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• Report Calibrate To The Customer For Optimal Buyer Experiences And Maximum Revenue Results

  Vision: The B2B Marketing Playbook

  March 4, 2021 | Lori Wizdo

  As we enter the second decade of the age of the customer, product-centric strategies still prevail over customer-centric strategies. While customer experience increases in importance, B2B marketing...

• Report Articulate The Value Of B2B Marketing To Make The Case For Investing In Change

  Business Case: The B2B Marketing Playbook

  March 2, 2021 | Lori Wizdo

  Many executives in the C-suite, including CEOs — and the boards to whom they must answer — have never really thought about the value of marketing beyond communications, lead generation, and sales...

• Report The Future Of Distribution

  Use Platforms Of Distribution To Bring New Outcomes To New Buyers

  February 23, 2021 | Joe Cicman, Jay McBain

  Traditional distribution faces obsolescence as buyers seek closer relationships with vendors. Distributors evolved over decades to buy time — adding value via fulfillment, credit facilities,...

• Report B2C (Still) Sets The Standard For B2B

  Roadmap: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  February 1, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  If you want to see the future of B2B e-commerce, look at the top-rated consumer sites. Sure, business buyers have some unique needs, but when it comes to design, interactive features, and community...

• Report Make Omnichannel Real In B2B Commerce

  Business Case: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  February 1, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  Disruption is turning B2B buying and selling on its head. Quick and efficient B2C buying journeys have reshaped B2B buyers' expectations, and marketplaces have shortened the distance between buyers...

• Report The State Of Digital Banking, 2021

  Landscape: The Digital Banking Strategy Playbook

  January 29, 2021 | Aurelie L'Hostis

  The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has driven disruption and turbocharged digital transformation in banking. Disruptors are gaining ground, innovating around both customers' and businesses' needs. While...

• Report Make Your B2B Business A Digital Business

  Executive Overview: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  January 29, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  Ever-evolving buyer demands are forcing B2B sellers to fundamentally rethink how they go to market — from the customers they target to the channels they sell through. The B2B e-commerce playbook...

• 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 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 The Forrester Tech Tide™: Contact Center Technologies For Customer Service, Q1 2021

  Twenty Technologies Underpin Customer Service

  January 19, 2021 | Kate Leggett, Ian Jacobs, Art Schoeller

  Customer service is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain their customers. To accelerate their performance in customer service, companies are evaluating and adopting a...

• Report Now Tech: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 36 B2B Marketing Data Providers

  January 11, 2021 | Steven Casey

  You can use B2B marketing data providers to create personalized and timely account-centric engagement, improve customer marketing, and achieve true customer obsession. But to realize these...

• 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 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 Understanding The Cloud Service Provider Landscape

  Landscape: The Cloud Computing Playbook

  December 23, 2020 | Bill Martorelli, Liz Herbert

  With cloud computing services now central to modern technology strategy, the challenge for infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals is to focus on selecting the right partners and planning...

• Report Q&A: A Dozen Questions To Answer Before Taking Your Marketing Event Virtual

  December 21, 2020 | Laura Ramos

  Events are an important tactic B2B marketers use to attract and interact with prospects and customers. This report helps marketing leaders, demand generation, and event managers weigh the...

• 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...

• Report Building The Business Case For Omnichannel Commerce

  Business Case: The Omnichannel Commerce Playbook

  December 7, 2020 | Brendan Witcher

  Digital business professionals must build effective omnichannel business cases to minimize the risk of launching initiatives that: 1) lack critical internal support; 2) fail to meet customers'...

• Report Forrester Predictions 2021: Accelerating Out Of The Crisis

  October 28, 2020 | Sharyn Leaver

  2020 shattered the status quo. In 2021, advanced organizations will adapt and use the upheaval to forge a competitive edge. Discover your organization's path to success. Read Forrester's 2021...

• 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 Democratization Of B2B Sales

  Talent Wins Games, But Teamwork And Intelligence Win Championships

  August 3, 2020 | Mary Shea, PhD

  As pre-COVID and COVID-accelerated trends come together, industries, business models, and sales strategies will be disrupted. B2B sales leaders who seize the moment will abandon traditional seller...

• Report Forrester Infographic: The State Of Better And Best Practices In B2B Marketing

  Landscape: The B2B Marketing Playbook

  July 28, 2020 | Lori Wizdo, Meredith Cain

  Marketers at high-growth B2B companies demonstrate similar strategies and tactics that set them apart from their peers at companies with average or subpar performance. While there is no "paint by...

• Report The 3D Connected Consumer In 2020

  The Combination Of Devices, Platforms, And Channels Redefines How Connected Consumers Are

  July 22, 2020 | Julie Ask, Erin Sellers

  Historically, internet speed and device type have defined how connected consumers are. But this representation is too simplistic today. Three dimensions — devices, platforms, and channels — now...

• Report How To Partner With Early-Stage Martech Providers

  The Risks And Rewards Of Working With Emerging Vendors

  July 7, 2020 | Joe Stanhope, Sarah Dawson

  Early-stage marketing technology (martech) vendors can deliver marketers unique benefits including differentiated solutions, access to new technology, and influence over future product development....

• Report Microsegmentation Yields Contextual Customer Experiences That Convert

  Strategic Plan: The B2B Marketing Playbook

  June 30, 2020 | Lori Wizdo

  Segmentation is the bedrock of B2B marketing campaigns. Marketers use segmentation to partition their databases and plan interactions with key audiences. But B2B marketers must rethink segmentation...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Channel Software, Q2 2020

  Seven Technologies Underpin Channel Software

  June 25, 2020 | Jay McBain

  Channel software is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain their customers and partners. To accelerate performance of their partnerships and channel ecosystems, companies...