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In Brief: 2005 Coperican Award Winners announced


Source: UN, 5 May 2005
Submitted by Ann Light

Creative Good, a New York-based customer experience consultancy, announced the following winners of the 2005 Coperican Awards.

The 2005 Copernican Award Winners are:
--- LARGE CATEGORY ($1B+ in annual revenue or budget) ---

JetBlue

--- MEDIUM CATEGORY ($100M+ in annual revenue or budget) ---

Netflix

--- SMALL CATEGORY (Less than $100M in annual revenue or budget) ---

Blacksocks

Creative Good CEO Phil Terry said: 'The Copernican Awards recognize companies that put customers first. Customer experience will be as important in the 21st century as advertising was in the 20th century.'

Creative Good selected the 2005 Copernican Award finalists from nominations put forward by the executive members of the Customer Experience Councils: executive forums, run by Creative Good, of over 80 senior decision makers in marketing, product management, and customer experience across a range of industries.


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