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Transforming Feedback into Action: Fashion E-commerce Platform

During a period of intense operational pressure, this Fashion E-commerce Platform experienced unprecedented shifts in customer feedback. While traditional metrics simply showed a drop in satisfaction, Sentor's entity-based sentiment API uncovered the severe, structural root causes hidden within the noise.

The Challenge

The brand was receiving massive amounts of feedback across multiple channels. Legacy systems failed to differentiate between superficial complaints and deep-seated operational failures. The leadership team required profound diagnostics, not just a surface-level NPS score.

Sentor's Deep AI Analysis

By connecting their data pipelines to Sentor, the organization generated the following executive diagnostic, isolating the critical failures directly from the raw customer voice:

1. Executive Diagnostic


Brand health is Critical. Systemic failures across order fulfillment, delivery, and customer support are leading to widespread non-receipt of goods, incorrect orders, and refused refunds, directly driving customer churn and legal risk. The most alarming insight is the repeated failure to process legitimate refunds for items either undelivered or demonstrably returned.

2. Root Causes



Unresolved Delivery & Refund Failures


  • Failure: Customers are not receiving orders marked as delivered, or are denied refunds for returned items without adequate justification, trapping them in protracted, unresolved disputes.

  • Evidence: "The carrier falsely marked the order as delivered. I NEVER received the product. [The Company] asked me to open a dispute, but the link they provide does not work and always shows an error." (doc_2)

  • Root Cause: [Service Failure], [System Error]

  • Business Impact: Churn, revenue loss, legal risk, reputation damage.


  • Ineffective Customer Support


  • Failure: Customer service is characterized by generic, automated, and contradictory responses, failing to resolve issues like missing items, incorrect deliveries, or refund disputes, often deflecting responsibility.

  • Evidence: "For almost a month, I have opened 5 support tickets and sent emails, and I keep receiving the same useless response with the same broken link." (doc_2)

  • Root Cause: [Service Failure], [System Error]

  • Business Impact: Churn, reputation damage, operational inefficiency.


  • Fulfillment & Quality Control Gaps


  • Failure: Customers frequently receive incorrect sizes, damaged goods, or incomplete orders, indicating significant issues within the warehouse and dispatch processes.

  • Evidence: "I purchased a pair of Pull&Bear jeans and received someone's used, old, dirty Zara jeans with holes in them and a Pull&Bear label attached with glue and the back label of the jeans cut off so you can't see the brand." (doc_48)

  • Root Cause: [System Error]

  • Business Impact: Churn, increased returns, reputation damage, operational costs.


  • 3. Most Damaging Customer Voice


  • Quote: "[The Company]'s return process is a scam—they refused to refund me for returned items without providing any proof that they were missing. Customer service keeps giving contradictory answers and ignores my messages. Under EU law, they must refund unless they can prove non-receipt, but they just stall and hope you give up."

  • Insight: This feedback directly accuses the brand of fraudulent practices and legal non-compliance, highlighting a systemic failure in core operations and customer trust, with clear financial and regulatory implications.


  • 4. Recovery Roadmap



  • Immediate (24h): Rectify all broken dispute/support links on website and in automated communications to ensure customers can initiate problem resolution.

  • Process Fix (30 days): Implement mandatory training for all customer service agents on consistent, empathetic, and resolution-focused communication for delivery/return disputes, moving beyond generic scripts.

  • Structural (90 days): Invest in comprehensive warehouse quality assurance protocols (e.g., pre-shipment checks, automated weight verification) and integrate logistics tracking directly into customer service systems to provide real-time, accurate order status and return proof.
  • Transformation & Results

    By executing Sentor's prioritized Recovery Roadmap, the organization immediately rectified policy gaps and overhauled fulfillment logic. Within 90 days, the sentiment surrounding customer service improved significantly, preventing further reputational decay. The brand shifted from reactive guesswork to data-driven operational excellence.