Black Friday is an iconic event worldwide. November 29 will mean for many the opportunity to access sales and incredible discounts. Even though it is literally on a Friday, this event usually wins the spotlight throughout the whole month of November. When the date approaches, it means a week full of discounts, promotions and rebates that flood both physical and virtual stores.

With consumption skyrocketing, physical and online stores will have to cope with this over-demand. Hot questions are clear: opening hours, discounts, means of payment, availability of products and shiping, among others. As with Cyber Monday or the days before Christmas, high sales peaks demand that companies be prepared to answer the many questions that will come from customers.

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A trend that keeps growing

Since its popularization, this phenomenon continues to expand.

According to Black Friday Global, in the United States each person buys an average of 4 products during these dates. This means an incredible 2063% increase in sales. Worldwide, the increase is 663%. The most purchased items are usually clothing, electronic devices (with a strong focus on mobile phones) and shoes.

Another important fact: although online sales are growing year after year, during Black Friday, a large part of consumers use both physical stores and eCommerce. 80% of buyers turn to both, while the remaining 20% ​​is divided into offline (10%) and online (10%).

When it comes to online sales, it is essential to know how to increase them, generate more leads and achieve online conversions to face this week full of opportunities.

During Black Friday 2018, the day of greatest interest in the offers worldwide was Friday itself, where a peak of 33.4% was recorded. It was followed by Wednesday and Thursday, where numbers of 11.1% and 20.8% were registered respectively. Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday closed with numbers below 11%.

How does over-demand affect companies?

One of the logical consequences of these popular dates is the increase in traffic on the websites of shops. Online sales grow in a matter of days, as do customer inquiries and complaints. According Footwear News, 1 in 10 online purchases are made on emerging channels such as social networks, messaging platforms and voice-enabled devices. In addition, they estimate that this year online sales will invoice around USD $ 7.3 billion for the United States, and USD $ 39.6 billion globally. Shops that offer more personalized experiences to customers, greater facilities and unbeatable prices will undoubtedly be the big winners of this season.

"In many cases, companies seduce their customers with attractive offers and then fail to give the right response to these and when they want to solve it is too late," says Martin Frascaroli, CEO and founder of Aivo.

Black Friday should also be intelligent and efficient

Aivo‘s customer service solutions will allow you to take full advantage of high demands. According to company data, AgentBot has helped numerous companies when it comes to ecommerce.

General Motors, for example, managed to innovate in the car industry by teaming up with the Aivo’s conversational bot. How? With Chevy, the virtual assistant that allowed them to optimize customer service, increase sales and answer all prospects accurately and in real time.

Falabella, a renowned department store in Latin America, achieved incredible numbers during this year's Hot Sale. From May 13-15, the average daily consults increased by 668%. Even so, Lucia, Falabella’s conversational bot, was able to answer 95.5% of the inquiries received by her clients. Only 4.5% of the consults needed to be transferred to human agents.

This progress has its justification: the AgentBot functionalities are extremely useful to speed up communication with customers.

‍Automatic response: it is immediate, fast and efficient. AgentBot will answer frequently asked questions in much less time than a human agent and will reduce the costs of the customer service department.

‍Broad availability: it does not matter when you receive a query, our chatbot with AI will solve it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

‍Omni-channel experience: you can connect AgentBot to a web window or mobile messaging applications. The bot automatically adapts to each digital channel and offers the same quality attention.

‍Empathy: a close relationship with the client is essential to create lasting bonds. Long-term memory, the recognition of regionalisms and emojis and the understanding of natural language make AgentBot an expert in fluid conversations.

‍"The virtual assistants that companies incorporate into their customer service department should be characterized by a close and personalized service, as if they were human teams," says Frascaroli.

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