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• Webinar The State of Chat In Retail: The Current And Future States

  Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern time (19:00-20:00 GMT) | Julie Ask, Nicole Murgia, Hailey Colin

  Consumers are increasingly comfortable engaging with brands on mobile platforms, yet many chat experiences don't support modern interactions such as e-commerce. In our evaluation of 114 top brands,...

• Webinar Marketing Measurement: Better ROI Today, Deeper Insight Tomorrow

  Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 1:00 p.m.-1:40 p.m. Eastern time (18:00-18:40 GMT) | Tina Moffett, Jim Nail

  Statistical analytic techniques used for marketing performance measurement give marketers the confidence to be more accountable for the ROI of their spending. Unified marketing measurement is...

• Webinar How Retailers Master The Discipline Of Perpetual Inventory

  Friday, February 5, 2021, 11:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. Eastern time (16:00-16:40 GMT) | Scott Compton, George Lawrie

  Shoppers expect to find stores plentifully stocked with everything they want to buy, but many of them like to check the availability of hand sanitizer or rice, for example, before they make the...

• 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

  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...

• Webinar Holiday 2020 Recap: Insights And Lessons

  Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Eastern time (16:00-17:00 GMT) | Fiona Swerdlow, Sucharita Kodali, Kristopher Arcand

  Join Forrester analysts Sucharita Kodali, Kristopher Arcand, and Fiona Swerdlow for a recap of the 2020 holiday season. In this webinar, we review insights about the season to inform your planning...

• Webinar Case Study: Singapore's Journey To Deploying Responsible AI

  Thursday, January 28, 2021, 3:30 a.m.-4:10 a.m. Eastern time (08:30-09:10 GMT) | Achim Granzen

  On the heels of personal data protection acts, leading governments like Singapore’s are now turning their attention to how data is being used to generate insights and automate processes with...

• 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...

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  Webinar AI Drives The Evolution Of Technology And Data Governance In 2021

  January 14, 2021 | Achim Granzen

  The increase of data aggregated by companies, a heightened awareness of data privacy by consumers, and the introduction of government frameworks has made strong data governance a priority for...

• Report Grocers And C-Stores: Check Out Cashierless Technology Decision Points And Benefits

  January 7, 2021 | Scott Compton

  This research helps retail store operations and digital transformation executives evaluate the choices related to cashierless checkout technology, including scan by customer, smart carts, and...

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  Webinar IoT Predictions 2021

  January 7, 2021 | Paul Miller, Michele Pelino

  Enterprises and consumers continue to drive demand for new internet of things (IoT) solutions and services across verticals and geographies. Join us to hear Forrester IoT analysts reflect on 2020...

• Report The Future Of Commerce Technology: Commerce Platforms End With An Ecosystem On FIRE

  Digital Acceleration Demands That Businesses Evolve Their Architecture To Survive

  January 5, 2021 | Emily Pfeiffer

  Commerce is no longer the core technical function within increasingly complex commerce tech stacks. As this landscape shifts, the new dual cores instead center around experience and operations....

• Report The Five Key Success Factors Of Every Digital Business

  Strategic Plan: The Retail E-Commerce Playbook

  January 4, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali

  Successful organizations are largely driven by the right people, the right organizational structure, and an innovative idea for selling online that often reinforces brick-and-mortar stores. In the...

• Report Betting On Bots For Grocery E-Commerce

  What You Need To Know About Automated Microfulfillment Solutions For Grocery E-Commerce

  December 28, 2020 | Scott Compton

  Grocery store operations and digital execs are evaluating and investing in innovative, automated technology to scale to growing consumer demand for fast fulfillment options of online orders. In...

• 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...

• Report The State Of The US Grocery Shopper — COVID-19

  US Grocery Shopper Behaviors In The New Normal

  December 22, 2020 | Sucharita Kodali, Madeline Cyr

  Throughout waves of shutdowns and fears that the coronavirus pandemic has resurged, one place where online adults still show up is in grocery stores. In this way, the pandemic has essentially...

• Report US Grocery: Digital Best Practices

  December 22, 2020 | Scott Compton, Angelina Gennis

  As e-commerce grocery orders surge, online grocers must cultivate lifetime value and loyalty from new customers. We expect North American grocery retail sales to grow 7.6% in 2020 and increase...

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  Webinar Buy Now, Pay Later: Understanding The Latest Hot Topic In Retail Payments

  December 15, 2020 | Lily Varon, Nicole Murgia

  Within the past few years, the deferred payments market — a broad category covering installments, "buy now, pay later," Pay in 4, point-of-sale financing, and alternative lending — has...

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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 New Tech: Deferred Payment Providers, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Landscape Overview Of 29 Providers

  December 11, 2020 | Lily Varon

  Deferred payment solutions — a broad category covering installments; "buy now, pay later"; "pay in four"; point-of-sale financing; and alternative lending — promise merchants a boost in conversion...

• 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...

• Report Now Tech: Commerce Services, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 35 Commerce Service Providers

  December 9, 2020 | Ted Schadler

  Commerce service providers are the orchestrators of the software, data, and strategy you need to deliver great omnichannel commerce experiences. They should offer you skills for commerce...

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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....

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  Webinar Edge Computing Predictions 2021

  December 9, 2020 | Abhijit Sunil

  Edge is among the most important and disruptive technology trends going into 2021. And it will influence — or be influenced by — trends in 5G, data consumption, internet of things...

• 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'...