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The Customer Service Elite

The names on our second annual list of Customer Service Champs know how to keep front-line folks happy, make tech investments that help rather than hinder consumers and have leaders who make service a priority. See a full explanation of how we chose the winners, and to have your own say. This year, we're letting readers help to reorder the top 10 names on our list.

*The Service Index is composed of a weighting of J.D. Power's scores for "people" and "process," plus bonus scores for brands that finish in the top 10% of our reader poll and for brands that are industry leaders. Thus, some companies with middling grades may have high service index scores because they rank highly in their industries. For a full methodology, please click here, Methodology