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The Leading Companies and Hottest Trends and Technologies in Customer Service, Marketing, and Sales: The 2026 CRM Top 100

CRM magazine presents its eighth annual rundown of the leading companies and hottest trends in customer relationship management.

the Editors // 01 Apr 2026

The Top Customer Service Trends and Technologies for 2026: Customer Service Is Getting Supercharged

AI is opening new doors for contact center agents, managers, and customers.

Erik J. Martin // 01 Apr 2026

The Top Marketing Trends and Technologies for 2026: Marketing’s Age of AI Has Arrived, Now Comes the Hard Part

From zero-click search to "AI slop" fatigue, the trends reshaping marketing this year require more than automation; they demand new strategies and tactics.

Linda Pophal // 01 Apr 2026

The Top Sales Trends and Technologies for 2026: Traditional Sales Pillars Get Upended This Year

AI is flipping the script on decades-long sales processes and platforms.

Phillip Britt // 01 Apr 2026

68 Million Customers Told You What's Wrong. Your CRM Never Saw It.

Every day, millions of users leave detailed, unsolicited feedback in app store reviews. Almost no CRM or customer intelligence team is using it.

Christian Wiklund // 31 Mar 2026

Should Contact Centers Build or Buy Voice AI?

Whether a vendor owns and operates the model infrastructure is a critical concern.

Sobhan Nejad // 27 Mar 2026

Why CRM Is the Engine of Long-Term Storytelling

Coherence allows customers to understand what you stand for.

Chris Wilson // 23 Mar 2026

Your Call Center Is Sitting on a Goldmine of Intelligence, if AI Is Allowed to Act on It

The challenge now is to identify use cases where agentic systems can produce measurable improvements in productivity, quality, and customer experience.

Peter Nebel // 17 Mar 2026