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• Report Digital Store Analytics Tech For The New Normal

  Performance Management: The Digital Store Playbook

  February 19, 2021 | James McCormick, Scott Compton

  A new crop of emerging technologies, and the solutions they power, will unleash a new cycle of rising expectations from buyers and employees, as well as changing behaviors and disruption. This...

• 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 Marketers Versus Customers: Opposing Forces Erupt

  Reevaluate Your Fundamental Marketing Assumptions To Regain Customers' Faith

  January 20, 2021 | Melissa Parrish

  Marketers set out to be customer-focused with the best intentions. They build customer profiles and personalize interactions — but inadvertently create creepy and even harmful experiences. CMOs...

• Report Prioritize The Tech That Paves The Path To People-First Marketing

  Tools And Technology: The Experience-Led Marketing Playbook

  January 12, 2021 | Stephanie Liu

  CMOs and marketers are increasingly aware of their potential impact on the customer experience (CX). Nearly half of global marketing decision-makers say it's a high or critical priority. CMOs and...

• Report Chatbots And Virtual Assistants Can Help B2B Organizations Close The Digital Experience Gap

  Automated Conversational Engagement Meets The Modern B2B Buyer's Need For Immediacy

  December 11, 2020 | Steven Casey

  Social distancing has fast-forwarded the B2B buyer journey into an almost exclusively digital adventure. With face-to-face meetings all but impossible, buyers are seeking experiences and content...

• Report Research Overview: Personalization

  A Guide To Our Personalization-Related Research

  December 11, 2020 | Rusty Warner, David Novitzky

  B2C marketers strive to deliver relevant, personalized customer experiences. But heightened customer expectations, conflicting business goals, overlapping technologies, and execution challenges...

• Forum Technology & Innovation Global

  Adapt To Win

  November 4, 2020 | Live Virtual Experience | Liz Herbert, Matthew Guarini, Brian Hopkins

  In today’s business environment, change is constant. Technology, customer expectations, workforce issues, and economic factors are continually evolving. To thrive in this environment,...

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  Webinar Where The Grocery Industry Goes Next: Marketing And E-Commerce (Part 2 of 2)

  October 23, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow, Sucharita Kodali, Xiaofeng Wang

  Forrester’s analysts present a series of overviews, panels, and discussions on the solutions, tactics, and technologies shaping the grocery industry, both in stores and online. This webinar...

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  Webinar What's Hot And What's Not In Wealth Management Tech For 2020

  October 14, 2020 | Vijay Raghavan

  In the highly competitive world of wealth management, financial services must invest in tech initiatives that will differentiate them, drive revenue growth, and keep their customers and financial...

• Forum Data Strategy & Insights

  Thought leadership, strategic direction, and networking opportunities needed to shape your data and analytics strategy for the coming decade.

  October 14, 2020 | Live Virtual Experience | Brandon Purcell, Noel Yuhanna, Boris Evelson

  Are you ready to turn your organization into an insights-driven enterprise? Join more than 20 Forrester analysts, industry speakers, and over 650 data and analytics practitioners for two days at...

• Forum Summit Asia Pacific

  The must-attend event for B2B & B2C marketing and CX leaders

  September 1, 2020 | Live Virtual Experience | Frederic Giron

  The combined power of Forrester and SiriusDecisions has unleashed a new energy into the products and services available to both the B2B and B2C community. By harnessing this energy, we are bringing...

• 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 Design For Confidence

  In Uncertain Times, Your Customers Want Certainty More Than Ever

  August 10, 2020 | Andrew Hogan, Senem Guler Biyikli

  Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, customers are battling uncertainty from all corners, needing confidence more than ever. Many companies strive for experiences that are seamless, easy, or beautiful,...

• 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...

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  Webinar Turn To AI To Transform Personalization

  June 5, 2020 | James McCormick

  The latest AI technologies and data opportunities open the way for firms to disrupt and differentiate the way they digitally enhance and personalize experiences. Watch this webinar to explore the...

• Report Best Practices: Web Chat For Investors

  What Real Investors Say About Web Chat Experiences

  May 28, 2020 | Jennifer Wise

  Investment firms aim to offer web chat experiences that meet investors' expectations and drive use of the channel. To see how they stack up, we assessed the chat feature on eight investment firms'...

• 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 Forrester Retail Quarterly Earnings Review, Q4 2019

  Highlights From 25 Retail Q4 2019 Earnings Call Transcripts

  May 7, 2020 | Fiona Swerdlow, Madeline Cyr

  As today's empowered consumers demand more than ever before of the retail experience, leading retailers and brands are investing to rethink and reinvent their customers' cross-touchpoint...

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  Webinar Invest In Customers' Financial Well-Being To Create Value And Drive Growth

  May 7, 2020 | Aurelie L'Hostis

  Financial services providers are under high pressure to redefine their sense of purpose, as their interests no longer align with those of the customers they serve. Firms should pursue a value-based...

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  Webinar Create Loyalty With A Customer-Obsessed, Not Purchase-Obsessed, Personalization Strategy

  May 6, 2020 | Emily Collins, Brandon Purcell, Rusty Warner

  Companies have a personalization problem: Despite the best of intentions, they fail to create memorable, or even useful, moments with their customers. From “buy this, do that”...

• Report Now Tech: Real-Time Interaction Management, Q2 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 42 RTIM Providers

  April 30, 2020 | Rusty Warner

  You can use real-time interaction management (RTIM) to orchestrate contextually relevant customer experiences, address customer expectations for mutual value exchanges with your brand, and align...

• Forum CX Sydney

  The Time Is Now: Lead With Experience

  April 30, 2020 | Virtual Event | Michael Barnes

  CX and marketing exist to win, serve, and retain customers. But silos and miscommunication keep this power duo from reaching their full potential. For this reason, we’ve made collaboration...

• Report Lessons In Customer Acquisition: Learn From DTC Disruptors' Consideration Strategies

  DTCs Establish Credible Differentiation Rapidly With Social Proof, Design, Trials, And Email

  April 10, 2020 | Ryan Skinner, Sarah Dawson

  Direct-to-consumer (DTC) disruptor brands are growth engines, capturing the imaginations (and wallets) of a new generation of consumers, often for entirely novel product or service categories....

• 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 The Top Trends For Health Insurers In 2020

  CRM And New Benefits Programs Catalyze Insurers' Shift From Being Reactive To Being Relevant

  March 20, 2020 | Arielle Trzcinski, Jeff Becker, Annalise Clayton

  Health insurers face an uphill battle in 2020: Uncertainty looms around single-payer healthcare, a surge of new entrants are competing for members, and legacy tech hampers innovation. How can...