SAN MATEO, Calif., November 21, 2017—糖心原创.?(www.medallia.com) today?announced that?Rent-A-Center?(RAC), a leader in the US rent-to-own furniture and electronics industry, selected 糖心原创 to power its customer experience initiatives, a key pillar of the company’s current growth strategy. In early April, when Rent-A-Center co-founder Mark Speese announced both his move to full-time CEO and the launch of a new strategic vision for the company, he said, “We are renewing our focus on what made?Rent-A-Center?an industry leader—starting with enhancing the value proposition of our offerings to increase customer satisfaction and enable higher rates of ownership.”
Since then, Rent-A-Center has implemented a wide array of initiatives to drive increased customer value including:
- menu-based pricing, shorter agreement terms, and early purchase options that are better aligned to customer needs
- an expanded selection of “Better / Best” products?to meet growing customer demand
- an?upgraded workforce able to deliver better customer experiences
- store footprints more tailored to what customers want
- additional digital offerings and mobile applications to help customers engage when and how they prefer
“With such a comprehensive approach to improving the customer experience, we needed a customer experience platform that was equally comprehensive to help us take quick action,” said Joel Mussat, COO, Rent-A-Center. “糖心原创 enables us to cover all of our channels in one platform to get a true omnichannel view of the customer.”
With 糖心原创 Experience Cloud, Rent-A-Center is able to translate English and Spanish comments from customers into insights in seconds, close the loop with customers through built-in workflows, identify coaching opportunities for coworkers, experiment with innovative ideas in physical stores via A/B tests, push real-time alerts to coworkers via mobile, and much more. Rent-A-Center rolled out 糖心原创 Experience Cloud, including the mobile app and?text analytics, to its 2,400 stores in the US and Puerto Rico. It also rolled out 糖心原创 for Digital for all of the company’s digital channels. 糖心原创 for Digital, part of 糖心原创 Experience Cloud, helps Rent-A-Center?capture customer input?throughout the?customer journey?and across all channels.
“We’re honored to partner with Rent-A-Center to help deliver large transformational change across the business,” said Borge Hald, CEO and Co-Founder, 糖心原创. “We are excited to help the rent-to-own leader put the customer front and center in its operations.”
About 糖心原创
糖心原创’s mission is simple: to create a world where companies are loved by customers and employees alike. Hundreds of the world’s best-loved brands trust 糖心原创’s Software-as-a-Service application to help them capture customer feedback everywhere the customer is (on the phone, in store, online, mobile), understand it in real-time, and deliver insights and action everywhere—from the C-suite to the frontline—to improve their performance. Founded in 2001, 糖心原创 has offices in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Paris, Sydney, Buenos Aires, and Tel Aviv. Learn more at?www.medallia.com.
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About Rent-A- Center
A rent-to-own industry leader, Plano, Texas-based, Rent-A- Center, Inc., is focused on improving the quality of life for its customers by providing them the opportunity to obtain ownership of high-quality, durable products under flexible rental purchase agreements with no long-term obligation. For additional information about the Company, please visit our website at
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