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Customer-Centric Initiative (CCI) for Retail
CCI for Retail encourages businesses in the industry to raise their service levels.

Initiated By • SPRING Singapore (SPRING)
• National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)
• Singapore Workforce Development Agency
  (WDA)
• Singapore National Employers Federation
  (SNEF)
Supported By • Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
• Singapore Retailers Association (SRA)
Launch Date 26 August 2005
Funds Allotted S$3.7 million (as of launch date)

Aims

  1. To raise the service levels of retail businesses in Singapore.

  2.  To increase customer satisfaction of locals and tourists through better service.

  3. To cultivate service leaders in the industry who, in turn, will motivate other businesses to improve their service levels.

  4. To develop service benchmarks that retail businesses can use to measure their service levels.

For who?

  • All locally-based businesses in the retail sector can participate including sole-proprietors, partnerships, privately-owned companies and public-listed companies.

For what?

  • To fund and support projects undertaken by retail businesses to improve service levels and benchmark themselves against industry standards.

  • Projects may involve:

    • mystery shopper audits or customer satisfaction surveys
    • identification of service gaps
    • developing of service strategies
    • implementation of service improvements
    • post-implementation assessment of service levels
    • certification under Singapore Service Class

How much?

  • Funding is decided on a case-by-case basis. Typically, CCI will fund up to 50% of the qualifying costs.

  • Qualifying costs include:

    • consultancy fees
    • Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) training for employees*
    • cost of equipment, materials and consumables
    • cost of audit, assessment or certification

Things to note

  • Service audits or customer service surveys should preferably be done by an independent external party. Post-implementation assessment should be carried out by the same party.

  • All projects under CCI must be completed within 12 months from the date of approval. (It is not a must to complete within 12 months from the date of approval, there is no specific d