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Publicis Sapient Receives Top Scores in Complex CX Implementation Use Case in 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for CRM and Customer Experience Implementation Services Report

June 15, 2021

Publicis Sapient, the digital transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, was a top scorer in Complex CX Implementation Services use case in 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for CRM and CX Implementation services, a companion report to the Magic Quadrant for CRM and Customer Experience Implementation Services. Additionally, Publicis Sapient has been named a Leader in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for CRM and Customer Experience Implementation Services for the third consecutive year.

The Critical Capabilities report, authored by Jim Longwood, Brett Sparks, Katie Gove, and Chrissy Healey, analyzed vendor capabilities such as commerce experience, digital design and user experience, customer experience architecture, marketing CRM experience, sales CRM experience, and technology architecture/integration, among others.

As per our understanding of the report, Publicis Sapient is an ideal digital business transformation partner for organizations looking to tackle customer strategy consulting and complex CX implementations. The organization’s SPEED capabilities across strategy, product, experience, engineering and data, combined with our deep industry knowledge and culture of curiosity, presents a robust and reliable offering.

“Gartner defines the CRM and CX implementation service market as project-based services that help clients develop a CX strategy and transform a customer relationship through consulting expertise. Providers in this market design, build, integrate and deploy process changes and technology solutions that improve interactions between organizations and their customers. These services are specific to improving clients’ sales, customer service and marketing operations. They also focus on interactions with customers, including commerce transaction enablement.”

“Customer behavior and expectations are driving forces in digital business transformation. Designing and sustaining powerful customer experiences is core to what we do, and we are honored to receive top marks from Gartner,” said Nigel Vaz, CEO of Publicis Sapient. “The pandemic dramatically accelerated sweeping changes in consumer behavior across industries. Our integrated SPEED capabilities -- Strategy, Product, Experience, Engineering and Data -- mean that we can drive a complete CX cycle from uncovering opportunities to implementing complex system evolution and advancing it over time. Our priority is to ensure that our clients continue to deliver relevant experiences for their customers.”

Publicis Sapient received a top score for Complex Customer Experience Implementation use case within the report, and “scored well in digital design and UX, commerce, and marketing CRM use case.” According to the report, Publicis Sapient was also positioned in the top third for customer strategy consulting use case. To view the full report, please visit gartner.com.

Additionally, Publicis Sapient received a score of 4.8 out of 5 on Gartner Peer Insights, with 100% of Publicis Sapient clients willing to recommend them, based on 22 reviews as of June 15, 2021.

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Source: Gartner Critical Capabilities for CRM and Customer Experience Implementation Services, Jim Longwood, Brett Sparks, Katie Gove, Chrissy Healey, 18 May 2021

Gartner Magic Quadrant for CRM and Customer Experience Implementation Services, Brett Sparks, Jim Longwood, Katie Gove, Chrissy Healey,18 May 2021

About Publicis Sapient

Publicis Sapient is a technology company that provides enterprise AI platforms and services. With over 30 years of digital business transformation experience, we enable enterprise clients to transform how they operate and serve their customers, unlocking new value and enabling them to thrive in an AI-driven world. Our platforms Sapient SlingshotSapient Bodhi and Sapient Sustain use AI built off this deep enterprise context to help organizations modernize their legacy tech systems, build agentic solutions, and automate their IT operations.  The combination of our AI platforms and the expertise of our people enables us to deliver faster and more effective outcomes through solutions that are specific to the unique needs of our clients’ businesses, their industries and their customers.  Publicis Sapient is the technology hub of Publicis Groupe, uniting 20,000 people worldwide across 28 countries. For more information, visit publicissapient.com.