Moving beyond the customer journey

Maria McCann, founder of Joho Ventures, a UK-based customer experience agency, explores the purpose of a customer journey and how companies can prioritise it.

The omni-channel opportunity

Retailers should accept the “omni-channel” challenge laid down by consumers researching and buying across mobile devices, computers and physical stores within the same shopping journey, explains David Wild, CEO of Domino's Pizza Group and member of the LCP Consulting Advisory Board.

The global game

Sports organisations chasing global goals risk leaving their local supporters feeling left behind, explains Amit Katwala, staff writer at Sport Magazine.

The funnel is dead. Long live the consumer decision journey

If there were 10 Commandments for marketing, #1 would be: Know thy customer. While it’s one of the most fundamental principles in business, companies are still having trouble adhering to it.

Are brands guests or hosts at the dinner party?

Last week, Waggener Edstrom and The Economist hosted the fifth ‘Food for Thought’ roundtable.

Do you have the right stuff?

Delivering a great customer experience requires plenty of the “right” stuff: providing the right message or product to the right person at the right time in the right place.

At your service

Interview with Trent Walsh, Managing director, Leading Quality Assurance

Don’t build a culture, brand it

Like brands, culture can rarely be manufactured.

The demands of on-demand marketing

How can marketers meet the demands of increasingly demanding consumers.

Reframing the economy: from ownership to access

Ownership. It has been at the heart of everyday life since the emergence of the consumer economy in the late 17th century. And yet today another contrary trend is building: collaborative consumption.

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