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Harvey Norman

  Technology Retail in Australia

Harvey Norman overall Effort Score: 57 Harvey Norman vs 60 Harvey Norman last quarter
Sector Effort Score benchmark: 54 Harvey Norman vs 55 Harvey Norman last quarter

Harvey Norman’s Overall Effort Score has declined again this quarter by -3 points to 57, equalling to a -13 decrease since the beginning of this year, dropping to 5th in the Australian Tech Retail rankings.

All four of its pillars have gone down by -2 or -3 points, which Harvey Norman should focus on this coming quarter. Its Speed Solving the Problem score declined by -3 points to 54 after 5% fewer customers believing the tech company made it ‘very easy’ to achieve what they set out to do. 

Style of Communication also dropped -3 points to 62. More customers (3%) marked them down when asked if the politeness of Harvey Norman’s customer service agents is ‘excellent’. One per cent fewer customers also rated the ability to communicate with them in their chosen language as ‘excellent’.

As Harvey Norman prepares to diversify, launching its first stores in England, can the company stop the decline in ratings in its homeland? The Customer Effort Index will be watching closely as this develops.

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Customer Effort in detail

Style of Communication 62 vs 65 last quarter

48% say the politeness of their customer service agents is 'excellent'

46% rate the ability to communicate with them in their chosen language (other than English) as 'excellent'

Knowledge and Expertise 57 vs 60 last quarter

41% rate the expertise of the customer service agent as 'excellent'

41% say the way details were clearly explained to them was 'excellent'

44% rate how well the customer service agent understood their particular problem or question as 'excellent'

Understanding & Valuing the Customer 58 vs 60 last quarter

42% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

42% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

42% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

Speed Solving the Problem 54 vs 57 last quarter

43% rate how easy it was to find the information they wanted on the website/app as 'good'

41% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

40% rate how they were able to speak to a customer service agent that can help them with their query as 'excellent'

ContactEngine sponsors the Customer Effort Index

ContactEngine believes that a great customer experience is an effortless one, where life is made as easy as possible for the customer. ContactEngine commissioned the Customer Effort Index to measure how real people perceive the effort it takes to be a customer of some of the leading brands in the world. By enabling a comparison of effort not only within an industry, but across industries, we can identify and learn from the brands who lead on making it easy for their customers to do business with them.