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# Our latest thoughts on the issues and solutions in customer experience

[![Tokens of Connection and Support](https://www.retailcx.ie/hubfs/Abusive%20customer%20at%20counter.png)](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/when-the-customer-is-not-always-right)

## [When the Customer Is Not Always Right](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/when-the-customer-is-not-always-right)

 Sep 3, 2026, 5:23:49 PM

A few weeks ago, I was standing in a queue at a garage, waiting to pay. The man in front of me was t...

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## [Five Contacts Later, Who Owns the Problem?](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/five-contacts-later-who-owns-the-problem)

 Aug 26, 2026, 4:41:12 PM

More than half of Irish consumers surveyed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CC...

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[![Customer service contrasts: grey to warm](https://www.retailcx.ie/hubfs/Self%20Checkout%20scene.png)](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/human-in-the-loop-is-not-enough)

## [Human-in-the-loop Is Not Enough](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/human-in-the-loop-is-not-enough)

 Aug 20, 2026, 3:47:47 PM

What Sainsbury’s facial-recognition failure tells us about designing technology around people An inn...

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## [Are We Measuring Work, or Just Activity?](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/are-we-measuring-work-or-just-activity)

 Aug 12, 2026, 3:31:24 PM

The more we can measure what colleagues do, the easier it becomes to mistake activity for performanc...

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## [Customers Have a Right to Repair, But Who Takes Ownership?](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/customers-have-a-right-to-repair-but-who-takes-ownership)

 Jul 30, 2026, 3:25:11 PM

When the retailer owns the customer relationship but not the repair A customer enters a mobile phone...

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## [Multi-skilled or Multi-tasked? The Difference Matters.](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/multi-skilled-or-multi-tasked-the-difference-matters)

 Jul 23, 2026, 4:05:26 PM

Earlier this week, I stood waiting to use a supermarket self-checkout. There were six self-checkouts...

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[![Customer service contrasts: grey to warm](https://www.retailcx.ie/hubfs/How%20Great%20Customer%20Experiences%20Quietly%20Disappear.png)](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/how-great-customer-experiences-quietly-disappear)

## [How Great Customer Experiences Quietly Disappear](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/how-great-customer-experiences-quietly-disappear)

 Jul 17, 2026, 4:08:21 PM

Every retailer faces difficult decisions. Costs rise, customer behaviour changes, technology creates...

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[![Customer service contrasts: grey to warm](https://www.retailcx.ie/hubfs/The%20Anxious%20Generation%20and%20the%20Next%20Customer%20Experience%20Challenge.png)](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/the-anxious-generation-and-the-next-customer-experience-challenge)

## [The Anxious Generation and the Next Customer Experience Challenge](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/the-anxious-generation-and-the-next-customer-experience-challenge)

 Jul 8, 2026, 3:23:04 PM

Younger customers may not need more digital; they may need more human. The debates in the UK and Ire...

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[![Customer service contrasts: grey to warm](https://www.retailcx.ie/hubfs/Customers%20Dont%20Mind%20Paying%2c%20They%20Mind%20Feeling%20Played..png)](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/customers-dont-mind-paying-they-mind-feeling-played)

## [Customers Don't Mind Paying, They Mind Feeling Played.](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/customers-dont-mind-paying-they-mind-feeling-played)

 Jun 19, 2026, 3:15:23 PM

At first glance, the controversy surrounding FIFA, Ticketmaster and major sporting events appears to...

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[![Customer service contrasts: grey to warm](https://www.retailcx.ie/hubfs/Waiting%20for%20a%20fitting%20room%20at%20Primark.png)](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/what-primarks-fitting-rooms-taught-me-about-customer-effort)

## [What Primark's Fitting Rooms Taught Me About Customer Effort](https://www.retailcx.ie/our-latest-thoughts-on-the-issues-and-solutions-in-customer-experience/what-primarks-fitting-rooms-taught-me-about-customer-effort)

 Jun 10, 2026, 3:24:02 PM

A recent news story caught my attention. Several retailers are reducing or removing fitting rooms to...

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