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		<title>Update re: GM: a customer experience scorecard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Kozatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last December, I posted a letter to then GM CEO Rick Wagoner with some advice on how to move GM forward by being more sensitive to customer experiences, especially online.  Now that Mr. Wagoner is gone, let&#8217;s take a look at GM&#8217;s progress.

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		<title>Why Starbucks is like the Beatles and it&#8217;s tough to put the lightening back in the bottle</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Kozatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been paying attention to the news lately in between sips of your Caramel Macchiato you might have heard that Starbucks is having a mid-life crisis.

(Customers are saying &#8220;all we need is love&#8221; )
It seems that the once high flying company&#8217;s stock has been on a steady downward spiral.  They are closing stores (in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.digsmarter.com&blog=3142497&post=31&subd=digsmarter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Be Kind Rewind&#8221; Reminds Us Why We Love the Movies</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Kozatch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michel Gondry&#8217;s new film &#8220;Be Kind Rewind,&#8221; besides being particularly endearing and funny, is a brilliant demonstration of how the user experience can be effectively reflected back to the audience. Due to a series of ridiculous plot contrivances (you won&#8217;t mind) two local shlubs are forced to create shorter, no budget (&#8220;sweded&#8221;) versions of popular [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.digsmarter.com&blog=3142497&post=5&subd=digsmarter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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