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• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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 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 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...

• 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 Betting On Bots For Grocery E-Commerce

  What You Need To Know About Automated Microfulfillment Solutions For Grocery E-Commerce

  December 28, 2020 | Scott Compton

  Grocery store operations and digital execs are evaluating and investing in innovative, automated technology to scale to growing consumer demand for fast fulfillment options of online orders. In...

• Report The State Of The US Grocery Shopper — COVID-19

  US Grocery Shopper Behaviors In The New Normal

  December 22, 2020 | Sucharita Kodali, Madeline Cyr

  Throughout waves of shutdowns and fears that the coronavirus pandemic has resurged, one place where online adults still show up is in grocery stores. In this way, the pandemic has essentially...

• 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 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 It's Time For Retail Stores To Open Their Doors To The Digital Org

  Organization: The Digital Store Playbook

  August 28, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  In the age of the customer — and especially in the midst of a pandemic — channel-specific strategies, tactics, and organizational structures become irrelevant and (worse) potentially crippling. To...

• Report The Forrester Retail Quarterly Earnings Review, Q1 2020

  Highlights From 24 Retail Q1 2020 Earnings Call Transcripts

  August 18, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow, Madeline Cyr

  As consumers demand more than ever from the retail experience, retailers and brands are investing to rethink and reinvent those experiences. The Forrester Retail Quarterly Earnings Review...

• Report Brands' Success Relies On Relationships With Retailers

  Brands Must Evolve From Suppliers To Partners

  August 17, 2020 | Michelle Beeson

  The pandemic has magnified the importance of digital commerce strategies. For brands, it is not all about direct-to-consumer (D2C). A significant proportion of most brands' revenue comes via...

• Report Research Overview: Online Marketplaces

  A Guide To Buying, Selling, And Creating Market Leverage Via Everyone's Favorite Digital Platform Business Model

  August 17, 2020 | Allen Bonde, Caleb Ewald

  Online marketplaces aren't a new idea. Yet over the past few years, they have (re)emerged as a preferred channel for consumers, small businesses, and a growing number of enterprise buyers. For...

• Report The State Of The US Shopper — COVID-19

  Landscape: The Digital Store Playbook

  July 16, 2020 | Sucharita Kodali, Madeline Cyr

  As US states begin to ease COVID-19 restrictions, consumers are still tentative about the prospect of visiting reopened retail locations. This report provides an overview of the state of US...

• Report Paving The Path To Omnichannel Commerce

  Roadmap: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  July 14, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  Digital business professionals have long recognized the need for omnichannel programs, but many are unsure of where to start. This report guides digital business pros on how to craft an omnichannel...

• Report The Art And Science Of Retail eCommerce

  Executive Overview: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

  July 6, 2020 | Sucharita Kodali

  Retail eCommerce sales continue to climb, and digital business executives must check all the boxes to ensure that they're not missing either opportunities for direct online sales or ways that...

• Report Now Tech: Merchant Payment Providers, Q3 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 23 Global Merchant Payment Providers

  July 6, 2020 | Lily Varon

  You can use payment providers to improve payments acceptance and reach, to support new payment models and flows, and for a range of other payment-adjacent services like fraud management and...

• 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 The State Of Augmented Reality In Retail: 2020

  Continuous Improvement: The Digital Store Playbook

  June 9, 2020 | Julie Ask, Erin Sellers

  Since IKEA created an interactive experience with its product catalog, the quality of augmented reality (AR) experiences in retail has improved dramatically in the past 10 years. AR now supports...

• Report The Definitive Drop-Ship Guide For Brands And Retailers

  Find Your Technology Partners To Enable Successful Drop-Ship Selling

  June 1, 2020 | Emily Pfeiffer, Sucharita Kodali

  Retailers and brands know that shoppers value comprehensive and trustworthy product selections online. They also know drop-ship solutions provide them with bigger assortments and margins. For...