In Italy, the attitude of consumers towards automated or human-based customer service changed by generational cohort. When shopping online, *** in *** consumers of Generation Z preferred self-service tools for simple issues, while only ** percent of baby boomers had the same opinion. However, over half of surveyed consumers expected an immediate response from a human customer care agent when contacting a company online.
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