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• Report Geopolitical Disruption Demands Local Trust

  CMOs At Global Brands Must Pivot To Truly Multilocal Operations

  February 11, 2021 | Thomas Husson

  Even before COVID-19, significant economic, political, and tech trends were fragmenting the global order. The pandemic's economic and social crises and associated geopolitical shifts will drive...

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  Webinar Consumer Outlook On 2021

  February 4, 2021 | Anjali Lai, Martin Gill

  2020 will be remembered as a transformational year in world history; now, the decisions, actions, and innovations that occur in 2021 will set the trajectory for pandemic recovery and rebound that...

• Report Make Omnichannel Real In B2B Commerce

  Business Case: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  February 1, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  Disruption is turning B2B buying and selling on its head. Quick and efficient B2C buying journeys have reshaped B2B buyers' expectations, and marketplaces have shortened the distance between buyers...

• Report Gauge Your Digital Store Maturity

  Assessment: The Digital Store Playbook

  January 29, 2021 | Emily Pfeiffer, Madeline Cyr

  Digital business leaders who are driving digital store transformation initiatives need a clear plan for how technology will transform the store. Plus, they need the skills to influence others in...

• Report Branded Manufacturers: Master Your Own Digital Destiny

  Understand Your Brand's Digital Commerce Opportunity To Craft A Comprehensive Direct-To-Consumer Strategy

  January 29, 2021 | Michelle Beeson

  Consumer-facing brand manufacturers are doubling down on their direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital engagement and commerce capabilities. To master their digital destiny, brands must understand the...

• Report Five Key Stakeholders Will Define Retail In The 2020s

  Vision: The Retail E-Commerce Playbook

  January 27, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali, Fiona Swerdlow

  New business models and new ways of getting goods to consumers have already transformed retail. In the coming years, retailers and brands will bow to tighter scrutiny and accountability by...

• Report Five Practices To Succeed With Your Retail E-Commerce Strategy

  Processes: The Retail E-Commerce Playbook

  January 15, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali

  Retail e-commerce has well over two decades of experience under its belt, so digital retail businesses at all maturity stages have a fairly established set of best practices to follow. This report...

• Report A Post-Truth Climate Is Shaping Gen Z's Consumer Behaviors

  Now More Than Ever, The Next-Generation Consumer Expects Brands To Be Real, Be Respectful, And Represent

  January 14, 2021 | Mike Proulx

  Step aside, Millennials. CMOs have their sights set on the next generation of consumers and for good reason. Gen Z (born in or after 1997) is likely to form the majority of US consumers in just...

• Report Now Tech: Digital Supply Chain Control Tower Solutions, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 17 Digital Supply Chain Control Tower Solution Providers

  December 23, 2020 | George Lawrie

  You can use control towers to orchestrate demand forecasts, open new routes to market, and deliver differentiating customer experiences such as subscription fulfillment. But to realize these...

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  Webinar Empowered Consumers Go Green

  December 14, 2020 | Anjali Lai, Salvatore Schiano

  Conversations about the climate have ebbed and flowed for decades, yet 2020 marks a turning point where the combination of escalating climate hazards, a global pandemic, and a newfound consumer...

• Report Research Overview: Personalization

  A Guide To Our Personalization-Related Research

  December 11, 2020 | Rusty Warner, David Novitzky

  B2C marketers strive to deliver relevant, personalized customer experiences. But heightened customer expectations, conflicting business goals, overlapping technologies, and execution challenges...

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  Webinar Customer Experience Predictions 2021: Trust And Zero UI

  December 9, 2020 | David Truog, Tristan Back

  Customer experiences (CX) and the work of the people who create them evolve continually, but the pandemic has been changing CX faster than ever — and those changes will accelerate in 2021....

• Report Building The Business Case For Omnichannel Commerce

  Business Case: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  December 7, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  Digital business professionals must build effective omnichannel business cases to minimize the risk of launching initiatives that: 1) lack critical internal support; 2) fail to meet customers'...

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  Webinar Customer Insights Predictions 2021

  December 2, 2020 | Gene Leganza, Faith Adams, Cinny Little

  Forrester has solid data that shows that insights-driven firms outperform their peers, and our year-on-year data shows that advanced firms are widening the gap even further. Why? If 2020 has taught...

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  Webinar Retailers: Optimize Your Post-Purchase Experience To Delight And Win Customers

  November 19, 2020 | Emily Pfeiffer, Brandon Shaik

  Retailers and brands often miss the opportunity to create excellent experiences for their customers even after capturing an order. Unlike with regular marketing emails, customers are much more...

• Forum Technology & Innovation Global

  Adapt To Win

  November 4, 2020 | Live Virtual Experience | Liz Herbert, Matthew Guarini, Brian Hopkins

  In today’s business environment, change is constant. Technology, customer expectations, workforce issues, and economic factors are continually evolving. To thrive in this environment,...

• Report Forrester Predictions 2021: Accelerating Out Of The Crisis

  October 28, 2020 | Sharyn Leaver

  2020 shattered the status quo. In 2021, advanced organizations will adapt and use the upheaval to forge a competitive edge. Discover your organization's path to success. Read Forrester's 2021...

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  Webinar The New, Unstable Normal Roundtable: How COVID-19 Will Change Business And Technology Forever

  Europe-Friendly Start Time

  October 28, 2020 | Laura Koetzle, Martin Gill, Martha Bennett

  The lasting impact of COVID-19 and the high likelihood of future pandemics will usher in five macro shifts that will fundamentally change business and technology: 1) Customer expectations will...

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  Webinar Where The Grocery Industry Goes Next: Digital Transformation And Store Operations (Part 1 of 2)

  October 23, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow, Sucharita Kodali, Emily Pfeiffer

  Forrester’s analysts present a series of overviews, panels, and discussions on the solutions, tactics, and technologies shaping the grocery industry, both in stores and online. This webinar...

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  Webinar Where The Grocery Industry Goes Next: Marketing And E-Commerce (Part 2 of 2)

  October 23, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow, Sucharita Kodali, Xiaofeng Wang

  Forrester’s analysts present a series of overviews, panels, and discussions on the solutions, tactics, and technologies shaping the grocery industry, both in stores and online. This webinar...

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  Webinar Vast, Fast, And Relentless: Consumers And The Future Of Buying

  October 22, 2020 | Sucharita Kodali, Anjali Lai

  The ways in which consumers buy products and services have been in a constant state of change over the past decade, and there are no signs of it slowing down. To survive, B2C firms must constantly...

• Report The Omnichannel Maturity Assessment

  Assessment: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  October 19, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  Supporting an omnichannel fulfillment program is table stakes in retail today — and particularly in light of pandemic or other market shift conditions. Organizations need to assess their...

• Forum Summit Asia Pacific

  The must-attend event for B2B & B2C marketing and CX leaders

  September 1, 2020 | Live Virtual Experience | Frederic Giron

  The combined power of Forrester and SiriusDecisions has unleashed a new energy into the products and services available to both the B2B and B2C community. By harnessing this energy, we are bringing...

• Report It's Time For Retail Stores To Open Their Doors To The Digital Org

  Organization: The Digital Store Playbook

  August 28, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  In the age of the customer — and especially in the midst of a pandemic — channel-specific strategies, tactics, and organizational structures become irrelevant and (worse) potentially crippling. To...

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  Webinar How To Ask Customers To Share Data: A Guide To Zero-Party Data

  August 26, 2020 | Stephanie Liu

  All marketers want to deliver personalized content and experiences, but the reality is they often use stale or inaccurate data to make decisions about what customers want. Privacy regulations and...