Carrie Johnson

Vice President, Practice Leader - eBusiness & Channel Strategy serving eBusiness & Channel Strategy PROFESSIONALS

Carrie serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals and leads a team that helps these professionals in the retail, financial services, travel, and healthcare industries optimize sales and service strategies across channels. Carrie's current research focuses on online and multichannel retailing.

Prior to this position, Carrie spent eight years at Forrester researching the dynamics and growth of online retailing. In this role, she analyzed consumers' adoption of eCommerce, their multichannel behavior, and how retailers optimize sales to those consumers with key technologies and strategies. In this role, Carrie authored many key Forrester reports, including Forrester's annual eCommerce forecast. In addition, since 2002, Carrie has authored or led the research effort for "The State of Retailing Online," a Shop.org survey conducted by Forrester Research.

Previous Work Experience

Carrie's background prior to Forrester includes work at the Harvard Business School, where she wrote case studies on Barnes & Noble, Frontgate, PlanetAll, QVC, Streamline, and TV Guide.

Carrie has appeared on NBC Nightly News, CNBC, and CNNfn to speak about online retail trends and react to various retail news events. She has also been quoted in various newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Boston Globe.


Education

Carrie is a magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College.

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  • Retail
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    Report:Website Functionality Benchmark 2012: US Online Grocers

    Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark To The Sites Of Four US Online Grocery Stores

    Forrester evaluated the grocery websites of the four most frequently used online grocers based on Forrester Consumer Technographics® data — AmazonFresh, FreshDirect, Peapod, and Safeway...

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    Report:The Art And Science Of Retail eCommerce

    Executive Overview: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

    As retail eCommerce sales continue to explode, eBusiness executives must check all the boxes to ensure that they are not missing opportunities in this critical channel. This playbook provides...

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    Report:Making Informed Mobile Payment Investments In China

    The increasing penetration of smartphones among mobile subscribers and booming online retail are driving the adoption of mobile payments in China. It's crucial for infrastructure and operations (I&O)...

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    Charts & Figures:Forecast: Global eCommerce Sales, 2011 And 2016

    Landscape: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

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    Report:US Alternative Payments Forecast, 2011 To 2016

    As eCommerce has exploded, eBusiness executives have often looked to various payment forms at checkout as a means of growing their businesses. Alternative payments, or non-card payments, purport to...

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    Survey:European Technographics® Online Benchmark Survey, Q3 2012

    Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in July 2012 of 20,778 European individuals in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. This survey is based on an...

    • For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

      Report:Trends In Aligning Capabilities, Skills, And Tools For BPM COE Programs

      These data charts present the results of Forrester's 2011 BPM Center Of Excellence Online Survey.

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      Survey:European Technographics® Retail, Customer Experience, And Travel Online Survey, Q4 2012

      Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in September and October 2012 of 13,911 European individuals in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. This survey is based...

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        Report:Trends 2013: US Retail eBusiness

        As US online retail continues to grow and capture shopper wallet share, online retail executives must determine the best areas on which to focus their limited resources, particularly given the number...

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        Report:European eBusiness Executives Take A Cautious Approach To Daily Deals

        Brand And Margin Protection Inhibit Adoption, But Other Approaches Are Emerging

        Skepticism is the watchword across Europe as eBusiness executives consider engaging with daily deals sites such as Groupon and Living Social. Concerns about brand damage and sales cannibalization are...

        • Downloads: 157
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        Report:Using Tmall To Sell Online In China

        Understanding The Opportunity On China's Largest B2C Website

        Taking a business online in China is intimidating. Seemingly endless red tape, a diverse online population, and differences in consumer behavior are all issues a company must carefully consider....

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        Report:Forrester Research Web-Influenced Retail Sales Forecast, 2011 To 2016 (US)

        ForecastView Spreadsheet

        Web-Influenced Retail Sales Forecast (US): Total offline retail sales that are influenced by online (including mobile) research. Offline-influenced retail sales by 30 retail categories such as...

