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• Report Gear Up For Experience Design

  Tools And Technology: The User Experience Playbook

  January 21, 2021 | David Truog

  Companies investing in better user experience (UX) need tools for experience design (XD) but face a complex provider landscape spanning 19 categories of digital services and products. These tools...

• Report Singapore Banking Customers Prefer Hybrid Experiences

  Delight Customers With The Best Of Both Worlds: Digital And Physical

  December 18, 2020 | Tom Mouhsian

  Our annual CX Index and financial services studies offer fresh perspectives on what customers like, trust and prefer. In this report, we focus on customer experiences that take place in both...

• Report How B2B2C Companies Can Invest In Their Partners And Boost Everyone's Bottom Lines

  Enable Your Partners To Maximize Efficiency And Increase Revenue

  December 14, 2020 | Angelina Gennis, Sam Karpinski

  B2B2C companies face a difficult challenge: How can they provide reliable, consistently excellent, and on-brand experiences to their end customers when they don't own all of the customer...

• Report Enterprises Must Have One VoC Program, Not Many

  Why Enabling A Cross-Channel View Is Critical To CX Transformation

  July 13, 2020 | Faith Adams

  As customers cross multiple channels and lines of business while engaging with a brand, the ability to visualize and understand their journeys often eludes companies. This happens when companies...

• Report Seven Best Practices For Using Video Feedback In Your VoC Program

  June 22, 2020 | Faith Adams

  VoC programs continue to encounter challenges when it comes to engaging stakeholders and driving action. Despite having access to many potentially helpful capabilities in their technology...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Journey Orchestration Platforms, Q2 2020

  The 11 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  June 15, 2020 | Joana de Quintanilha

  In our 28-criterion evaluation of journey orchestration providers, we identified the 11 most significant ones — Alterian, BryterCX, Coveo, Engage Hub, inQuba, Kitewheel, NICE, Pointillist, Roojoom,...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Journey Mapping Platforms, Q2 2020

  The Eight Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  June 15, 2020 | Joana de Quintanilha

  In our 26-criterion evaluation of journey mapping providers, we identified the eight most significant ones — CustomersFirst Now, cx/omni, Decooda International, More than Metrics, MURAL, Strativity...

• Report The US Customer Experience Index, 2020

  How Brands Build Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  June 15, 2020 | TJ Keitt

  As brands grapple with changing consumer behaviors thanks to COVID-19, how well have they built loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This year, we reveal the scores of all...

• Report Delight The Right Customers To Build A Successful Business

  June 9, 2020 | TJ Keitt

  Businesses often chase high overall customer experience (CX) scores. But these beacon metrics, which measure the average experience across all customers, provide limited insights to business...

• Report Expectations And Experiences: The Impact Of Your Customers' Expectations On CX Quality

  May 26, 2020 | Joana de Quintanilha, Victoria McRitchie

  Achieving excellent customer experience (CX) requires exceeding expectations — Forrester's Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) data proves it — but most brands are merely meeting expectations or...

• Report CX Professionals Must Collaborate With Customer Service Leaders

  Why Collaboration Is Critical To Achieve A State-Of-The-Art VoC Program And CX Success

  May 8, 2020 | Faith Adams

  The difference between customer experience and customer service is confusing to many firms. This leads to a lack of clarity over the true ownership of CX and blurred lines between CX professionals...

• Report Case Study: UK Bank Virgin Money Transformed CX And Improved Business Outcomes

  Virgin Money Used A Merger As An Opportunity To Align Its Culture On Customer Experience

  April 7, 2020 | Judy Weader

  Virgin Money found a way to save money, build customer centricity, and align the organization around the North Star of customer experience (CX). CX professionals should read this case study to...

• Report The Australia Banking Customer Experience Index, 2019

  How Australian Banks Earn (And Lose) Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  April 1, 2020 | Riccardo Pasto

  How well do leading banks earn loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This report reveals the complete rankings of eight banks that we analyzed as part of the Australia CX...

• Report The Australia Superannuation Customer Experience Index, 2019

  How Australian Superannuation Firms Earn (But Mostly Lose) Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  April 1, 2020 | Riccardo Pasto

  How well do leading superannuation (retirement benefit fund) firms earn loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This report reveals the complete rankings of seven superannuation...

• Report The Dark Pattern Trap: How To Prevent Decisions That Help Short-Term KPIs But Hurt Loyalty

  February 26, 2020 | Andrew Hogan

  Many companies drive growth by manipulating customers — breaking no laws but breaking trust. While these design decisions can boost revenues in the short term, they frustrate customers, demoralize...

• Report Forrester's Top Customer Experience Research Findings Of 2019

  February 21, 2020 | Rick Parrish, Gina Bhawalkar, Angelina Gennis

  Forrester's customer experience (CX) research team published more than 100 reports in 2019. In this review, we pull our most important CX findings — across a range of topics — out of those reports...

• Report How US Companies Improved Their CX Index Scores

  February 20, 2020 | Harley Manning, Sam Karpinski, William Willsea

  As customer expectations have continued to climb, overall Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) scores have continued to stagnate. In the run-up to 2019, a few companies outpaced the pack and made...

• Report Now Tech: Voice-Of-The-Customer (VoC) Vendors, Q1 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 36 VoC Providers

  February 3, 2020 | Faith Adams

  You can use voice-of-the-customer (VoC) tools to collect and analyze customer feedback, socialize feedback, inform customer experience (CX) improvements, and track the results of these improvements...

• Report The India Auto Manufacturers Customer Experience Index, 2019

  How Indian Auto Manufacturers Earn Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  January 28, 2020 | Amit Bhatia

  How well do leading auto manufacturing brands earn loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This year, we reveal the rankings of seven auto brands that we analyzed as part of the...

• Report The France Retail Customer Experience Index, 2019

  How French Retail Brands Earn Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  January 21, 2020 | Karine Cardona-Smits, Michelle Beeson, Luis Deya

  How well do leading retail brands earn loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This year, we reveal the complete rankings of 19 retail brands that were analyzed as part of the...

• Report The UK Retail Customer Experience Index, 2019

  How UK Retail Brands Earn Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  January 16, 2020 | Karine Cardona-Smits, Michelle Beeson, Luis Deya

  How well do leading retail brands earn loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This year, we reveal the complete rankings of 18 retail brands that were analyzed as part of the...

• Report The US Mass-Market Auto Manufacturers Customer Experience Index, 2019

  How US Mass-Market Auto Manufacturers Earn Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  December 20, 2019 | Michelle Yaiser, Rick Parrish

  How well do leading mass-market auto brands earn loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This year, we reveal the complete rankings of the 15 mass-market auto brands that were...

• Report The US Luxury Auto Manufacturers Customer Experience Index, 2019

  How US Luxury Auto Manufacturers Earn Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  December 19, 2019 | Michelle Yaiser, Rick Parrish

  How well do leading luxury auto brands earn loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This year, we reveal the complete rankings of nine luxury auto brands that were analyzed as...

• Report Humanize Feedback To Drive VoC Engagement And Action

  How Embracing Other Forms Of Feedback Solves Challenges And Innovates Your VoC Program

  December 3, 2019 | Faith Adams

  Companies continue to invest in VoC technologies but don't make the most of these investments by adopting capabilities that improve and innovate their VoC programs. These programs struggle with...

• Report How To Build Your Voice-Of-The-Customer Program

  December 3, 2019 | Faith Adams

  Voice-of-the-customer (VoC) programs require structure and follow-through to be effective at driving customer experience (CX) improvements. CX pros need to know how good their programs are, how...