The Ultimate Guide to Customer Relationship Management

2026 · Canadian Edition

Also known as CRM.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a vital strategy that enables businesses to understand, engage, and nurture their customers effectively. It encompasses a broad range of tools, technologies, and techniques designed to manage interactions, data, and processes that drive customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Exploring recent stories tagged with Customer Relationship Management reveals critical insights about market trends, technological advancements, business challenges, and practical advice. From the rise of AI-enhanced CRM capabilities, strategic expansions by major providers, to the growing importance of personalised customer experiences, readers can learn how CRM continues to evolve in response to digital transformation and changing consumer expectations.

Whether you are a small-to-medium business aiming to leverage CRM for growth, or a large enterprise navigating complex integration and data analytics, these stories provide valuable perspectives on implementation strategies, overcoming customization challenges, and utilising advanced tools such as AI, cloud services, and real-time analytics. Clicking through these articles will equip you with knowledge to improve customer engagement, enhance service efficiency, and ultimately drive business success.

Canadian Customer Relationship Management news
Analyst Insights
Building an enterprise data integrity architecture for AI and compliance
Gartner · CRM · CX
Last month
G2's 2026 Best Software Awards reveal major market shifts
Capterra · CRM · UC
Last month
Seismic unveils AI agents to curb GTM sales tool sprawl
Gartner · CRM · Digital Transformation
Last month
Persistent revenue grows as AI, cloud deals accelerate
Everest Group · CRM · Manufacturing
Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
Informatica named Leader in 2025 Gartner data quadrant
Gartner · CRM · Hybrid Cloud
Fri, 9th Jan 2026
Expert columns
Trust, transformation and the women leading modern client partnerships
By Laura Fox of APS Group
Last week
35 years of marketing in technology: A front-row seat to change
By Jeannie Zaemes of Vanillasoft
Last week
Why more SaaS vendors are embedding data quality into their core platforms
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Last month
Avoid these 3 common pitfalls when using AI to improve customer experience
By Rob Tarkoff of Oracle
Tue, 24th Jun 2025
Keep them coming back: How to reduce SaaS churn rates
By Darek Tasak of CloudBlue
Wed, 28th May 2025
Adoption of AI in Manufacturing: A look into trends, strategies and challenges
By Kevin Dherman of SYSPRO
Tue, 13th May 2025
Interviews
Exclusive: Zoho pushes AI frontier with privacy-first agentic tools
Discussing Multi-factor authentication
Tue, 24th Jun 2025
Recent news
Carta buys ListAlpha to launch integrated private CRM
About Mergers and Acquisitions
Last week
GrayCyan unveils AI readiness scorecard for industry
About Productivity
Last week
Google & Klaviyo deepen AI pact for agentic commerce
About Customer service
Last month
Talkdesk debuts AI workflow tools to automate email CX
About Unified Communications
Last month
General Magic raises USD $7.2m to speed insurance AI
About Productivity
Last month
Zoho marks 30th year with 1m customers, 150m users
About Software-as-a-Service
Last month
DealerAssist unveils rapid SaaS platform for car dealers
About Software-as-a-Service
Last month
Zoho tops one million paying customers in 30th year
About Software-as-a-Service
Last month
Zoho marks 30 years as paying customer base tops 1m
About Software-as-a-Service
Last month
monday.com boosts AI-first partner drive with new perks
About Software-as-a-Service
Last month
Aurasell unveils AI-native GTM OS overlay for CRMs
About Business Intelligence
Last month
OpenAI unveils Frontier to deploy AI coworkers at scale
About Software-as-a-Service
Last month
Oracle adds AI agents across CRM & supply chain apps
About Procurement
Last month
Anthropic plugins accelerate the shift to AI agents
About Software-as-a-Service
Last month
Salesforce disputes reports it cut 4,000 roles over AI
About Productivity
Last month
Job moves
ECI Software Solutions hires Jack Wood to drive AI push
Move at ECI Software Solutions
Last week
FL3XX appoints new chief executive in leadership reshuffle
Move at Customer Management
Last month
SugarCRM appoints Maksim Ovsyannikov as Chief Product Officer
Move at Salesforce
Thu, 9th Oct 2025
Granicus names Karthik Anbalagan to lead AI in public sector
Move at Microsoft
Thu, 18th Sep 2025
Smartsheet appoints Stephanie Berner as Chief Customer Officer
Move at LinkedIn
Thu, 14th Aug 2025
Freshworks appoints Subramanian to lead product management
Move at Freshworks
Wed, 5th Feb 2025
Ignition appoints Strickland & Foo to top executive roles
Move at Ignition
Wed, 29th Jan 2025
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