Sucharita MulpuruVice President, Principal Analyst
Business-To-Consumer eCommerce, Interactive Marketing, Marketing & Advertising, Marketing Automation, Merchandising, Multichannel Retail, Multichannel Retail Operations, Online Marketing Technology, Online Merchandising, Online Shopping, Retail, Social Marketing, eBusiness/eCommerce, eCommerce Forecasts, eCommerce Platforms & Technologies, eCommerce Trends
Sucharita serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy professionals. She is a leading expert on eCommerce, multichannel retail, consumer behavior, and trends in the online shopping space. She is also a noted authority on technology developments that affect the online commerce industry and vendors that facilitate online marketing and merchandising.
In her research, Sucharita covers such consumer-oriented topics as eCommerce forecasting and trends, merchandising best practices, conversion optimization, and Social Computing in the retail world. She has also authored "The State Of Retailing Online," a joint study conducted annually with Shop.org and a leading industry benchmark publication.
Prior to Forrester, Sucharita was the director of marketing at Saks Fifth Avenue, where she managed the customer acquisition, retention, and market research efforts for the $2 billion luxury retailer's online channel. Prior to Saks, she held management positions at Toys "R" Us, where she was a merchant in the Babies "R" Us division and a store manager in one of the company's largest toy stores. She also worked for the Walt Disney Company, where she developed and managed marketing plans for new business initiatives, including the Disney Stores, the Disney Cruise Line, and Club Disney.
Additionally, she was involved in the expansion of Cap Cities/ABC properties, specifically ESPN Zone, ESPN Magazine, and the Go.com network. She has written two nonfiction books and has contributed to BusinessWeek Online.
Sucharita holds a B.A. in economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
US Online Retail Forecast, 2009 To 2014 March 05, 2010 BookmarkPDF
TechRadar™ For eBusiness And Channel Strategy Professionals: Social Commerce, Q1 2010 February 25, 2010 (Rating: 9) BookmarkPDF
Who Buys Groceries Online And Why February 12, 2010 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
Consumer Usage Of Kiosks And Self-Service Checkout Tools December 08, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Adaptive Brand Marketing: An eBusiness Perspective November 13, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Mobile Commerce Redux March 2010 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
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