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• Report Intelligent Creativity Energizes Marketing Productivity

  Human Intuition Plus Machine Accuracy Ushers In An Era Of Creative Transformation

  March 1, 2021 | Jay Pattisall

  Despite an ever-expanding universe of marketing channels and complexity, the creative process has remained unchanged for nearly a century. The intuition-governed approach to creativity frequently...

• 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 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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  Playbook The Omnichannel Advertising Playbook For 2021

  Create An Omnichannel Advertising Strategy Centered On Customer Experience

  B2C marketers need to embrace omnichannel advertising strategies to orchestrate connected experiences that drive better results. How? By adopting a customer-obsessed planning and buying approach...

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• 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 Now Tech: Creative Advertising Technologies, Q2 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 23 Creative Advertising Technology Providers

  May 15, 2020 | Joanna O'Connell

  You can use creative advertising technologies (adtech) to realize creative production efficiencies, improve ad performance, and increase creative relevancy for consumers. But to realize these...

• 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 Predictions 2020: Agencies

  The Cumulation Of Many Pressures Forces Agencies To Upgrade

  October 29, 2019 | Jay Pattisall, Keith Johnston, Thomas Husson

  CMOs' demand for higher-performing campaigns and experiences will compel agencies to finally embrace their own transformation. In 2020, agencies will either reassemble their process, workforce, and...

• Report The Agency Data Platforms That Will Power Creativity At Scale

  The Next Agency Creative Leap Composes Data-Powered Human + Machine Creative Teams

  September 23, 2019 | Jay Pattisall

  Agency data and technology capabilities are taking center stage as every CMO feels the mounting pressure for more performance from their marketing and media investments. Agencies are betting...

• Report The Cost Of Losing Creativity

  The ROI Model For Agency Creativity

  June 17, 2019 | Jay Pattisall

  The CMO's go-to playbook for growth has run its course. Customer experiences are stagnant; digital sameness has taken hold; tech spend is skyrocketing; and cost reductions have cut to the quick....

• Report Desperate For Differentiation: Creativity Galvanizes The Total Brand Experience

  Infuse Your Brand's Essence Into Every Interaction

  May 1, 2019 | Jay Pattisall, Ted Schadler

  "When everyone is super, no one will be." Little did The Incredibles villain Syndrome know that he was predicting the challenge of experience creation. Sure, your coffee app and online retail store...