5. Pioneers for simplified customer experiences
EmblemHealth Quest IRS Cox United Airlines
Mileage Plus
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7. Global Brand Simplicity Index
+ An online survey among 6,152 consumers in 7 countries:
+ US N=1,027
UK N=1,000
+ Germany N=1,000
Mainland China N=999
India N=1,011
Dubai N=532
Saudi Arabia N=583
+ The sample was recruited to be representative of national
demographic distributions in each country
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8. Questions we asked
Respondents were asked about:
+ How simple or complex they feel their life is
– How this has changed compared to 10 years ago
+ What are the benefits for them of a simpler life
+ Which industries contribute most/least to making their life simpler/more
complex, including questions on:
– Pain of interactions
– Ease of understanding of communications
– Transparency/honesty
– Care about their customers
– Innovation/freshness
– Usefulness
+ Which brands have the simplest or most complex communications and
interactions in relation to their industry peers
– Over 100 brands per country were rated
– Brands were selected to be a representative set of brands that in-country
respondents would be most likely to use or have experience of their services
and/or communications
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9. Simplicity is an important quality of life issue
for people around the world
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10. Some of the brands in the lowest ranking
industries have a lot to learn about simplicity
Lowest ranked global and regional industries
Industry Global Brand Simplicity Score U.S. Brand Simplicity Score
Utilities 580 510
Banking 550 560
Credit card 430 260
Insurance 425 355
Note: The maximum score is 1,000. A score of 750 or better is excellent, from 749 to 601 is average and 600 or
less is below average.
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11. Many of the simplest global brands hail
from the fast food and retail industries
Note: McDonald’s outranked Nokia with a raw score of 853.7 versus 853.5. KFC outranked Burger King with a score
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12. Seven of the top ten U.S. brands are
food-centric—either fast food or retail
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20. What are the leading brands doing right in terms
of simplicity?
+ Communicating directly, clearly and without jargon
+ Saving time with increased convenience and accessibility
+ Reducing stress by providing savings/value
+ Clarity and simplicity of interactions
+ Enabling consumers to get more from life: deeper
relationships, easygoing lifestyles
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21. What are the low rated brands doing wrong?
+ Communicating in ways that are hard to understand and/or
perceived as deceitful
+ Being perceived to intentionally overcharge
+ Being seen as niche or for too select an audience/poorly
accessible
+ Being found difficult to interact with, having poor customer
service experiences and/or hard-to-use interfaces
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24. 2. Understand business needs
Business decisions Legal/compliance Processing and
delivery capabilities
+ Production capabilities
and constraints
+ Integration of print and
online channels
+ Data availability
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25. 3. Plan for alternative delivery channels
Doctor’s report
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