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Retail Industry Whitepaper

The retail industry is ready for a revolution. Brands can no longer simple be "present" across communications and sales channels. It's no longer about brick-and-mortar retail stores or digital e-commerce websites, but about a blend of both in this "Phygital" retail era. In this White Paper, our experts will highlight the new trends in the market and point to the critical solutions for harnessing the transformation and enabling every one of you to become heavyweight contenders in your own sectors.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Chatbots - White Paper

Over 33,000 messenger chatbots have been developed since April 2016, with over half of web users relying on instant messaging every day. Messaging and chatbots are inarguable solutions for creating a simplified customer journey and experience. This whitepaper provides the various tools for understanding and developing chatbots in order to effectively engage in this new conversational experience.

Preparing Seasonal and Regular Agents with Blending Learning

In 2017, Learning Tribes, a venture of Sitel Group, introduced a blended onboarding and training solution for an international retail client that was struggling to prepare seasonal and regular agents during peak season. By delivering a customized blending learning program, the retailer was able to cut training time, improve agent satisfaction, and deliver over $1.1 million in annual savings.

Reimagining Enterprise IT Services Sourcing

As enterprises ramp up their digital transformation initiatives, the IT Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management (SS&VM) function faces the onerous task of establishing and orchestrating an IT services vendor portfolio that can help the enterprise navigate the proverbial IT maze and fulfill strategic business objectives. However, this is clearly easier said than done. Current enterprise satisfaction with incumbent IT service providers stands at an all-time low – 54% of all reference enterprise discussions Everest Group conducted in 2017 expressed dissatisfaction with their IT service providers.

Reimagining Workplace Services

The enterprise workplace is undergoing a profound transformation in today’s digital age. Fundamental organizational structures and talent models across industries are experiencing significant disruption.