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• 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 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 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 Prioritize The Tech That Paves The Path To People-First Marketing

  Tools And Technology: The Experience-Led Marketing Playbook

  January 12, 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 Build Brand To Create Value

  Business Case: The Brand Experience Playbook

  January 6, 2021 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  Marketing leaders must invest in brand to become customer obsessed. Use our presentation template in this tool to pitch the business case for brand and help your organization win, serve, and retain...

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  Webinar The Brands' Guide To In-Housing Media: Cultural Readiness And A Long-Term Vision Are Required For Success

  December 18, 2020 | Joanna O'Connell, Jay Pattisall

  As big brands make the headlines with their in-housing efforts, marketing professionals are asking themselves, "Should we move media in-house?" Our answer: Fortune favors the brave. Only those...

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  Webinar Predictions 2021: Agencies Will Swarm Talent With Technology

  December 15, 2020 | Jay Pattisall, Thomas Husson, Andrew Hogan

  Buckle up: 2021 is going to be a wild ride for agencies as they navigate to recovery. After weathering a 23% drop in marketing spend in the US and shedding an estimated 49,000 agency workers...

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  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...

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  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 Apple "Brands Different": Lessons From The World's Most Valuable Brand

  Strategic Plan: The Brand Experience Playbook

  September 4, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  Apple is one of the world's most valuable brands. Its unrivalled portfolio, category-defining innovation, legendary design, and, most of all, its rabid fandom, make it one of the most worshipped...

• Report Consumer Goods Companies Spend More On Digital Marketing

  The COVID-19 Pandemic Hastens Trends That Were Already In Motion

  August 6, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk, Brandon Verblow, David Novitzky

  For CPG marketers, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated shelter-at-home restrictions created both a burst of product demand and unexpected media behavior. The result is that digital spend by...

• Report It's Time For CMOs To Pay More Attention To Employees

  The CMO And CHRO Relationship Grows In Importance As Crises Continue To Emerge

  July 27, 2020 | Thomas Husson

  Brands hold as much meaning for employees as for customers, especially in a crisis. CMOs play a key role in shaping and communicating the company culture, which helps acquire, inspire, and retain...

• Report PEAK Coaching: Level Up Your Leaders To Drive Performance

  Processes: The Employee Experience Playbook

  June 29, 2020 | Katy Tynan

  Coaching isn't a new concept in the realm of leadership practice. Yet few organizations have invested in developing managers at all levels to become coaches who can systematically support and drive...

• Report The UK In The Pandemic: How Consumers And Businesses Are Changing

  As The Pandemic Drives A Lasting Shift In UK Consumers' Behaviors And Values, Firms Must Respond In Kind

  June 17, 2020 | Michelle Beeson

  Our new survey, the Forrester Analytics Consumer Technographics® COVID-19 Survey (Wave 1), studied 1,117 UK online adults to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. This report synthetizes the...

• 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,...

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  Webinar How The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Stun Marketing Plans, Budgets, And Priorities

  June 1, 2020 | Tina Moffett, Shar VanBoskirk

  The world turned upside down for all of us in March 2020. And with COVID-19 still spreading, shutdowns expanding, unemployment rocketing, business spending contracting, and consumers staying at...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Global Media Agencies, Q2 2020

  The 10 Global Media Agencies That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  May 26, 2020 | Jay Pattisall

  In our 29-criterion evaluation of media management providers, we identified the 10 most significant ones — Carat, Havas Media Group, MediaCom, Mindshare, OMD, PHD, Starcom, UM, Wavemaker, and...

• Report PEAK Leadership Powers Great EX

  Organization: The Employee Experience Playbook

  May 22, 2020 | Katy Tynan

  CEOs recognize that great leaders drive great business results. Yet leadership development programs remain underfunded and disconnected from organizational values and goals. Talent acquisition...

• 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...

• Report The 2020 COVID-19 Crisis Will Stun US Marketing

  CMOs: Apply An Adaptive Approach To Manage The Downturn

  May 6, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk, Tina Moffett, Rick Parrish

  The next two years will be difficult, no matter how quickly the COVID-19 crisis ends. In our most optimistic scenario, Forrester projects a 28% drop in US marketing spend — including media,...

• Report The Future Of Work Starts Now

  Four Shocks Will Sort Out The Winners From The Losers In The 2020s

  April 14, 2020 | James McQuivey, PhD, J. P. Gownder, David Johnson

  The "roaring 2020s" have started with a force: a pandemic that will propel us into the future of work faster than expected. Like its namesake decade from the 20th century, the 2020s will be full of...

• Report Craft Your Brand Response Strategy For Pandemics And Other Uncontrollable Crises

  Landscape: The Brand Experience Playbook

  April 7, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  The COVID-19 pandemic is a tremendous and unique crisis for brands. CMOs and marketing leaders, who are at the helm of a brand's response, must act on three fronts. Read this report to help develop...

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  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...