don’t Stay, The Future of the Retail Experience and The Simplicity Challenge.

Episode Summary

In this episode we discuss: *See how Nike is stepping up their Brand value with a new channel strategy. What are Nike’s customers doing in response? What are the B2B implications of this type of a strategy? *Why CX Is a Higher Priority Than Product Quality: In a recent survey of close to 2000 executives, Customer Experience was rated a higher priority than product/service quality by a large margin; and twice as important as improving pricing! Why is customer experience such a huge agenda item - and what are some simple, time-tested strategies that B2Bs can implement to improve their customer’s experiences? *How can you “de-commoditize” a Commodity? Creativity AND Social media! We’ll see how Vaseline stopped “slugging” it out on the stores shelves, and is instead now “slugging” onto the skin… with the hashtag #slugging” now hitting over 150 million views on TikTok! The Curious and Cuirky question: Is there a trend you can ride for your brand? *Airbnb - Pay, Don’t Stay - How a Worldwide Movement Can Change a Company *The Future of the Retail Experience. Building a brick -and -mortar store or even a digital marketplace is not enough. Customers are increasingly looking for experiences. Experiences are increasingly the new product. *The Simplicity Challenge.: Why is Walgreens Replacing Fridge Doors with Touch Displays? https://rokt.it/3hdjHCV Hosted by Hari Abburi Produced by Tracylynne Williams

Episode Notes

In this episode we discuss:

 

*See how Nike is stepping up their Brand value with a new channel strategy. What are Nike’s customers doing in response? What are the B2B implications of this type of strategy?

 

*Why CX Is a Higher Priority Than Product Quality: In a recent survey of close to 2000 executives, Customer Experience was rated a higher priority than product/service quality by a large margin; and twice as important as improving pricing! Why is customer experience such a huge agenda item - and what are some simple, time-tested strategies that B2Bs can implement to improve their customer’s experiences?

 

*How can you “de-commoditize” a Commodity? Creativity AND Social media! We’ll see how Vaseline stopped “slugging” it out on the store's shelves, and is instead now “slugging” onto the skin… with the hashtag #slugging” now hitting over 150 million views on TikTok! The Curious and Cuirky question: Is there a trend you can ride for your brand?

 

*Airbnb - Pay, Don’t Stay - How a Worldwide Movement Can Change a Company

 

*The Future of the Retail Experience. Building a brick-and-mortar store or even a digital marketplace is not enough. Customers are increasingly looking for experiences. Experiences are increasingly the new product.

 

*The Simplicity Challenge.: Why is Walgreens Replacing Fridge Doors with Touch Displays?

 

 

https://rokt.it/3hdjHCV

 

Hosted by Hari Abburi

Produced by Tracylynne Williams