Cinemark Giving Away Private Halloween Watch Parties
Cinemark is making sure that no matter what the weather looks like this year, it is going to be a "boo-tiful" Halloween. The movie theater chain is giving away 1,000 private Halloween watch parties this year for Halloween day in an effort to make 2020 just a little bit better.
"Private Watch Parties have quickly become a moviegoer favorite – offering customers an exclusively immersive cinematic experience with a group they trust," says Wanda Gierhart-Fearing, Cinemark CMO. "In this ever-changing environment, Cinemark is happy to offer an alternative way to celebrate Halloween by bringing back some of the best movies for family fun or fright and giving away 1,000 Private Watch Parties."
SAP to Acquire Omnichannel Customer Engagement Leader Emarsys
SAP has entered into an agreement to acquire Emarsys, a leading omnichannel customer engagement platform provider. Emarsys enables businesses to engage more effectively and more personally with their customers.
Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, says enhancing the SAP Customer Experience portfolio with Emarsys will create a new paradigm for how commerce is managed digitally as it will deliver hyper-personalized, omnichannel engagements in real-time, helping organizations ensure every engagement is relevant and impactful.
“Adding the Emarsys customer engagement platform to our leading SAP S/4HANA and Experience Management technology from SAP and Qualtrics opens up new possibilities for our customers that are unique in the market,” Klein says. “The success of brands worldwide depends today on their ability to offer a compelling customer journey and to cater to the individual expectations of customers.”
Claude Marsal Launches VIP Rewards Program
Claude Marsal has officially launched a new VIP rewards program to reward its valuable customers. The program is free to sign up for and is available to everyone. Claude Marsal VIP Rewards members will get access to exclusive rewards and perks.
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Signup: 100 Points
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Like on Facebook: 25 Points
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Follow on Twitter: 25 Points
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Follow on Instagram: 25 Points
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Celebrate a birthday: 25 Points
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Place an order: 1 VIP Reward for every $1 spent.
Upon sign up, customers will receive a 10% coupon for their purchase and a $150 coupon for their next purchase (coupons exclude Edition Noir and Maximals perfumes). Members will be able to redeem a free perfume (Value: $250) for every 500 points earned. Earnings can only be redeemed on Claude Marsal’s website (www.claudemarsal.com) and are redeemable for all Claude Marsal perfumes.
5 Experts Share CX Insights For National Customer Service Week
Forbes magazine says that since the mid-1980s, companies across the country have used the first full workweek in October to celebrate National Customer Service Week. The week, which the U.S. Congress proclaimed a national event in 1992, has a twofold mission to not only encourage organizations to recognize their customer service representatives' hard work, but also highlight the critical role that customer service plays in successfully running a business.
Owing to the challenges introduced by COVID-19, this year’s event—set for Oct. 5-9—will certainly have a different tone, but it would be unwise to abandon the celebration altogether.
Samantha Conyers: Raising the Bar on Customer Experience
Samantha Conyers started in customer experience in a small role at Goldman Sachs, London, but what she learned there was that great customer experiences don't just happen – there's a lot of background work that goes into creating the environment for it.
In an interview in the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Conyers says while poor customer service remains a constant concern for most people, one firm, EXCO TT, The Customer Experience Company, is aiming to up-level the experience for local entities.