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Blog:What's in the Agile Commerce Playbook?

I’ve been called upon to present on agile commerce many times over the last year, and when I do I most commonly start with this quote: "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the...

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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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Report:German Online Retail Overview, 2011

Despite A Thriving Online Market, Multichannel Retail Is Still An Untapped Opportunity For German Retailers

The German online retail market is the second largest in Europe. Amazon.de and eBay are dominant forces, with major German consumer brands selling through those sites, and others following suit...

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Blog:European Online Retail : Adopt A Local Approach

I have a great interest in history. I always have. I grew up in the North of England very close to Hadrian’s Wall. In fact, the remains of the Vallum (the defensive ditch dug behind the wall to...

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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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Report:European Online Retail: Five Trends To Watch In 2013

European eBusiness Executives Must Embrace A Multi-Touchpoint Reality

European retail eBusiness executives face a time of unprecedented change. The range of touchpoints that customers use to discover, explore, buy, and re-engage with brands is growing by the day. New...

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Blog:Ever Buy Your Cornflakes Online? If You Live In The UK You Might.

Following my blog post from a couple of weeks ago where I wrote about the need to take a local approach in Europe, I’d like to take a few minutes to say something about the first of our...

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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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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:Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks ?

Hot off the press from last week’s Retail Week conference, “HMV will still have a portfolio of hundreds of stores on the high street in five years, HMV CEO Simon Fox told delegates”...

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Blog:Forrester's first European Mobile Commerce Forecast

  Mobile commerce is a HOT topic! Over the last three months I’ve presented at 4 different European events on the subject of Mobile Commerce in retail, and in every other speech I’m...

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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...

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Report:European Online Retail Forecast, 2012 To 2017

Economic Instability Across Europe Will Do Little To Slow Retail eCommerce Growth

By 2017, Europeans will spend more than €191 billion online on retail products, and online retail growth will continue to outpace offline growth. As wallet share gradually shifts toward the...

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Client Inquiry:What Are Customer Expectations Around Customization Of Packing Slips By Ship Country?

There is discussion in my company around returns forms (packing slips) — we will be shipping out orders from five different websites (five different brands). There is discussion about having...

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Report:European Online Christmas Retail Outlook, 2011

This Christmas Season eBusiness Executives Will Turn To A Wider Range Of Touchpoints Than Ever To Engage Bargain-Hungry, Web-Savvy Shoppers

Christmas 2011 will see European shoppers more connected, informed, and web-savvy than ever as they head both online and to the high street to find the perfect gift. With overall retail growth...

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Blog:Agile Commerce – that’s Forrester’s word for “Omnichannel,” right?

You’ve all heard the term “Omnichannel.” And since you are reading this blog I’m going to assume you’ve also all heard the term “Agile Commerce.” If not,...

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Blog:Don't Believe The Hype: 5 Trends to Watch (and 5 to Ignore) for On-line Retail in 2012

  Every year at Forrester we take a look ahead at the driving forces behind online retail and make some predictions about how we think things will evolve and we try and identify the key trends...

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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...

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Blog:Have Yourself A Multi-Touchpoint Christmas

 With 43 shopping days left until Christmas 2011, eCommerce operations across Europe are gearing up for what looks like being a strong growth year for online retail. With the economic climate...

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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:The Luxury Retailer's Guide To Agile Commerce

A new breed of luxury goods online shopper has arrived that is young, tech-savvy, Internet-aware, mobile-enabled, and embracing tablets fast. This new breed of global consumer is keen to find fresh...

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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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Blog:Online Video Retail Success Stories

Increase your conversion rates overnight! Really? That’s amazing. How can I get a piece of that pie?  Call it what you will -- V-Tail, vCommerce, or just plain online video -- we...

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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:How Quickly Can You Add A New Touchpoint?

Here at Forrester we have been talking about the concept of "agile commerce" for some time now, but it's not always easy to point to live examples of “agile”businesses. What is agile...