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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 Build A Dynamic Digital Banking Roadmap

  Roadmap: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Peter Wannemacher

  Digital business leaders at banks must have both a vision of the future and a strategic plan for getting there. But moving from vision to action is never easy. Banks need a roadmap that lays out...

• Report Best Practices In Indian Mobile Payment Apps

  January 21, 2021 | Arnav Gupta

  In 2019, Forrester conducted a Forrester Wave™ evaluation of Indian payment apps, assessing the functionality and user experience (UX) of the top Indian payment app providers. However, these apps...

• Report Anticipatory Experiences: The Challenges

  Anticipating Customers' Needs And Serving Them Proactively In Their Moments Is Extremely Difficult

  January 20, 2021 | Julie Ask

  Businesses believe they can deliver value to their customers and differentiate from their competition by anticipating customers' needs and acting on that information. Both aspects — anticipating...

• 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 Use Popular Third-Party Messaging Platforms For Customer Service

  How To Borrow Moments To Serve Your Customers Where They Already Are

  January 20, 2021 | Julie Ask, Ian Jacobs

  Customer service organizations are adapting to increasingly social and connected consumers seeking service in their preferred channel. Consumers have embraced platforms like Apple Business Chat...

• 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 How To Monetize Open Finance And Platform Business Models

  Business Case: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  January 14, 2021 | Jacob Morgan

  Financial services executives have more go-to-market options available than ever before for their firm's products and services — thanks to open banking and platform business models. But how do you...

• Report Gauge Your B2B E-Commerce Digital Maturity

  Assessment: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  January 8, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  As B2B C-suites increasingly demand that their companies accelerate their digital transformation, digital business professionals face more pressure to show progress and benchmark their maturity....

• 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...

• Report The Forrester Digital Experience Review™: Global Mobile Banking Apps Summary, 2020

  Benchmarks: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  December 28, 2020 | Peter Wannemacher, Gina Bhawalkar, Karine Cardona-Smits

  Mobile apps have become the touchpoint of choice for millions of banking customers to manage their finances. With expectations rising, digital banking teams know they need to continuously iterate...

• Report Now Tech: Integrated Business Planning, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 21 Integrated Business Planning Providers

  December 23, 2020 | George Lawrie

  You can use integrated business planning (IBP) to align strategic, operational, and financial plans to improve business performance, drive superior customer service from the same fixed and working...

• Report Now Tech: Digital Supply Chain Control Tower Solutions, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 17 Digital Supply Chain Control Tower Solution Providers

  December 23, 2020 | George Lawrie

  You can use control towers to orchestrate demand forecasts, open new routes to market, and deliver differentiating customer experiences such as subscription fulfillment. But to realize these...

• 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...

• Report Learn From — Don't Fear — The Tech Titans To Prepare For The Future Of Banking

  December 17, 2020 | Alyson Clarke

  The tech titans — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google — have been dabbling in financial services for years, and they continue to push into many aspects of banking and payments. This report looks at...

• Report Research Overview: Financial Well-Being

  A Guide To Our Financial Well-Being-Related Research

  December 15, 2020 | Aurelie L'Hostis

  Sustainable finance has become an imperative. Promoting customers' financial well-being is a great opportunity for financial services firms to drive customer engagement, create new value, and...

• Report Case Study: SBI Card Transformed Digital Customer Service With Targeted Automation

  December 14, 2020 | Vasupradha Srinivasan, Arnav Gupta

  Leading Indian credit card and financial services provider SBI Card transformed its end customer experience (CX) with targeted AI and automation initiatives. SBI Card put together a mix of...

• 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 How To Reinvent Small Business Lending

  SMB Lending Transformation Requires A Reset Of Technology, Processes, And Culture

  December 10, 2020 | Zhi-Ying Barry

  COVID-19 is challenging how business lenders operate at every part of the lending value chain. To address these challenges, some lenders have begun to digitize parts of the origination and...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Chinese Lenders Must Learn From Digital Lenders To Stay Relevant

  December 9, 2020 | Meng Liu, Arnav Gupta

  Recent Forrester Analytics Consumer Technographics® data reveals that digital lenders have gained significant mindshare among Chinese borrowers and often delighted customers with their service...

• Report The Forrester Digital Experience Review™: Hong Kong Banking Sales Mobile Sites, Q4 2020

  Hong Kong Banks Need To Better Help Prospects Choose And Apply For Banking Products

  December 9, 2020 | Meng Liu, Riccardo Pasto

  Current accounts are central to a customer's relationship with their primary bank, and increasing numbers of customers are using their mobile phone to find, research, and apply for new current...

• Report Now Tech: Commerce Services, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 35 Commerce Service Providers

  December 9, 2020 | Ted Schadler

  Commerce service providers are the orchestrators of the software, data, and strategy you need to deliver great omnichannel commerce experiences. They should offer you skills for commerce...