Customer service in action - the shop sleepover
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
by Jim Riley
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Whilst Eurostar lick their wounds after several disastrous days of poor customer relations, here is an example of how customer service cab be done so much better. A genius decision by the local store manager at John Lewis when staff (“partners”) and customers were stranded by a freak snow storm…
Watch BBC video on John Lewis customer service
Categories: BUSINESS THEMES Customer Service Retailing TEACHING BUSINESS Video Case Studies
Tags: enterprise, customer service, john lewis, empowerment
Tags: enterprise, customer service, john lewis, empowerment
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