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        Report:Trends 2012: Online Retail In Australia Will Finally Hit Its Stride

        Mobile Will Accelerate While Retailers Will Combine Speed With Scale

        Online retail is booming in Australia — and with 93% of households set to gain access to gigabit broadband in the years ahead, today's growth is just the beginning. In 2012, five trends will...

        • Downloads: 360
      • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

        Report:"Smart Body, Smart World" For Marketers

        Sensor Devices Disrupt Marketing Practices

        Your customers are becoming even more connected. Sensor-laden devices on our bodies, in our homes, in our cars, and virtually everywhere else are creating new opportunities and demands for marketers....

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        Report:ForecastView — An Overview Of Our Global Forecasts

        Forrester's ForecastView service provides reliable insight into the online, mobile, and emerging technology markets. It offers a framework for understanding market drivers and inhibitors and helps...

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      • For Customer Insights Professionals

        Survey:North American Technographics® Online Benchmark Survey (Part 1), 2013

        Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in April 2013 of 61,167 US individuals and 5,800 Canadian individuals ages 18 to 88. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (N =...

        • For CIO Professionals

          Report:The Canadian Tech Market 2012 To 2013

          Economic Worries Lead Canadian CIOs To Cut Back ICT Purchases

          Canada's CIOs and tech buyers are behaving as if Canada is heading for a recession — and it's not. Indeed, while the Canadian economy is growing at about the same 4% rate (at current prices) as...

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        • For CMO Professionals

          Report:Assess The Impact Of Touchpoints Along The Consumer Path-To-Purchase

          How Research Touchpoints Affect Consumer Spending

          Consumers connect with brands throughout the customer life cycle — they discover, explore, buy, and engage using a multitude of touchpoints. In the explore phase, consumers use a variety of...

          • Downloads: 580
        • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

          Report:Trends 2012: US Retail eBusiness

          eBusiness executives in retail will grapple with three key trends in 2012: growth of mobile device usage, heightened competition from Amazon.com, and continued market share shift to web retail....

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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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          Report:US Tech Market Outlook For 2013 And 2014: Better Times Ahead

          We Forecast 6% ICT Spending Growth For Both Years

          US CIOs remain torn between their need to invest in new mobile, cloud, and smart technologies and their fear of encountering economic doldrums (or worse). Over the past two and a half years, these...

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        • For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

          Report:Forrester's Business Capability Map Development: Process Guide

          How To Develop A Business Capability Map

          This PPT shows you how to develop a business capability map. Please see "Forrester's Business Capability Map Development: Tool" to access the tool.

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          Report:Industry Contexts And Constraints Diversify Approaches To Bring-Your-Own-Technology

          Pharmaceuticals, High-Tech, Professional Services, And Education Will Lead BYOT Adoption In The Coming Years

          This report examines how and why bring-your-own-technology (BYOT) varies across 20 industries. BYOT will remain a thorny issue for CIOs in every industry, geographic region, and company size over the...

          • Downloads: 266
        • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

          Report:Why Amazon Matters Now More Than Ever

          As Amazon.com has grown aggressively in recent years, expanded into diverse businesses, and achieved profitability, its impact on the eBusiness and retail sectors is now top of mind. For many...

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        • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

          Report:Forrester Research Search Engine Marketing Forecast, 2013 To 2018 (Western Europe)

          ForecastView Spreadsheet

          Spending on paid search and search engine optimization (SEO) for each of the 17 Western European countries. Segments paid search spending by 11 different verticals. Includes historical...

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        • For CIO Professionals

          Report:Forrsights: Business Execs Increase Direct IT Spend To Support Systems Of Engagement

          Our Q4 2011 Business Decision-Makers Survey Shows CIOs Under Pressure

          During October and November of 2011, Forrester surveyed 3,534 business decision-makers in North American and European enterprises regarding their business priorities (and views of IT priorities),...

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