JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2013 (ANTARA/PRNewswire) -- RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponentsplc (LSE:ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products, has completed the global implementation of its Live Chat service, which offers help to customers when browsing and making a purchase on the RS website. Now live in 29 countries in 19 languages, the service forms a key part of the company's strategy to add value to customers and enhance their online experience with relevant human interaction and support. With over 20,000 chats per month, Live Chat has improved customer satisfaction whilst increasing the average order value and driving online sales conversion.
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Live Chat helps customers save time and money when using the RS website. The service includes both sales chats, when customers are invited to chat based on their behaviour on site, and service chats, when customers can click a button to initiate a chat themselves. It was first trialled in the UK in 2010, then extended to France and China in 2011, and, with the global rollout completed, is now live in local languages with local agents across the world.
In recognition of its innovative use of Live Chat and the exceptional speed with which the service has been implemented globally, RS was recently presented with the EMEA Business Innovation Award by LivePerson, its platform partner.
Klaus Goldenbot, Global Sales Director at Electrocomponents, said: "Live Chat is a real success story across our global business and we are receiving great feedback from our customers. We will continue to optimise our chat service whenever and wherever we operate to provide an effortless customer experience. This is a prime example of how dedicated we are in making it easy for our customers to do business with us at every stage of their journey so that we become their distributor of choice."
About RS Components
RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponentsplc, the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products. With operations in 32 countries, we offer more than 550,000 products through the internet, catalogues and at trade counters to over one million customers, shipping around 44,000 parcels a day. Our products, sourced from 2,500 leading suppliers, include electronics, automation and control, test and measurement, electrical and mechanical components.
Electrocomponents is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year ended 31 March 2013 had revenues of GBP1.24bn.
For more information, please visit the website at http://www.rs-components.com.
Further information is available via these links:
Twitter: @RSElectronics; @alliedelec; @designsparkRS
RS Components on Linkedin
http://www.linkedin.com/company/rs-components
RS Components on Weibo
http://e.weibo.com/u/3206377000?type=0
Relevant Links:
Electrocomponentsplc
http://www.electrocomponents.com
RS Components
http://www.rs-components.com
DesignSpark
http://www.designspark.com
RS Components
Tan Soo Chun
Public Relations Manager - Asia Pacific
Email: soochun.tan@rs-components.com
Telephone: +65-6391-5745
Edelman Public Relations (Singapore)
Yvette Yeo
Manager
Email: yvette.yeo@edelman.com
Telephone: +65-6347-2355
Edelman Public Relations (China)
Winnie Wen
Public Relations Manager
Email: winnie.wen@edelman.com
Telephone: +86-10-5828-6580
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