Dubai Economy highlights excellence and best practices in retailing at Customer Service Week
The Business Excellence Department in Dubai Economy celebrated the Customer Service Week recently with varied activities aimed to highlight the importance of innovations in achieving customer satisfaction and encourage retailers to share best practices in enhancing customer loyalty.
The activities held as part of the Week, most of which were held online in view of the precautionary guidelines against COVID-19, saw a remarkable level of participation from the business community as well as experts in quality and excellence.
Shaikha Al Bishri, Director of the Business Excellence Department said:
"Quality and excellence in customer service are strategic components of the competitiveness that sets Dubai apart as a preferred shopping destination and hub for sustainable business growth. The Business Excellence Department in Dubai Economy, through the Dubai Service Excellence Scheme, strives to promote excellence across business in the UAE and encourage sharing of best practices in customer service. The ‘Customer Service Week’ encapsulates our efforts in integrating excellence as a culture and honoring exceptional efforts in this domain."
The celebrations started with daily competitions focusing on businesses that have top-scored in the Dubai Service Excellence Scheme (DSES) under the Business Excellence Awards of Dubai Economy. Participants had to answer questions about DSES winners, including Al-Jaber Optical, Grand Stores, Health First Pharmacy, India Palace Restaurant, Rituals from Apparel Group and The Global Village. There were two competitions per day and 17 winners altogether.
An E-Panel Discussions on ‘Best Practices in customer service during COVID-19 period’ was another highlight of the Customer Service Week.’ DSES members have demonstrated a remarkable compliance level of over 90 per cent to the precautionary guidelines following COVID-19.
The panel discussion shed light on the best practices and innovative customer service solutions that set apart DSES winners from the rest during the pandemic challenge.
Employers in the retail sector were honored at the Retail Employees’ Day during the Week celebrations. Held every year on the 12th of December the Retail Employees’ Day is intended to applaud the hard work and dedication of employees in achieving service excellence and recognize their contribution to the growth as well as prosperity of local and international companies in Dubai and across the UAE. Retailers adopted a variety of simple ideas with big impact to honor their employees as part of the Day, including personalized ‘thank you’ notes from the top management, certificates of appreciation, employees’ workshop , interactive games, special discounts and gifts.
The Dubai Service Excellence Scheme is a one-of-a-kind initiative that aims to gain customer confidence and to make the experience of shopping in the UAE a pleasurable one. Participants in DSES are honored in two main categories: the best outlet and the best brand. Assessment is done through mystery shopper reports to various sectors including Shopping centres, Fashion, Hypermarkets, Services, health and wellness & hospitality and entertainment. The scope of the scheme has been expended also to Government, online services and GCC countries.
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