2018 Temkin Emotion Ratings: Wegmans Earns Top Spot
Bruce Temkin
Human experience visionary, dynamic keynote speaker and executive advisor who helps organizations better understand and cater to human beings in ways that drive success and improve humanity
Emotion is one of the three components of a customer's experience (along with success and effort), so it's a fundamental element for companies to track. In this post, I examine the eight annual Temkin Emotion Ratings for U.S. companies. It's one of the components of the overall Temkin Experience Ratings, the open standard CX metric.
In January 2018, we surveyed 10,000 U.S. consumers about their experiences with companies. We used that feedback to calculate the Temkin Emotion Ratings for 318 companies across 20 industries (see full list of companies).
***Detailed data is included in the overall Temkin Experience Ratings dataset***
Here are some highlights of the 2018 Temkin Emotion Ratings:
- Wegmans earned the highest rating (78%), followed by H-E-B (76%), Aldi (75%), Bed & Body Works (74%), Regions Bank (74%), and Baskin Robbins (74%).
- At the other end of the spectrum, Cox Communications earned the lowest ratings (32%), just slightly behind Comcast (34%), Spectrum (35%), and Optimum (35%).
- On average, supermarkets, earned the highest ratings (68%), followed by fast food chains (65%), hotels (64%), and retailers (64%). TV/Internet service providers (40%) and health plans (46%) earned "very poor" average scores.
- Ten companies earned ratings that are 10 or more points above their industry averages: Georgia Power, Regions Bank, ACE Rent A Car, Alaska Airlines, Alabama Power Company, Citizens Bank, USAA (for credit cards and banking), credit unions, and Bath & Body Works.
- Nine companies earned ratings that are 12 or more points below their industry averages: Hitachi, Consolidated Edison of NY, Days Inn, DHL, Haier, Chrysler, CarMax, Spirit Airlines, and Motel 6.
- We compared Temkin Emotion Ratings between 2017 and 2018 and found that nine companies improved by at least eight points: BCBS of Florida, MetroPCS, Dollar General, Airbnb, Avis, Aldi, Wawa Food Markets, Taco Bell, and Hyundai.
- Eight companies dropped by 15 or more points over the previous year: Hitachi, Audi, Amazon Fresh, Southern California Edison, Haier, HSBC, TXU Energy, and Appalachian Power Company.
- Led by a seven point drop in utilities and a four point drop in auto dealers, 18 of the 20 industries declined over the previous year.
You can access this data as part the overall Temkin Experience Ratings dataset.