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Were Our Predictions For 2023 Correct?

Sharyn Leaver 1 day ago
We made bold calls for 2023. Did they come true? Discover the accuracy of Forrester's Predictions 2023. And get a first peek at what we'll cover in our 2024 predictions.
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High Levels Of Trust Elude US Financial Services Firms Again

Alyson Clarke 2 days ago
US financial services brands are struggling to earn high levels of customer trust. Forrester’s Financial Services Customer Trust Index (FS Trust Index) revealed that customer trust in US financial services firms in 2023 was relatively weak and largely unchanged from 2022. Only US banks managed a measurable improvement in average trust scores, and even that […]

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Each week, the CX Cast brings you the latest news and cutting-edge tactics making waves in customer experience.

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What Do Tadpoles And VoC Programs Have In Common?

Colleen Fazio 2 days ago
I spend my days talking to clients about how to collect and use customer feedback to improve CX and drive business results. At night, I’m working toward my informal PhD in biology — courtesy of my two young sons who love to share their encyclopedic knowledge about bugs, insects, snakes, and all things creepy crawly. […]
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Responsible Design

What It Means September 14, 2023
Delighted customers or PR nightmare? The difference can boil down to responsible design. Before your company ends up in an IRL episode of “Black Mirror,” listen to this podcast about responsible design featuring Principal Analyst Gina Bhawalkar.
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Forrester’s 2023 Singapore CX Index Shows Scores Flat To Down

Tom Mouhsian September 12, 2023
Since 2018, Forrester has been tracking how Singaporean customers rate their experience with some of the biggest brands in banking and auto and home insurance. This year’s Singapore Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) study reveals several important findings: CX quality among Singapore’s banks slightly dipped. The overall quality of banking experiences has slightly dropped since […]
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Consumer Spending Trends — 2023 Edition

Dipanjan Chatterjee September 8, 2023
Has The Economy Got You Down? It’s 1840. Inflation is rampant, and beleaguered consumers are reeling from high prices. It’s also presidential election season, and economic woes are weighing down the campaign of incumbent President Martin Van Buren, who eventually loses to William Henry Harrison (who, for all you trivia fans, had the shortest presidential […]
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Building Self-Service Applications That Would Make Michelangelo Proud

Max Ball August 28, 2023
Generative AI is on the cusp of revolutionizing chatbots for customer self-service. Learn about the role conversational AI vendors can play.

Where Are CX Leaders Targeting Their 2024 Spend?

Download our 2024 Planning Guide for Customer Experience Leaders to see where AI investments deliver the greatest gains — and three redundant priorities to pull back on.

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Improve Your Loyalty Results With A Loyalty Services Provider

Mary Pilecki August 16, 2023
Does your brand employ a loyalty services provider in addition to a loyalty technology provider? If not, you should consider it. Brands continue to increase spend on loyalty technology and programs, but they often don’t tie their loyalty initiatives to broader corporate goals, negatively impacting their success. Services providers help here. This blog answers key […]
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The 2023 CICS Forrester Wave™ Is Live, And Competition Is Fierce

Christina McAllister August 16, 2023
Our first-time evaluation of this dynamic market, The Forrester Wave™: Conversation Intelligence For Customer Service, Q3 2023, is now live! We looked at the top 11 vendors in this market today and evaluated them across 32 criteria. Forrester defines conversation intelligence for customer service (CICS) as: Software solutions that analyze speech and text conversations between […]
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Forrester Data Shows High CRM Adoption But Low Satisfaction

Kate Leggett August 15, 2023
Every year, our clients at Forrester ask us about trends in customer relationship management (CRM) adoption. To help us answer these questions, Forrester fielded a survey to ask CRM decision-makers around the world about different aspects of their company’s overall CRM strategy. You can find all our insights in our report, Customer Relationship Management Market […]
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It’s Time To Tell The Healthcare CX Story In Terms Of ROI

Judy Weader August 8, 2023
Real talk: Healthcare customer experience needs to improve. For example, Forrester’s data shows that 56% of US online adults with health insurance feel that their health insurer should do more to help them understand what healthcare services cost. Over 40% say that their health insurer’s financial forms (such as bills and statements) are hard to […]
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Growth Strategy In Action: Apple Plants New Seeds

Dipanjan Chatterjee August 7, 2023
Two months ago, I announced Forrester’s revenue growth framework. We reviewed academic research, evaluated practitioner models, spoke with CMOs, and studied best practices among companies to distill a framework to help our clients develop a structured approach to growing revenue. I’ve applied this lens to Apple’s latest earnings release to analyze the company’s growth strategy. […]

Steer Your CX Budget With Our 2024 Benchmark Data

Join Forrester analysts for a LIVE webinar on Aug. 24 to explore 2024 insights for investing in CX strategy to drive action, value, and revenue.

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Steering Toward Success: Three Approaches To Building Outcomes-Based Joint Success Plans

Shari Srebnick August 3, 2023
A joint customer success plan is a roadmap to help steer customers toward achieving their desired outcomes.
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How Data Pros Can Help Build The Future Of Customer Experience Insights

Rich Saunders August 3, 2023
Join us at Forrester’s Data Strategy & Insights event to learn about how customer experience and data professionals can work more closely to ensure that they collectively provide the analytics and insights their organizations need to improve experiences.
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Planning Guides 2024: Customer Experience

Explore 2024 insights for investing in CX strategy to drive action, value, and revenue.
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Think You Know POS? You Might Be Surprised.

Lauren Cevallos July 31, 2023
Our newly published report, The Point-Of-Service Landscape, Q3 2023, lists the 18 most notable vendors in the space and details the 10 most important use cases that they’re focusing on for clients today. Read this blog for an early look at our findings.
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Conduct Better Research With Inclusive Screener Questions

Gina Bhawalkar July 26, 2023
By practicing inclusive design, businesses can increase revenue, decrease costs, improve resilience, and build trust with customers and employees. But to do this successfully, companies need to incorporate inclusive design principles when creating experiences.

Build An Engine Of Customer Loyalty - And Revenue

Read our report to learn how to build customer loyalty, brand equity, and revenue with a B2C customer-obsessed growth engine.

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Empowering Banks With Digital Cash Management Platforms

Pushpa Marwal July 26, 2023
Businesses across the globe are dealing with a fast-paced digital world, rising customer expectations, and economic uncertainties. In such an environment, it is imperative that they manage their cash flows well to finance their growth ambitions and mitigate financial risks. Corporations source these cash management services from their corporate banking partners. Banks, on the other […]
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Are You Prepared to Include CX Metrics In Earnings Calls?

Pete Jacques July 25, 2023
If you're considering sharing your CX performance during an earnings calls, here's how to do it right.
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The B2B Chief Customer Officer: Unicorn Or Camel?

Lisa Nakano July 25, 2023
In Silicon Valley startup parlance, there are two types of ventures: unicorns and camels. Unicorns are the bright, shiny, money-burning, rapid-growth startups. Camels are built on a more solid financial philosophy, meant to make the money last, using venture capital as more of a bridge than a survival tactic. In times of crisis, it’s probably […]
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