Julie A. Ask

Vice President, Principal Analyst serving eBusiness & Channel Strategy PROFESSIONALS

Julie serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. Julie's 25 years of work experience is balanced between the engineering and management consulting work she did in the first half of her career and her work as an analyst for the past 12 years. The combination of technical and business expertise positions prepared her well to work with business leaders to identify new opportunities offered by mobile technology and to develop strategies to engage with consumers on mobile devices. She has worked with hundreds of clients across retail, travel, banking, insurance, CPG, healthcare, retail, and more to advise and guide the development of their mobile strategies.

Julie's research and analysis have been widely cited in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, BusinessWeek, RCR Wireless, and The Onion and on CBS, NBC, and PBS.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to becoming an analyst, Julie worked at a contextual services mobile startup in San Francisco and prior to that at Booz Allen & Hamilton.


Education

Julie holds a B.S.E.E. and a Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

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

    Landscape: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

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    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: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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    Report:The State Of Retailing Online 2012: Investments In Mobile And Tablet Commerce

    Forrester partners with Shop.org annually to survey online retail executives on their adoption of various web-related technologies and the investment levels associated with those initiatives. This...

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    Report:Rank Yourself With The eBusiness Maturity Model

    Assessment: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

    As retail companies evaluate their eCommerce opportunities, establishing a level set of their current strengths and weaknesses is essential. In 2008, Forrester introduced its proprietary eBusiness...

    • Downloads: 881
    • Comments: 1
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    Report:The eCommerce Juggernaut Dominates Retail

    Landscape: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

    In the second chapter of the retail eCommerce playbook, we lay out the current state of eCommerce and the enormous trillion-dollar opportunity it will represent around the world by 2016. We discuss...

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    Report:The State Of Retailing Online 2012: Mobile And Tablet Commerce

    Forrester partners with Shop.org annually to survey retailers on their attitudes toward and investments in the online retail channel. This year the research specifically probes mobile and tablet...

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    Report:How US Consumers Shop On Mobile Devices

    Consumers Use Mobile Phones Primarily For In-Store Product Research

    Sales remain small on mobile devices, and online retailers are taking a cautious approach to investment in mobile services — for now. In this report, we discuss the size of the US mobile retail...

    • Downloads: 337
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    Report:Must-Have eCommerce Features

    Road Map: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

    Companies often struggle with how to prioritize the countless issues that populate eCommerce to-do lists. This chapter of the retail eCommerce playbook is a prescriptive look at the industry...

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    Report:The Five Key Success Factors Of Every eBusiness

    Strategic Plan: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

    One of the questions that organizations launching an eCommerce operation commonly ask is, "Are there common elements behind success?" With a decade of retail eCommerce behind us, we can see that...

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    Report:US Mobile Retail Forecast, 2012 To 2017

    The rapid growth and ubiquity of smartphones naturally means that a significant portion of Internet activity, including shopping, will migrate to this mobile device. While mobile browsing on retail...

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    Report:The New Paradigm Of Retail

    Vision: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

    Agile commerce promises to change the offers that retailers provide and the ways in which consumers buy; as a result, the look and feel of retail is certain to change in lockstep. All retailers will...

    • Downloads: 2660
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    Report:Google, Amazon, Apple, And Facebook: What eBusiness Executives Need To Know For 2012

    As four of the largest and arguably most currently influential technology companies — Google, Amazon.com, Apple, and Facebook — continue to exhibit ambitious tendencies to capture...

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    Report:US Online Holiday Retail Forecast, 2012

    US Holiday Online Sales To Top $68 Billion

    Forrester estimates that US holiday season online retail sales will grow 15% from 2011 to 2012. We expect consumers to show a willingness to spend this season and to use a variety of touchpoints,...

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    Report:US Cross-Channel Retail Forecast, 2011 To 2016

    Mobile Growth To Amplify Web Pre-Shopping More Than Ever

    As consumers are more likely to own mobile devices and spend more of their time online than ever before, they are also likely now than ever to use the Web to support their purchases. By 2016,...

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    Report:The State Of Retailing Online 2013: Key Metrics And Initiatives

    eCommerce continues to grow at a rapid pace; on average, the retailers surveyed for Forrester and Shop.org's annual The State of Retailing Online study experienced 28% growth in sales in 2012 over...

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    Report:The State Of Retailing Online 2011: Merchandising, Headcount, And Global Strategies

    Benchmarks: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

    This is the second of two reports that detail the findings from "The State Of Retailing Online, 2011," a Shop.org research survey conducted by Forrester Research. Specific topics covered in this...

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    Report:The Purchase Path Of Online Buyers In 2012

    In 2011, Forrester partnered with GSI Commerce and its digital agency True Action to evaluate how shoppers touched various marketing touchpoints, such as paid search and email, prior to completing a...

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    Report:US Online Retail Forecast, 2011 To 2016

    eCommerce Tops $200 Billion In 2011

    eCommerce sales continue to grow rapidly, having topped $200 billion in 2011. Forrester expects that online sales will grow from 7% of overall retail sales to close to 9% by 2016. Key drivers of this...

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    Report:Why Every Retailer Needs An Online Marketplace

    Multichannel retailers that are looking to compete effectively with aggressive pure-play counterparts that often offer cutthroat pricing or shipping programs will find that the marketplace model is a...

    • Downloads: 613
    • Comments: 2
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    Report:US Online Retail Forecast, 2012 To 2017

    US Online Retail Will Reach $262 Billion In 2013

    Online retail in the US continues to grow at a rapid rate, outpacing sales growth at traditional stores and stealing market share from them. We predict that online retail in 2013 will reach $262...

    • Downloads: 694
 
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