Brad Strothkamp

Vice President, Principal Analyst serving eBusiness & Channel Strategy PROFESSIONALS

Brad serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. He is a leading expert on multi-channel strategy, digital channels, social media, customer behavior and trends in the financial services industry. He is also a noted authority on technology developments that affect the digital channels and vendors that facilitate digital sales, service, onboarding, and payments.

In his research, Brad covers financial service channel topics such as digital sales and merchandising, new customer onboarding, channel metrics and measurements, organizational design, mobile wallets/payments, servicing and self-service, and social computing in the financial services world. He developed and authored the well-respected annual sales and service website rankings as well as “The State Of North American Digital Banking,” a joint study conducted with the Consumer Bankers Association and a key industry benchmark publication.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Brad spent more than 10 years developing and managing online services for consumers. Most recently, Brad was a vice president in Wells Fargo's Internet services group. During his tenure there, Brad led the development of Wells Fargo's eBusiness strategy and managed a team dedicated to driving online sales, including marketing, platform development, cross-selling, and channel integration efforts. He also developed and managed the company's highly respected online banking service, which included money movement, bill payment and presentment, personal financial management integration, person-to-person payments, and personalization. Prior to his employment at Wells Fargo, Brad spent four years as product and marketing manager for a respected healthcare information provider in St. Louis.

Brad has been widely quoted in the press, including such media outlets as BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, and American Banker. An accomplished public speaker, Brad has delivered speeches at many events, including Forrester's Finance Forum, Technology Leadership Forum, and European Finance Forum.


Education

Brad earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from the University of Kansas and an MBA in marketing and information systems from the University of Missouri.

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    Report:Using Online Video To Drive Clicks And Conversion

    A Guide To Approaching Or Revitalizing A Retail eCommerce Video Campaign

    Shoppers are beginning to use online video to inform their purchases. Although consumer uptake is slow when compared with the wider acceptance of Internet video, online retailers are turning to video...

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  • Report:Agile Commerce Is Coming Of Age For European Retailers

    No Matter What Their Maturity, European eBusiness Success Will Hinge On An Effective Cross-Touchpoint Strategy

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    Report:Website Functionality Benchmark: European Consumer Electronics Retailers

    Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Four Specialist European Consumer Electronics Retailers

    Forrester applied its Website Functionality Benchmark evaluation methodology to four European consumer electronics retailers: Best Buy UK, Currys, Darty, and Redcoon. These specialist retailers...

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    Charts & Figures:DHL's Packstation Provides A Flexible Delivery Point For German Shoppers

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      Report:Developing An Agile Business

      Executive Overview: The Agile Commerce Playbook

      Consumer behavior is changing. Customers are becoming increasingly connected and adopting growing numbers of touchpoints as they discover, explore, buy, and engage with brands and products. And...

      • Downloads: 566
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      Report:Why The EU ePrivacy Law Will Not Kill eCommerce

      Privacy Laws Force Rich Dialogue With Customers

      In May 2011, the EU ePrivacy Directive came into effect across Europe. This directive has met with a mixed response at a national level, with some countries jumping to hit the deadline, some stalling...

      • Downloads: 208
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      Blog:Online Retail Goes From Strength To Strength Across Europe

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        Report:French Online Retail Overview, 2012

        French Online Retail Is On The Brink Of A Multichannel Revolution

        France is the third largest online retail market in Europe; although it will continue to mature and grow at a pace outstripping overall retail growth, there are significant changes in store for...

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        Blog:Agile Commerce Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas

          EBay is now the latest entrant into the field of retail experimenters that are trialing the concept of a “virtual store.”  EBay joins Occado and Tesco in embracing the...

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            Report:European Online Retail: Five Trends To Watch In 2012

            European eBusiness Executives Strive To Give Their Customers Choice And Flexibility Across The Purchase Journey

            European shoppers are becoming increasingly web-savvy and are turning to a wider range of touchpoints as they research and buy products online and offline. In response, eBusiness executives across...

            • Downloads: 813
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            Blog:Our Mediocre Multichannel Mission

            In celebration of the fact that my Forrester Boss, Patti Freeman Evans, was over this week in London, we thought we’d go on a multichannel retail shopping tour of London to see just how well...

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              Report:Driving Agile Commerce Transformation

              Continuous Improvement: The Agile Commerce Playbook

              Organizations face a number of roadblocks to executing on an agile commerce vision. Legacy technology, siloed KPIs, and a lack of understanding of how customers really use emerging touchpoints can...

              • Downloads: 362
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              Report:Case Study: How Marks And Spencer Uses Online Video To Boost eCommerce

              Online video is a success story. Next to the usage of social networking sites, watching online videos is one of the most used social media tools. Many companies have wondered how they can tap into...

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              Blog:Agile Commerce: Know It When You See It

                Here at Forrester, we’ve been evangelizing the concept of agile commerce for a while now, and we are working on a stream of research building on the concept and digging into exactly how...

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                Blog:Is Anyone In The UK Actually Using QR Codes?

                Intrigued by a lot of what I’ve been reading recently, I’ve started looking for evidence of QR codes transforming how shoppers are interacting with retailers. The thing is all the...

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                  Report:Four Steps To Your Agile Future

                  Strategic Plan: The Agile Commerce Playbook

                  Today's multichannel company faces enormous pressure to adapt to changing customer expectations and emerging competitive threats. Legacy channel-centric approaches and siloed organizations can no...

                  • Downloads: 345
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                  Report:EU Mobile Commerce Forecast, 2012 To 2017

                  Mobile eCommerce revenues across Europe will rise from €1.7 billion in 2011 to €19.2 billion in 2017, reaching 6.8% of total web sales. Simple, easy to merchandise categories such as...

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                  Blog:A Unified Digital Europe. Is It Possible?

                    Yesterday the European Commission outlined its ambition to create a “genuine Digital Single Market” by 2015. You can read the whole text here if you have some time to kill . . ....

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                    Blog:What does the arrival of the Chief Digital Officer mean to the eBusiness team?

                    I’ve been thinking, talking to clients, and reading a lot recently about the rise of the Chief Digital Officer. Most of my recent research has been concerning the shift we are seeing in leading...

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                      Blog:Burberry's Digitally Enabled Store Is Seductive, But Is It Really "Agile Commerce"?

                      There are a few firms that I regularly point to as agile commerce exemplars, and one of them is Burberry. This always makes me smile because being from the north of England and growing up in a...

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                        Report:European Online Retail: Adopt A Local Approach

                        A Solid Understanding Of Customer Expectations And A Localization And Differentiation Strategy Are The Keys To Success Across Europe.

                        Despite some commonality in currency and legislation, there are some notable differences in customer shopping behavior and market trends across the various European online retail markets. eBusiness...

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                        Blog:ePrivacy Legislation Gets (Marginally) Clearer

                          The  May 26th UK deadline for compliance to the EU ePrivacy Directive has come and gone. The result? Confusion among eBusiness executives. Some action. Some sites are informing us of what...

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                          Report:Welcome To The Era Of Agile Commerce

                          Vision: THe Agile Commerce Playbook

                          Multichannel commerce is being reborn. Traditional ways of describing multichannel commerce no longer work because customers don't interact with companies from a "channel" perspective. Customers now...

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                          Blog:Managing the Cross-Touchpoint Customer Journey

                          It’s no great surprise that many retailers are reporting an increase in multi-touchpoint engagement from their shoppers this year in the run-up to Christmas. Our own Technographics® data...

                           
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