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• 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 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 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 One Customer, One Organization, One P&L

  Organization: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  May 19, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  In the age of the customer, channel-specific strategies, tactics, and organizational structures become irrelevant. Why? Customers expect seamless and connected journeys. Companies must therefore...

• Report The Top Retail Technology Investments In 2020

  Retail And Brand Professionals Share Their Priorities For Tech-Driven Commerce Initiatives In The Coming Year

  May 11, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  In January and February 2020, we interviewed more than 60 retail and brand professionals from over 50 companies to understand which technology initiatives they are investing in this year. This...

• Report The State Of Retailing Online 2020: Marketing, Omnichannel, And Mobile

  Landscape: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

  April 21, 2020 | Sucharita Kodali

  Forrester surveyed online retailers in its annual "The State Of Retailing Online" study in partnership with the National Retail Federation (NRF). Overall retail continues to grow, including online...

• Report Design Your Digital Store Blueprint For Customer Impact

  Roadmap: The Digital Store Playbook

  April 17, 2020 | Michelle Beeson

  The store is changing rapidly as new technologies appear, older technologies evolve, and others become mainstream, including click-and-collect and mobile point of service (mPOS). The problem for...

• Report The State Of Digital Retail Payments In Asia Pacific

  Digital Payments Are Making Progress But Still Face Major Hurdles

  April 13, 2020 | Meng Liu

  A storm is brewing in the digital retail payments space in Asia Pacific (AP). Financial technology (fintech) innovations, booming venture capital funding, conducive regulations, and keen...

• Report Retailers Are Starting To Reap The Rewards Of Omnichannel Commerce

  Landscape: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  March 26, 2020 | Michelle Beeson

  Because customer expectations are so high, digital business professionals are investing heavily in customer-facing and back-end technology to deliver great experiences. This report analyzes...

• Report Case Study: Starbucks Accelerates Growth With Alibaba's New Retail

  How The Coffee Giant Drives Business Growth By Plugging Into The Largest Online-To-Offline Ecosystem In China

  March 23, 2020 | Xiaofeng Wang, Danny Mu

  Despite its dominance in the coffee retail segment, Starbucks struggled to serve empowered Chinese consumers efficiently and keep pace with fast-emerging local competition. The coffee chain has...

• Report Process Makes Perfect: Exceed Customer Expectations With Omnichannel Excellence

  Processes: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  March 13, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  Although having a functioning omnichannel fulfillment program is now a basic necessity, many retailers still fail to meet customer expectations. They also struggle to fully understand program...

• Report The Visionary's Guide To Digital Store Planning

  Strategic Plan: The Digital Store Playbook

  March 5, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow

  A successful strategic plan hinges on a strong vision for the digital store. Digital business leaders driving digital store transformation initiatives need a clear plan for how technology will...

• Report The Canada Digital Retailers Customer Experience Index, 2019

  How Canadian Digital Retail Brands Earn Loyalty With The Quality Of Their Experience

  January 21, 2020 | Harley Manning, Sam Karpinski

  How well do leading digital retail brands earn loyalty with the quality of their customer experience (CX)? This year, we reveal the complete rankings of 11 digital retail brands that were analyzed...

• Report Omnichannel Retail Capabilities Benchmark In Singapore

  November 18, 2019 | Xiaofeng Wang, Tom Mouhsian

  Forrester's 2019 Retail Omnichannel Capabilities Assessment benchmarked six retailers in Singapore. Digital business executives at retailers can use this report to understand how their omnichannel...

• Report Digital Store Capabilities Benchmark In Singapore

  November 18, 2019 | Xiaofeng Wang, Tom Mouhsian

  Forrester's 2019 Digital Store Capabilities Assessment benchmarked six retailers in Singapore. Digital business executives at retailers can use this report to understand how their digital store...

• Report Now Tech: Product Lifecycle Management, Q3 2019

  Forrester's Overview Of 18 Product Lifecycle Management Providers

  August 29, 2019 | George Lawrie

  You can use product lifecycle management (PLM) to improve innovation success, deliver differentiating customer experience, and reduce time-to-market. But to realize these benefits, you'll first...

• Report Now Tech: Pricing And Promotion, Q3 2019

  Forrester's Overview Of 23 Pricing And Promotion Providers

  July 15, 2019 | George Lawrie

  You can use pricing and promotion solutions to increase revenue and margin by more effectively enforcing pricing policies and more sensitively matching price to subjective value. Additionally,...

• Report How To Serve Cross-Border Shoppers In Today's Global eCommerce Landscape

  July 15, 2019 | Lily Varon

  When domestic eCommerce merchants aren't meeting their needs — due to assortment, product availability, cost, or other reasons — consumers are increasingly using the internet to buy from merchants...

• Report The Top Retail Technology Investments In 2019

  Retailers Must Distinguish Hot From Hype In Tech Investments

  July 9, 2019 | Brendan Witcher

  We interviewed more than 40 industry professionals to understand the areas of retail initiatives they are investing in this year. This report gives digital business professionals insights into...

• Report The State Of Retailing Online 2019: Omnichannel, Marketing, And Personalization

  Benchmarks: The Retail eCommerce Playbook

  March 25, 2019 | Sucharita Kodali

  Forrester conducts the annual "The State Of Retailing Online" study by the National Retail Federation (NRF). This research summarizes attitudes and investments that retailers and digital business...

• Report New Retail Is Transforming Commerce

  Get Ready For The Future Of Retail That Alibaba, JD, And Tencent Are Shaping

  January 22, 2019 | Xiaofeng Wang

  Alibaba's New Retail vision is now reality, and it's reshaping the retail landscape in China and beyond. JD.com, Tencent, and traditional retailers like Starbucks and Walmart are all jumping on the...