Refund fraud is now a business, with methods and tutorials sold to exploit return policies for profit. Flare shows how fraudsters turn refunds and chargebacks into a repeatable profit model.

Your staff is committed to delivering top-rate customer experiences, but worry they don't have enough people to sustain those standards.

Social Security recipients will soon see a change regarding customer service. As a consequence of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) laying off thousands of Social Security Administration ...

Democratic Caucus Chair and Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur introduced legislation Tuesday requiring large California businesses to provide timely access to human customer service representatives. AB ...

You’re gonna love me for this. Say you’re calling customer service because you need help. Maybe your bill is wrong, your service is down or you want a refund. Instead of a person, a cheerful AI voice ...

This is just one of the stories from our “I’ve Always Wondered” series, where we tackle all of your questions about the world of business, no matter how big or small. Ever wondered if recycling is ...

In Aesop’s fable “The North Wind and the Sun,” the two forces of nature argue over who is stronger. To settle the debate, they test their power on a passing traveler by trying to remove his cloak. The ...

WTF?! Across the United States, consumers are confronting a new kind of obstacle when seeking help from companies and government agencies: a maze of automated systems, endless wait times, and ...

This past school year, a parent reached out to me. In our very first communication, she threatened to go to the school board if I did not locate an assignment that we later discovered her child had ...