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• Report Digital Go-To-Market Review: CPG Brands, 2021

  Smart Brands Prioritize Direct-To-Consumer Sales And E-Control

  March 5, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali, Madeline Cyr

  Forrester's Digital Go-To-Market Review evaluates brands across the attributes essential to their long-term digital success, including the strength of their direct-to-consumer (DTC) operations....

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  Webinar The State Of Chat In Retail: The Current And Future States

  February 23, 2021 | 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 113 top brands,...

• 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...

• Report Research Overview: Omnichannel Requires A Buffet Of Tech Solutions

  Tools And Technology: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  February 4, 2021 | Brendan Witcher

  Today's "anywhere, anytime" commerce means that digital business leaders must race to fully modernize their commerce systems while recognizing that omnichannel is far more complex than simply...

• Report Digital Go-To-Market Review: Consumer Electronics Brands, 2021

  Smart Brands Prioritize Direct-To-Consumer Sales And E-Control

  February 2, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali, Madeline Cyr

  Brands that have traditionally sold through wholesale channels must adapt to the drastically evolving retail environment. Forrester's Digital Go-To-Market Review evaluates brands across the...

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  Webinar Holiday 2020 Recap: Insights And Lessons

  February 2, 2021 | 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...

• 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...

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  Playbook The Digital Store Playbook For 2021

  How To Transform Your Retail Store

  Today's customers look for and buy experiences, not simply products. Digital technology offers retailers a toolkit to engage customers with new and enhanced experiences. It also enables them to...

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• Report Now Tech: Warehouse Management Systems, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 19 Warehouse Management Systems

  January 27, 2021 | George Lawrie

  For years, companies outsourced transportation and warehouse management by using third-party logistics services to share logistics facilities. But supply chain disruption and rapidly changing...

• 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 The Retail E-Commerce Metrics That Matter

  Performance Management: The Retail E-Commerce Playbook

  January 25, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali

  To achieve key business goals such as increasing retail sales, digital business retail executives need to ensure that they have the right metrics in place. These metrics should track customers' use...

• Report US Online Grocery Snapshot: Q1 2021

  IRI Data Shows How The Pandemic Has Shaped Online Grocery

  January 20, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali

  Digital business retail pros generally agree that the pandemic has driven rapid growth in online grocery sales. Data from IRI confirms that shift — but it's still unclear how much of that behavior...

• 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 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...

• 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...

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  Playbook The Retail E-Commerce Playbook For 2021

  The Art And Science Of Retail eCommerce

  Retail eCommerce sales continue to climb, and digital business executives must check all the boxes to ensure that they're not missing either opportunities for direct online sales or ways that...

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• 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 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...

• 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...