Search Results

• Webinar Consumer Outlook On 2021

  Thursday, February 4, 2021, 11:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. Eastern time (16:00-16:40 GMT) | 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 Prioritize The Tech That Paves The Path To People-First Marketing

  Tools And Technology: The Experience-Led Marketing Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Stephanie Liu

  CMOs and marketers are increasingly aware of their potential impact on the customer experience (CX). Nearly half of global marketing decision-makers say it's a high or critical priority. CMOs and...

• Report Marketers Versus Customers: Opposing Forces Erupt

  Reevaluate Your Fundamental Marketing Assumptions To Regain Customers' Faith

  January 20, 2021 | Melissa Parrish

  Marketers set out to be customer-focused with the best intentions. They build customer profiles and personalize interactions — but inadvertently create creepy and even harmful experiences. CMOs...

• Report Empowered Consumers Go Green

  Empowerment Drives The Sustainability Transformation

  January 19, 2021 | Anjali Lai, Salvatore Schiano

  The past 20 years has enabled consumers to buy more products from more places more cheaply, but consumers feel unfulfilled. The rapid escalation of self-centered experiences has ignored a core...

• 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 Research Overview: Emotion

  A Guide To Our Emotion-Related Research

  January 11, 2021 | Jim Nail, Sarah Dawson

  Emotion is the foundation of consumer decisions, but organizations often prioritize hard data over the challenge of understanding emotions. New scientific insights as well as new measuring tools...

• Report To Win And Retain Consumers During The Pandemic, Start With Empathy

  Demonstrate Empathy By Designing For Unique Customer Risk Profiles

  December 17, 2020 | Anjali Lai, Martin Gill

  Within the COVID-19 crisis are the seeds of transformation: The boldest leaders will not only adapt their businesses; they will use insights to get closer to their consumers and understand their...

• Report The Future Of The Empowered Consumer In The US

  The Past Decade Of Consumer Evolution Shows That Consumers Want New Choices, More Immersive Experiences, And Greater Purpose

  December 15, 2020 | Anjali Lai

  People rebound from crises by discovering and flexing their muscles of empowerment. For over 20 years, we've used hundreds of thousands of global consumer surveys to measure the drivers and...

• 

  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...

• 

  Webinar Consumer Predictions 2021

  December 11, 2020 | Anjali Lai

  The crises of 2020 will lead to further fragmentation among already-divided consumers and tensions for brands. Businesses will not survive the harsh climate of 2021 without tuning into key changes...

• 

  Webinar CMO Predictions 2021

  What The Best CMOs Will Do In 2021

  December 8, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk

  Brace yourself. 2021 will be a rocky follower to roaring 2020. Expect another year of reduced media expenditures, scanty teams, lean tech and agency partner networks, and the continued vacancy of...

• Report How The COVID-19 Crisis Is Impacting Consumer Behaviors In Italy

  Italian Consumers Are Asking Firms To Start Their Digital Transformation Right Now

  June 22, 2020 | Enza Iannopollo

  After several weeks of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked Italian online adults how they feel about the virus and the economy as well as how their behavior is changing in response to...

• Report Use Your Brand To Energize The Employee And Customer Experience

  Organization: The Brand Experience Playbook

  June 15, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  To recruit the right talent, support engaged employees, and create the most ardent brand ambassadors, firms must address their employee experience just as they would the traditional brand...

• Report The Brand Experience Assessment Report

  Assessment: The Brand Experience Playbook

  June 15, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  The modern customer has high expectations of the companies with which they do business, so brands are on the hook to deliver consistent experiences across all touchpoints. This requires firms to...

• Report CMO Priorities In Light Of The Pandemic Crisis

  What To Do Now, In Early 2021, And By Year-End 2021

  June 11, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk, Tina Moffett

  With so much uncertainty at present, CMOs don’t know how to balance cost-saving measures with the innovation needed to help their firms recover well. This presentation explains near-term,...

• Report Retention Is Not Enough: Banks Must Build Emotion-Rich Relationships To Grow

  Roadmap: The Brand Experience Playbook

  May 14, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee, Peter Wannemacher

  Banks have had a great run: For nearly a century, they've played an essential and highly visible role in people's lives, and most have consistently made tidy profits as a result. But many customers...

• 

  Webinar The Coronavirus And Consumer Sentiment

  How People Feel Will Affect Their Next Steps

  April 2, 2020 | James McQuivey, PhD, Anjali Lai, Kristopher Arcand

  As the coronavirus spreads around the world, so do certain emotional responses that consumers have. At Forrester, we are carefully measuring how people go through various stages of understanding...

• 

  Webinar The State Of Consumers And Technology

  Consumer Technographics® And Business Technographics®

  February 25, 2020 | Anjali Lai

  Take a pulse of technology attitudes and behaviors today, and you’ll see consumers lamenting the abundance of technology and idealizing digital detoxes. However, zoom out to observe how...

• Report Differentiate Your Business With Digital

  The Executive Overview Of The Digital Business Playbook

  February 12, 2020 | Martin Gill

  To compete in the age of the customer, your firm must become a digital business. As a digital business leader, it's your job to shape how. You must enhance your digital customer experience while...

• Report The Business Case For Marketing Innovation

  Why Investing In Marketing Innovation Will Grow Your Business

  February 11, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk

  Business leaders expect marketing to deliver revenue growth, improved customer experiences, and innovative products and services — and all at lower costs. Yet most marketing teams still work with...

• Report Five New Perspectives On Marketing Process

  Beginner Level: Process Practices For The Marketing Innovation Playbook

  February 10, 2020 | Lori Wizdo, Jessica Liu

  Defined, documented, and repeatable marketing processes correlate with revenue growth. But most marketing teams don't have that level of process rigor. For various reasons — organizational...

• Report How To Build Your Company's Customer Obsession Strategy

  Audit Your Current Ops Against Your Future Vision To Know What To Change

  January 31, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk

  Most firms aren't yet customer obsessed, but that's not because they don't understand the concept. (We've been writing about it for 10+ years!) Leaders don't know how to operationalize customer...

• Report The Heated Streaming Wars Are About Relationships

  What Disney+ Teaches Marketers About Connecting With Customers

  January 31, 2020 | James McQuivey, PhD

  The media business has always been the canary in the digital disruption coalmine, teaching everyone what's coming next. The latest battle for digital dominance among video streamers is no...

• Report Three Lessons On Video Streamers

  A Research Overview For The Video Streaming Market

  January 31, 2020 | James McQuivey, PhD

  Disney+'s arrival into the video streaming market shines a spotlight on this increasingly crowded space. While the success of Disney+, Netflix, and Amazon remains assured, other services will...

• Report Build The Business Case For Your Digital Investments

  The Business Case Report In The Digital Business Playbook

  January 30, 2020 | Dan Bieler

  You can only improve what you can measure. Businesses must be able to calculate the return on digital investments to justify them. But calculating a precise ROI for digital transformation at the...