Trends Report

The State Of Customer Obsession In Retail, 2021

Learn From The Habits Of More Mature Companies

November 16th, 2021
Fiona Swerdlow, VP, Research Director
Fiona Swerdlow VP, Research Director
With contributors:
Rick Parrish , Cole Walsh , Shynise McElveen

Summary

Forrester surveyed 999 executives, of which 119 are at retail companies, to understand the state of customer obsession across industries and to determine how companies can improve. We found that retail companies are largely on par with the average for all companies in their degree of customer obsession. We also uncovered key strategies for retailers at each level of maturity. Customer-aware firms should adopt new habits, customer-engaged ones should embed customer obsession into their DNA, customer-committed ones should build customer goodwill, and retailers that are already customer obsessed should ensure their future fitness. This report outlines the 2021 findings.

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