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Has the holiday shopping season started off with quality customer service?

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On Friday, it got so bad the police were using pepper spray to fend off the over-anxious shoppers, the lines to get into stores wrapped twice around the parking lots, and employees yawned and complained as they had to report to work at “dark o’clock” and be bubbly and alert. So now statistics and polls get confusing.

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Sending flowers and customer service

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Many of us order our flowers over the phone or the Internet, and since holidays are a one shot deal when it comes to flowers being at their required destination on time, we as consumers hold florists to a high level of “flower” responsibility. Only a few dissatisfied customers ever received an answer on that ominous February 14th.

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Sending flowers and customer service

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Many of us order our flowers over the phone or the Internet, and since holidays are a one shot deal when it comes to flowers being at their required destination on time, we as consumers hold florists to a high level of “flower” responsibility. Only a few dissatisfied customers ever received an answer on that ominous February 14th.

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Consumer Reports’ naughty and nice list for holiday shoppers

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On Monday, Consumer Reports published its first Naughty and Nice Holiday List. The input came from reporters and editors and covered shopping, travel, hospitality, and telecommunications, and identifies some good and some frowned upon shopping policies of 20 popular organizations. Publix offers some antibiotics for free.

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Is your customer service “naughty” or “nice?”

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Consumer Reports just came out with their holiday report card giving holiday shoppers some interesting facts Santa’s helpers will surely want to consider before buying gifts either at the mall or online. For the complete list of Consumer Reports “naughty” and “nice” list, please click here.

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Consumer Reports’ fast food survey echoes public demand for service

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That McDonald’s motto “I’m Lovin’ It&# didn’t have much influence on the June 30 Consumer Reports’ survey where 36,700 subscribers made a total of 98,000 visits to 53 fast-food chains. Customers want innovative meals, and they want great value with cheap prices. photo credit: LaurenKates.

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Customer satisfaction for retailers at all time high

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) report examined the implications of both e-commerce and retail businesses concluding that better customer service, discounting of prices, and lower gasoline prices offset a drop in Internet sales.