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Predictions 2026: Smaller Players Emerge Through Cracks In Media’s Triopoly

Kelsey Chickering 3 days ago
For years, the Google, Meta, and Amazon triopoly has dominated media budgets — but that dominance is under threat. Learn how the media and advertising space will evolve in the year ahead.
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Adobe’s Firefly Foundry Reveals A Creative Technology Split Screen

Jay Pattisall 6 days ago
Adobe's new managed service offering bucks a growing self-service trend and elevates the human element in AI development.

Plan & Prosper — Together

Register for B2B Summit North America 2026 with our 2-for-1 Plan & Prosper offer. Bring a teammate, stretch your budget, and start 2026 with the tools to align your team and accelerate your strategy.

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What Sets Leading B2B Marketers Apart?

Matthew Selheimer October 28, 2025
Forrester’s most recent Marketing Survey revealed a sharp divide between leading and lagging B2B marketing organizations. Find out what why leading marketers report significantly stronger revenue and profit while lagging marketers fall short.
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Predictions 2026: The Race To Trust And Value

Sharyn Leaver October 28, 2025
Volatility and innovation will continue as leaders yearn for clarity and race to differentiate on trust and genuine value. Find out what’s in store for the year ahead.
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Prévisions 2026: les directeurs marketing se préparent sans battre en retraite

Thomas Husson 28 Octobre 2025
L’IA représentera en 2026 un véritable casse-tête pour les directions marketing selon Forrester : son potentiel d’innovation marketing augmentera, mais les préoccupations en matière de confidentialité, les obstacles à la mise en œuvre et la fragmentation du « stack MarTech » ralentira son adoption.
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Predictions 2026: CMOs Hunker Down But Don’t Retreat

Mike Proulx October 28, 2025
B2C CMOs will be put to the test in a coming year that will be even more volatile than the current one. Adaptability and precision will be critical to success.
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The Next Wave: DSPs Become Omnichannel Ad Platforms

Nikhil Lai October 16, 2025
The conditions that sustained demand-side platforms (DSPs) are no more. Learn what's changed, and how we evaluated vendors in our recent Landscape report.

Plan Smarter, Attend Together

Join CX Summit EMEA 2026 with our 2-for-1 offer. Bring a teammate, maximize your budget, and get the insights you need to shape customer strategy and drive impact in 2026.

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From Chaos To Clarity: How B2B Marketing Leaders Can Organize AI Responsibilities For Business Impact

Mavis Liew October 8, 2025
In the rush to adopt AI, many marketing leaders assign resources on the fly, without a formal structure or accountability. This “just in time” approach may feel agile — but it creates silos, duplicates effort, and introduces governance risks.
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B2B Sellers Need A Fight Song To Address Buying Mayhem

Rick Bradberry October 7, 2025
To the sellers whose jobs have been complicated by buying shifts and, now, AI: This song is for you.
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Zero-Click Search Comes For Checkout: Agentic Commerce Automates Retail’s Next Frontier

Nikhil Lai October 2, 2025
Agentic commerce is spreading as OpenAI launches Instant Checkout offering shoppers conversational shopping from curiosity to checkout without redirecting consumers to merchants’ sites. Find out what this means and how B2C marketers are responding in this post.
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Predictions 2026: Marketing Agencies Resign Their Agency

Jay Pattisall October 1, 2025
By the end of the coming year, marketing agencies will have materially changed. For CMOs, agencies will no longer act solely as your agents but also as owners of solutions, resellers of technology partnerships, and developers of emerging capabilities.
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Sales Leadership: Why Now Is The Time To Embrace Revenue Process Transformation

Christina Schmitt September 25, 2025
Discover why outdated sales models are holding businesses back and how embracing revenue process transformation can unlock faster growth, better buyer engagement, and stronger sales leadership. Join us at Forrester’s B2B Summit EMEA to explore bold strategies for leading change.

Predictions 2026: Your Planning Starts Here

2026 will demand proof, not promises. Explore Forrester’s Predictions resources — guides, webinars, and blogs — to plan smarter, lead with trust, and stay ahead of disruption.

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Marketers Are In Their AI Era (And It’s Not Ending Anytime Soon)

Cole Walsh September 22, 2025
Through all the uncertainty this year, one constant persists: AI adoption and its potential to reshape B2C marketing as we know it. Find out how in this preview of a new survey and report.
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The Top Five Initiatives For B2C CMOs In 2026

Mike Proulx September 22, 2025
It’s that time of year — when we examine what’s top of mind for B2C CMOs in the US as they plan for the upcoming year. 2026 brings a renewed focus on CX and customer loyalty while AI hype starts to shape into real AI capabilities. Forrester’s Q3 2025 CMO Pulse Survey provided a list […]
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Today’s Leaders Must Heed AI Advice For Future Disruptors

Brendan Witcher September 18, 2025
Startup founders, investors, technologists, and operators are all working frantically to get an early jump onto the AI train. Find out why and get more of the key takeaways from the recent Startup Boston Week event.
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Rewind And Fast-Forward TV Advertising

Nikhil Lai September 12, 2025
One of advertisers’ greatest challenges with TV advertising is “streaming TV’s high CPMs,” according to Forrester’s Q2 2025 CMO Pulse Survey. Find out why TV advertising’s sellers benefit at TV buyers’ expense and how consumers are caught in the middle.
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The Remedy That Wasn’t: Answer Engines Outpace Antitrust Law

Nikhil Lai September 12, 2025
To remedy Google’s monopoly in search, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google merely has to share limited search data with rivals and stop making exclusive deals for Google’s preferential placement on devices. Find out what this means for marketers.
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Search Is Changing — Is Your Content Strategy Ready?

Daryl Wright September 9, 2025
The traditional search-to-click path has collapsed — yet many B2B marketing teams still rely on outdated content strategies. APAC marketers: Learn a better path forward at Forrester’s B2B Summit APAC this November.
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Introducing Forrester AI Access: Equipping Organizations With Trusted Insights To Act Fast

Carrie Johnson September 9, 2025
Forrester AI Access is an important milestone in our AI journey, beginning with our 2023 launch of Izola. With AI Access, organizations can validate ideas, innovate, and make smarter decisions faster.
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Starbucks: One Year Later

Dipanjan Chatterjee September 8, 2025
On the anniversary of Brian Niccol taking the reins, we look at the foundation he has laid for the future.
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