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Source: Skift

With aircraft retrofits taking years and costing hundreds of millions, carriers are discovering that premium dining experiences deliver perceived luxury at a fraction of the capex. On long-haul routes where food is one of the few controllable touchpoints, this is sound economics. A Michelin-starred collaboration also stays fresh through marketing cycles and social media, while new seats and IFE systems become dated quickly. The move exposes how airlines have conflated product innovation with design—operational theater (who's cooking) often moves the needle more than ergonomics.

Source: Featured Blogs - Forrester

Indian banks have exhausted the traditional levers of differentiation—physical reach and product parity are now table stakes—leaving customer experience as the only remaining way to capture and retain deposits in a crowded market. This mirrors the maturation pattern seen in Western banking but compressed into years rather than decades, forcing legacy institutions to overhaul operations and tech stacks simultaneously while fintechs and neobanks exploit the friction still present in their models. Banks that deliver seamless omnichannel journeys will consolidate customer wallets; those that don't will become commoditized payment pipes.