Andy Hoar

Senior Analyst serving eBusiness & Channel Strategy PROFESSIONALS

Andy serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. He focuses primarily on B2B and B2B2C eCommerce, as well as issues related to enabling channel partner businesses for manufacturers. Andy's current research areas include multichannel retailing, mobile couponing, affiliate marketing, and enabling manufacturers to sell online.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Andy spent 11 years in product and marketing leadership roles within Silicon Valley. In that time, he developed Yahoo's Web2Store local shopping initiative, co-founded an eCommerce company, and helped create several award-winning products in the consumer Internet and mobile software spaces. Before moving to Silicon Valley, Andy spent four years in Washington, D.C., as a research analyst for an economic consulting firm.

Andy has been quoted in various media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Internet Retailer, Direct Marketing News, American Banker, and CNBC.


Education

Andy is a summa cum laude graduate in economics from the University of Dayton and holds an M.P.A. from Harvard University and an M.S. in integrated marketing from Northwestern University.

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    Report:The Case For Channel-Shifting Customers Online

    Business Case: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    Business-to-business (B2B) companies know they can generate revenue and save money by migrating their offline customers online. The question is, how much and under what circumstances? Forrester...

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    Report:Five Keys To Effective B2B eCommerce

    Strategic Plan: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    Building a world-class B2B eCommerce business is a process. It takes time, and it costs money. But whatever process you follow to build your B2B eCommerce business, you will find five key issues...

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    Report:Building A World-Class B2B eCommerce Business

    Executive Overview: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    Although some eBusiness and channel strategy professionals are very mature in their understanding and execution of business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce, most organizations are still in the early...

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    Report:Best Practices Case Study: B2B Ratings And Reviews

    Processes: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    As B2B organizations embark on an eCommerce path, there are many features, functions, and interfaces from which to choose to maximize their business opportunity. Separating the wheat from the chaff...

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    Report:Using ACTIVE Strategies To Optimize Execution

    Continuous Improvement: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    B2B eCommerce organizations too often fixate on the vision and objectives associated with a plan to the exclusion of thinking through the critical details of the execution. In fact, most B2B...

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  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Thrive By Adopting Proven B2C Principles

    Road Map: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    Science fiction writer William Gibson once said: "The future has already arrived; it's just not evenly distributed yet." Such is the case with B2B eCommerce. Whereas some B2B enterprises have been...

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    Report:Key Trends In B2B eCommerce For 2013

    Landscape: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    Customer-facing front-end business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce is poised to reach $559 billion in US sales by the end of 2013. A part of the B2B eCommerce playbook, this report outlines the landscape...

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    Report:Organizing For World-Class B2B eCommerce

    Organization: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    Conventional wisdom has it that building an effective business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce organization today consists of modeling an operation after successful business-to-consumer (B2C) eCommerce...

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    Report:Evaluating Your B2B eCommerce Development

    Assessment: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

    Because very little third-party benchmarking data exists for B2B eCommerce sites, B2B eCommerce professionals can't easily determine industry best practices or effectively compare themselves to...

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  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Top Three Ways Manufacturers Can Drive Higher Conversion Rates Through The Online Retail Channel

    A Joint Study With Channel Intelligence Examines Best Practices Regarding Online Conversion

    To better understand how manufacturers can increase the ultimate conversion rate on leads they send to online retailer websites, Forrester teamed up with Channel Intelligence to analyze the patterns...

    • Downloads: 499
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Optimizing The Affiliate Channel For Deal-Driven Customers

    Traffic Has Increased And The Channel's Matured, But Proving Incrementality Remains A Challenge

    Customers are flocking to affiliate deal sites that offer promotional coupons and offer codes. The slowdown in the economy, advances in technology, and a more favorable consumer mindset toward...

    • Downloads: 401
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Three Rules For Averting Costly Coupon Fraud And Coupon Abuse

    • Downloads: 208
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Do Check-Ins Really Drive Checkouts?

    Check-Ins Alone . . . No. But When Combined With Compelling Offers . . . Yes.

    Although currently used by only 5% of US online adults who own cell phones, services that allow consumers to "check in" on their mobile phones at retail locations are used by 11% of US online...

    • Downloads: 562
 
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