Retail Customer Experience Management Course|Promise Training

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Course Overview

Exceptional customer experience cannot be achieved and sustained without firstly focusing on the right Customer Service Mindset. This course introduces the basic concepts of extraordinary customer experience and dives into effective customer service techniques and practices. You will understand proper communication methods and understand different types of customer behaviour and buying decisions. It will also address the best practices of retail sales, including exploring the related Psychology and how to deal with different customer categories and situations, mainly the difficult ones. The audience will also go through details on how to master storytelling and effectively develop and analyze customer journeys while aiming at customer loyalty and intimacy.

Delegates will learn about the Principles of Customer experience, consider this in a professional caring environment and learn how to build solid relationships with customers. Superb service is delivered by people to people – even in this age of high technology. All delegates will leave the course with a challenging but realistic plan to significantly improve customer service delivery in their own area. This highly motivating and engaging course, Retail Customer Experience, explores this fascinating subject from the ground up, taking us to the highest levels of customer loyalty.

Learning Objectives

Participants in the training course will achieve the skills in:

Building impressing customer first impression
Identifying customer behavior and needs
Ensuring effective customer communication
Developing a concrete storytelling
Mastering key retail sales skills
Handling difficult situations with customers
Maintaining long-term customer intimacy
Developing and analyzing concrete customer journey
Mastering the positive moment of truth
Ensuring exceptional customer loyalty
Mastering after-sales services

Target Audience

The Retail Customer Experience Management program is designed for all those who wish to drive improvements in their customer experience management skills. This course is suitable for anyone working in a retail customer service role, including the following positions.

Sales and customer service representatives of the retail industry
Trainees in the retail industry
Managers of Retail teams
Retail Staff and Customer-facing Team-members

Training Methodology

This practical and results-oriented course is designed based on adult learning concepts. There will be highly motivating presentations together with videos and case studies to enhance learning. Discussions, skills practice and group work will allow delegates to get fully involved, participate, experience, and understand the practical implications. The facilitator will give plenty of input and then help participants to make sense of the themes through discussion and practice. It incorporates short inspiring demonstrations, role play, and much practice to enhance learning. There will be ample time for Q&A and discussions with ‘return to work’ action planning. The course will reinforce key concepts within an inspiring and engaging learning environment.

Pre & Post course assessments will be used to measure the effectiveness of this training.

Course Contents

Module 1 - Creating a Top-Notch Customer Experience

Key Topics

Give your customers good feelings
A human connection
What is an excellent customer experience?
Creating an amazing customer experience
How does your customer feel about their experience?
The customer experience is in what the person buys

Module 2 - Customer Behaviors and Buying Decisions

Key Topics

Analysis of Customer Needs and Interests
Listening to Customers and Confirming Their Needs
Understanding consumer behavior and how to use it to your advantage as a retail worker.
Issues related to consumer behavior such as out-of-stock products and labeling
How to identify and address customers’ essential needs?

Module 3 - Communication Skills in Handling Customers

Key Topics

How to start talking to customers?
Body Language and active listening skills
Active listening & Probing questions.
See the situation from your customer’s point of view
Create a constructive greeting.
Construct a positive dialogue.
Get customer feedback
Develop rapport.

Module 4 - Retail Sales Best Practices

Key Topics

The mission of a retail salesperson
Implement improvements one step at a time
Cross-Selling & Upselling
The Power of ‘Yes’ when selling
Knowing when the time is right
3 closing techniques
Retail factors that impact sales
When and when not to discount.
Minimising/Negating discounting
How to handle people shopping on price

Module 5 - Handling Difficult Situations with The Customer

Key Topics

Advanced techniques and strategies for dealing with unhappy customers
Advanced strategies for turning upset customers around.
How to de-escalate the situation when dealing with angry customers and establish some common ground with them.
Personal development strategies for dealing with stress and emotions at work.
How to deal with a range of difficult scenarios within a retail environment
Addressing Customer Complaints, Exchanges, and Returns
The excellent 6-step technique that negates the opposition and maintains your professionalism
Overcoming Objections
Handling complaints

Module 6 - Customer Journey & Loyalty

Key Topics

What makes a customer loyal?
Why bother with journey mapping?
Define the scope of your customer journey map
Bring data and metrics into your customer journey map
Validate your customer journey map with customers
Taking action on customer pain points
Effect of after-sales services on customer loyalty
The Customer Loyalty Life Cycle

Classroom Session

Dubai

02 - 06 Nov 2026

$5,600

Dubai

01 - 05 Feb 2027

$5,600

London

05 - 09 Apr 2027

$5,950

Dubai

28 Jun - 02 Jul 2027

$5,600

Paris

30 Aug - 03 Sep 2027

$5,950

Dubai

22 - 26 Nov 2027

$5,600

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Online Session

Duration: 2 Hrs X 8 Days

Starting Date

07-Dec-2026

$3,000

Starting Date

12-Apr-2027

$3,500

Starting Date

27-Jul-2027

$3,500

Starting Date

14-Sep-2027

$3,500

Starting Date

06-Dec-2027

$3,500

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Certificate

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will receive a PROMISE Certificate of Completion.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will receive a PROMISE Certificate of Completion.

This Program has been approved for 25.00 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR , aPHRi , PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi and SPHRi recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®)

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