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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 Firms With Advanced Marketing Teams Grow Faster And Focus On People

  Landscape: The Experience-Led Marketing Playbook

  February 22, 2021 | Mary Pilecki

  Using data from the Forrester Analytics Business Technographics® Marketing Survey, 2020, which assessed the marketing innovation maturity of firms around the world, this report offers CMOs insights...

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  Webinar Consumer Outlook On 2021

  February 4, 2021 | Anjali Lai, Martin Gill

  2020 will be remembered as a transformational year in world history; now, the decisions, actions, and innovations that occur in 2021 will set the trajectory for pandemic recovery and rebound that...

• 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 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...

• 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...

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  Webinar Consumer Predictions 2021

  December 11, 2020 | Anjali Lai

  The crises of 2020 will lead to further fragmentation among already-divided consumers and tensions for brands. Businesses will not survive the harsh climate of 2021 without tuning into key changes...

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  Webinar CMO Predictions 2021

  What The Best CMOs Will Do In 2021

  December 8, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk

  Brace yourself. 2021 will be a rocky follower to roaring 2020. Expect another year of reduced media expenditures, scanty teams, lean tech and agency partner networks, and the continued vacancy of...

• Report Use Your Brand To Energize The Employee And Customer Experience

  Organization: The Brand Experience Playbook

  June 15, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  To recruit the right talent, support engaged employees, and create the most ardent brand ambassadors, firms must address their employee experience just as they would the traditional brand...

• Report The Brand Experience Assessment Report

  Assessment: The Brand Experience Playbook

  June 15, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  The modern customer has high expectations of the companies with which they do business, so brands are on the hook to deliver consistent experiences across all touchpoints. This requires firms to...

• Report CMO Priorities In Light Of The Pandemic Crisis

  What To Do Now, In Early 2021, And By Year-End 2021

  June 11, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk, Tina Moffett

  With so much uncertainty at present, CMOs don’t know how to balance cost-saving measures with the innovation needed to help their firms recover well. This presentation explains near-term,...

• Report Retention Is Not Enough: Banks Must Build Emotion-Rich Relationships To Grow

  Roadmap: The Brand Experience Playbook

  May 14, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee, Peter Wannemacher

  Banks have had a great run: For nearly a century, they've played an essential and highly visible role in people's lives, and most have consistently made tidy profits as a result. But many customers...

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  Webinar The Coronavirus And Consumer Sentiment

  How People Feel Will Affect Their Next Steps

  April 2, 2020 | James McQuivey, PhD, Anjali Lai, Kristopher Arcand

  As the coronavirus spreads around the world, so do certain emotional responses that consumers have. At Forrester, we are carefully measuring how people go through various stages of understanding...

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  Webinar The State Of Consumers And Technology

  Consumer Technographics® And Business Technographics®

  February 25, 2020 | Anjali Lai

  Take a pulse of technology attitudes and behaviors today, and you’ll see consumers lamenting the abundance of technology and idealizing digital detoxes. However, zoom out to observe how...

• Report The Business Case For Marketing Innovation

  Why Investing In Marketing Innovation Will Grow Your Business

  February 11, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk

  Business leaders expect marketing to deliver revenue growth, improved customer experiences, and innovative products and services — and all at lower costs. Yet most marketing teams still work with...

• Report Five New Perspectives On Marketing Process

  Beginner Level: Process Practices For The Marketing Innovation Playbook

  February 10, 2020 | Lori Wizdo, Jessica Liu

  Defined, documented, and repeatable marketing processes correlate with revenue growth. But most marketing teams don't have that level of process rigor. For various reasons — organizational...

• Report The Heated Streaming Wars Are About Relationships

  What Disney+ Teaches Marketers About Connecting With Customers

  January 31, 2020 | James McQuivey, PhD

  The media business has always been the canary in the digital disruption coalmine, teaching everyone what's coming next. The latest battle for digital dominance among video streamers is no...

• Report Three Lessons On Video Streamers

  A Research Overview For The Video Streaming Market

  January 31, 2020 | James McQuivey, PhD

  Disney+'s arrival into the video streaming market shines a spotlight on this increasingly crowded space. While the success of Disney+, Netflix, and Amazon remains assured, other services will...

• Report Brand Spotlight: The Best And Worst Of 2019

  January 13, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  This report is about the best and worst of brand building in 2019, a year in which some iconic brands reinvented themselves while others struggled to remain relevant. Read this report to find out...

• Report Create A Customer-Obsessed Brand Experience

  Executive Overview: The Brand Experience Playbook

  January 10, 2020 | Dipanjan Chatterjee

  In the age of the customer, CMOs have a steep hill to climb in building their brands with distracted, empowered customers. In this new era, CMOs must shift from a company-centric approach of...

• Report Dial Up Consumers' Emotional Energy To Drive Innovation Adoption

  Forrester's Consumer Energy Index In Singapore

  January 2, 2020 | Anjali Lai, Xiaofeng Wang

  Empowered consumers look unstoppable: They latch onto new experiences faster than innovators can generate them. Nearly half of online adults in Singapore are Progressive Pioneers, the most...

• Report AI Is A New Kind Of Creative Partner

  Data Promises To Enhance Creative Capability And Capacity

  December 20, 2019 | Thomas Husson

  Brands and agencies have always placed creativity at the heart of advertising. But as digital channels proliferate, the cost, complexity, and demand for media's measurability have driven the...

• Report Seven Steps To Kick Off A Customer-Obsessed Insights Program

  Beginner Level: Insights Practices For Marketing Innovation

  December 17, 2019 | Srividya Sridharan, Allison Snow

  There's only one way to win in the age of the customer, and that's by being customer obsessed. To successfully pivot from product, growth, shareholder, and other obsessions, firms need to become...

• Report Brands Must Embrace Gender Evolution

  December 3, 2019 | Dipanjan Chatterjee, Nick Monroe

  Today, a majority of consumers reject what they perceive as outdated cultural constructs of gender. And where consumers go, so do brands. As society navigates the complex cultural space that is...

• Report Gauge Your Marketing Innovation Maturity

  The Assessment Report In The Marketing Innovation Playbook

  November 22, 2019 | Caroline Robertson, Brigitte Majewski

  To convert your marketing function into one that leads through innovation, you need to know where to start the transformation. This report guides CMOs through Forrester's marketing innovation...