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• Webinar Build Sustainable Brands To Meet Green Consumers' Expectations

  Monday, March 22, 2021, 11:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. Eastern time (15:00-15:40 GMT) | Thomas Husson

  Increasingly green and frustrated consumers demand brands to go beyond simply advertising their environmental sustainability efforts and take real action. CMOs should embrace sustainability as the...

• Webinar Key Trends Shaping Infrastructure-As-A-Service Native Security

  Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 11:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. Eastern time (16:00-16:40 GMT) | Andras Cser

  In this webinar, we review key customer requirements as well as cloud service provider vendors' investments shaping the next 12 to 18 months of infrastructure-as-a-service platform native security...

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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 Increase Engagement With A Customer-Centric Loyalty Program Refresh

  Case Study: How PCC Community Markets Deployed An Enterprisewide Approach To Loyalty

  February 19, 2021 | Emily Collins, Sarah Dawson

  Earning customer loyalty demands more than implementing a rewards program. Seattle-based PCC Community Markets (PCC), the largest community-owned food market in the US, used an enterprisewide...

• Report Invent The Future With Asset Tokenization

  Tokenization Offers Tactical And Strategic Benefits, And Banks Must Prepare

  February 18, 2021 | Martha Bennett, Jost Hoppermann

  Representing assets as tokens on blockchain networks both supports process efficiencies and offers potential for new business models. Digital business strategists and emerging technology leaders...

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  Webinar What We Learned From The Facebook Ad Boycott

  February 18, 2021 | Sucharita Kodali, Jessica Liu, Collin Colburn

  Analysts Sucharita Kodali, Jessie Liu, Collin Colburn, and Brandon Verblow discuss what happened to brands that boycotted Facebook ads in the summer of 2020 and what lessons can be gleaned for...

• 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...

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  Webinar Marketing Measurement: Better ROI Today, Deeper Insight Tomorrow

  February 9, 2021 | 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...

• 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...

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  Webinar Consumer Outlook On 2021

  February 4, 2021 | 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 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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  Webinar Case Study: Singapore's Journey To Deploying Responsible AI

  January 28, 2021 | 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...

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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 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...