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COVER STORY The Changing Customer Landscape By Carolyne Gathuru "To deliver sustainable customer experience excellence that drives brand success, organizations must strive to anticipate, meet and exceed customer expecta- tions. This requires an assess- ment of the changing customer landscape, and the need to re- wire corporate strategy for fluid change. " 50 MAL32/19 ISSUE "Although politics is not the mainstay of marketing and customer experience profession- als, and customer etiquette de- mands avoidance of this topic for risk of generating emotional upheaval in conversation, it is mandatory for political moni- toring to be done to assess im- pact on the customer, and to inform any brand adjustments that need to be done."