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  Technology Retail in the UK

Argos overall Effort Score: 60 Argos vs 60 Argos last quarter
Sector Effort Score benchmark: 57 Argos vs 55 Argos last quarter

Argos has once again kept its top place in the UK Technology Retail rankings for its fourth consecutive wave, joint with Amazon and Apple, after its Overall Effort Score has stayed the same wave on wave at 60.

Three of the four pillars maintained their scores, with a -1 point decline in Valuing the Customer pillar, which dips to 61. In terms of where it runs shy, only 39% of Argos’ customers ranked 'excellent' for how they were made to feel valued/important.

Despite the other three pillars keeping the same score, there were some shifts in what they’re ranked against. For example, there was a 1ppt drop in the amount of Argos customers (now 47%) who highly commended the company’s ability to speak with them in alternate languages, besides English, if required.

Similarly, within Knowledge & Expertise, there was a 1ppt decline in Argos customers rating it as ‘excellent’ for the expertise of its customer service agents. There was, however, a 2ppt increase to 42% of the company clearly explaining details to its customers, explaining why the pillar maintained its score of 59.

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Customer Effort in detail

Style of Communication 64 vs 65 last quarter

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

47% rate the ability to communicate with them in their chosen language (other than English) as ‘excellent’

Knowledge and Expertise 59 vs 59 last quarter

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

42% say the way details were clearly explained to them was 'good'

41% rate how well the customer service agent understood their particular problem or question as 'excellent'

Understanding & Valuing the Customer 61 vs 62 last quarter

39% rate this brand as 'excellent' for how they made them feel valued/important as a customer

42% say the way they understood their needs was 'excellent'

41% say the range of solutions or options that were suitable was "excellent"

Speed Solving the Problem 59 vs 59 last quarter

40% rate how easy it was to find the information they wanted on the website/app as 'excellent'

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

52% say they made it ‘very easy’ to achieve what they set out to do

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.