Tuesday, November 28, 2017

How e-commerce giants are using AI and marketing (Part 2) - Daniel Faggella

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  • "And going beyond keywords to search for products, eBay launched eBay ShopBot for its users. The app runs on Facebook Messenger and lets shoppers interact with a chatbot using text message, speech or image. According to eBay, the goal of the app is to provide the services of a personal shopper by giving tailored search results.
  • Sunil Gopinath, CEO of Rakuten India, explains in an interview with Factor Daily that they use the same technology for different applications. Additionally, he said, “Out of over 70 services we have, almost 30 services will be enabled with AI chatbots by the end of [2017]. The objectives are to improve customer satisfaction significantly and also sales productivity. We’re partnering with IBM Watson to enable those AI chatbot engines.”
  • Working on artificial intelligence has brought improvements in customer service, according to the company (Flipkart). A report in the Hindu Business Line on the company’s net promoter score (a measurement of a customer’s likelihood of recommending a company’s services or products) claims an increase of 14 percent in the middle of 2017, growth of 14 percent in customer resolution and a drop of 25 percent in customer pain. The company attributes these improvements to chatbots that were launched in April 2017."
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