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UPDATE - Reputation.com Releases 2019 Retail Reputation ReportREDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reputation.com, provider of the first and only complete cloud-based enterprise reputation and customer experience management platform, today released its 2019 Retail Reputation Report. An in-depth analysis of online reputation for 100 leading retailers, the Report reveals which retailers are leading and which are lagging in terms of online reputation and key service metrics as expressed in the unfiltered — and public — voice of the customer in reviews on Google, Facebook and other review sites across the web. A key finding is that of our major retailers, those who manage their online reputations achieve higher sales volume than those who don’t. The ten retailers who improved their Reputation Scores the most realized a 2.25% average increase in sales growth year-over-year, whereas retailers who saw little or no improvement to their scores had minimal increases in sales volume (less than 1% on average). This amounts to 3X higher sales growth for the top 10 performers. Overall Industry Score Drops, Top Retailers Consistent with Last Year In terms of market segments, Specialty Stores, Department Stores and Discounters came out ahead, with Department Stores showing an average Reputation Score of 534. Discounters led the charge for customer engagement, with a 9.2% response rate to negative feedback. Pearle Vision, a long-time Reputation.com customer, performed well in the study, ranking in the top 15 with a Reputation Score of 590 and an average star rating of 4.37. “Reputation.com helps us understand the world of feedback,” Doug Zarkin, VP and CMO, Pearle Vision. “NPS is a good number, but it’s an incomplete data stream in that it doesn’t give you enough qualitative information about customer sentiment and experience. By contrast, Reputation.com provides feedback from across the omnichannel spectrum and enables us to communicate on outlets such as Google My Business. By doing this, we can more effectively maintain stewardship over our reputation.” Jewelers and Smartphone Vendors Need to Step It Up for the Holidays AT&T outperformed Verizon by a significant margin for Reputation Score, average star rating, sentiment, visibility and engagement. Whereas AT&T had an average Reputation Score of 535, Verizon came in at just 299. Apple split the difference at 456 with a high sentiment score (59%) but a very low engagement score (5%). Two of the three jewelers in our study — Jared and Zales — ranked in the bottom 10 for Reputation Score, at 312 and 311 respectively. “Heading into the holidays, it is critical for these brands to focus on improving CX, or risk losing business to competitors or department stores that offer comparable products,” said Fuca. Lack of Engagement Accounts for Lower Overall Scores “By not responding to reviews, retailers miss opportunities to learn from feedback, and demonstrate their willingness to atone for bad service and take action to correct it,” said Fuca. “Failing to respond to customer feedback can negatively impact customer sentiment and brand perception, and in the long term, impact sales.” Tweet this: Calculating Reputation Score Download the complete 2019 Retail Reputation Report to learn more. About Reputation.com The Reputation.com market-leading platform manages tens of millions of consumer reviews, surveys and social media interactions across hundreds of thousands of online points of presence for global companies in healthcare, retail, automotive, restaurants and others. To learn more, visit www.reputation.com. Media Contact: Brigit Valencia A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2e03d908-7503-4dac-9bf4-db52db027f1f |