Costco, Amazon and Apple Take Top Spots in Retail Customer Satisfaction Study
March 04 2021 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Retailers Leading in Customer Satisfaction Mastered Rising
Expectations, Embraced Digital Self-Service, and Expanded
Fulfillment Options
Costco, Amazon and Apple rank highest in customer satisfaction
(CSAT) and have high Net Promoter Scores (NPS) out of the top 25
retailers, according to a new report issued by Verint® (Nasdaq:
VRNT), The Customer Engagement Company™.
The Verint Experience Index™ report is based on a benchmark
survey of consumer satisfaction with leading retailers and includes
CSAT and NPS rankings. Consumers were surveyed in late November and
early December 2020, with COVID-19 social-distancing guidelines in
place and in the thick of the holiday shopping season.
Costco received the highest score related to trust (86.5) and
company recommendations (87.4). Amazon received the highest
satisfaction score for online purchases (87.7) and returns online
(87.7), while Apple came in third for satisfaction (85.1). Costco
also received the highest NPS ranking and scored well in multiple
satisfaction drivers, including service, price and merchandise.
Customer experience is key to generating sales and
recommendations. Compared to customers with a poor experience,
customers who reported having a great experience have a 90 percent
higher intent to purchase online, a 71 percent higher intent to
purchase in-store, and an 88 percent higher recommendation intent.
According to last year’s Verint Experience Index: Retail findings,
the best prepared retailers mastered three key issues: rising
customer experience expectations, embracing digital self-service,
and expanding fulfillment options.
“Retailers that scored high in our study focused on digital
transformation and e-commerce, helping them respond to
rapidly-changing consumer behaviors,” says Verint’s Kevin Daly,
global vice president and general manager, experience management.
“Stand-out retailers were those that were able to implement
successful fulfillment options such as curbside pick-up or Buy
Online Pick Up In-Store.”
While cost is the top factor in purchase intent, mask policies
and in-store shopping factored third and fourth in considerations,
underscoring customers’ desire for safe in-store shopping
options.
Forty-four percent of customers who made a return in the last 30
days said returns were easier than last year – an important finding
given that easy and free returns rank high among factors impacting
future shopping decisions.
Over three-quarters (76%) of customers who called a retail
contact center tried first and failed to complete their task
digitally. By converting just one-quarter of those to digital
self-service, retailers could save up to $1.7 million per one
million calls.
Download the Verint Experience Index:
Retail report for the full rankings and more insights,
including details on the omnichannel customer journey, generational
data, and best practices for improving fulfilment and customer
support. A three-part webinar series will be held in March to
explore retail customer experience in 2021, discuss the findings of
the report, identify how the retail purchase journey has changed
and more. Register here.
Survey Methodology
The Verint Experience Index: Retail edition ranks the
omnichannel experiences of the top 25 retailers in the U.S. based
on revenue as determined by National Retail Federation’s STORES
annual ranking (not including quick-service restaurants). The Index
features a panel sample of 6,462 respondents in total,
representative of the U.S. general population, with at least 250
responses per brand. Responses were collected from Nov. 25 through
Dec. 4, 2020. The Verint Experience Index is an episodic study
including respondents who interacted with the brand in the last 30
days, scores are not comparable to continuous studies.
Learn more at Verint Experience Management.
About Verint
Verint® (Nasdaq: VRNT) helps help the world’s most iconic brands
– including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies – build enduring
customer relationships by connecting work, data and experiences
across the enterprise. The Verint Customer Engagement portfolio
draws on the latest advancements in AI and analytics, an open cloud
architecture, and The Science of Customer Engagement™ to help
customers close the engagement capacity gap.
Verint. The Customer Engagement Company™. Learn more at
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