B2C Marketing
B2C marketing is navigating choppy waters. The tactics that drive short-term gains are alienating customers over the long-term, eroding loyalty and affinity. Read our insights to learn more about how B2C marketing teams can thrive in the midst of this tension.
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“AI Responsibly” With GenAI In Martech
Decades ago, the alcohol industry launched its ubiquitous “Drink responsibly” marketing campaign. In 2024, it’s time to “AI responsibly” in marketing technology (martech).
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This Holiday Season, Gift Consumers Compelling Creative
Advertising spend is big during the holiday season, but the key ingredient of persuasive advertising — compelling creative — is scarce.
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The Brand Safety Industry Is [Redacted]
Relying on outside standards bodies to guide your brand's safety is inadvisable in today's market. Brands must begin charting their own path for brand safety. It’s time for brands to get brand smart. Learn three key hallmarks of a brand smart approach in this preview of a new report.
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Retailers, Reward Loyalty With Value-Based Personalization This Holiday Season
Retailers: understand the fundamentals of value-based personalization in this Forrester blog by analyst Jessica Liu and researcher Cole Walsh.
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Predictions 2025: The Media Industry Resolves 2024’s Unruly Unknowns
Marketers will gain confidence as some lingering media and advertising questions are resolved. But they shouldn’t get too confident or comfortable. Learn what the coming year will hold.
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Predictions 2025: Agencies Jettison Legacy Structures To Form New Agency Types
The coming year will see the rise of something new as existing agency capabilities are recombined and new ones are created. Read a few of our top predictions.
Jan. 16: B2C Marketing & CX Predictions Webinar
Join our analysts for a live webinar to explore the impact of our 2025 predictions on your B2C marketing and CX strategy — from customer growth and privacy to loyalty and tech stacks.
Podcast
Are We Nearing The End Of The Google Era?
Two major antitrust lawsuits could loosen Google’s grip on online search and advertising. What are the potential implications, and how should brands and advertisers prepare? Senior Analysts Nikhil Lai and Mo Allibhai discuss the cases and the broader shifts ahead for search marketing and advertising on this week’s What It Means episode.
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Predictions 2025 Webinar: B2C Marketing & Customer Experience
Get ahead of the 2025 shifts in B2C marketing and customer experience trends. Explore our predictions for customer and brand loyalty, genAI, privacy, tech stacks, and more.
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Predictions 2025: A Tale Of Consumer Contradictions
A clash between consumer sentiment and consumer behavior will confound brands in the coming year. Those that succeed will distinguish the noise from the reality.
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2024 Midyear Review: Still Losing In China, Global Brands Remain Positive
Competition in China’s consumer market remains challenging for some of the biggest global brands. Learn three effective strategies in this preview of a new report.
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Our Latest Forrester Wave™ On Creative Adtech Calls For Consolidation
Advertisers today need tools spanning the entire creative lifecycle and creative teams need a source of truth that de-risks creative production as well as media planning and buying. Get a preview of our latest Wave which helps advertisers select tools that accelerate the creative process while synergizing creative with media.
How Will 2025 B2C Trends Shape Your Strategy?
Prepare for the future with our 2025 predictions for B2C marketing and CX leaders. Learn how to refine your strategies for AI, tech stacks, loyalty programs, frontline agents, TikTok, and more.
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Marketers In APAC: Unlock Greater Value With Adjacent CDP Functionalities
As an analyst closely observing the martech landscape, I’ve seen customer data platforms (CDPs) become indispensable for marketers in APAC. My latest report, The State Of Customer Data Platforms In Asia Pacific, 2024, uncovers the following insights: The popularity of CDPs continues to grow in APAC. Rising consumer awareness around data privacy and tighter regulations […]
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The Future Of Banking: By 2030, Banking Will Be Invisible, Connected, Insights-Driven, And Purposeful
In the rapidly evolving financial landscape, banks are facing challenges that require them to adapt and innovate. But amidst all these changes, the importance of trust remains constant. Trust is the foundation upon which successful banking relationships are built, and it will continue to be a crucial factor in shaping the future of the industry. […]
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Reshaping Banking In The Age Of AI: Embracing Trust, Innovation, And Customer Obsession
Once again, the banking industry is on the cusp of transformative changes. AI and generative AI (genAI) technologies have the potential to enhance customer relationships, deliver personalized digital experiences, augment customer service, and combat fraud. But they also have the potential to shift the mindset of banking from a product-centric to a relationship-centric approach and […]
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Forrester’s Green Consumer Segmentation For 2025
There is no single green or sustainable consumer. Values and attitudes vary greatly within the same age group or across different countries. Learn about Forrester’s recently updated green segmentation for 2025 in this preview of a new report.
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The Future Of Meta Is … Glasses
VR headset fatigue is very real. The same cannot be said for Meta’s other hardware endeavor.
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Customer Data Platforms Show That Playing The Long Game Pays Off
Forrester has published The Forrester Wave™: Customer Data Platforms For B2C, Q3 2024. It’s an exciting moment because this is the very first Forrester Wave evaluation for this category. Given the heavy buyer and vendor interest in customer data platforms (CDPs), it evokes the obvious question: “What took you so long?!” For context, consider the […]
Podcast
The CMO Role Is Alive And Well
Reports of the demise of the CMO role have been greatly exaggerated, say VP and Principal Analyst Ian Bruce and VP and Research Director Mike Proulx. On this week’s What It Means episode, they dive into new research that paints a highly nuanced picture of the prevalence and tenure of CMOs.
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Not Talking About A Revolution: GenAI Is An Evolution For Customer Feedback Management
You’d be forgiven if you assumed tools like ChatGPT will quickly replace the need for customer feedback management solutions. Indeed, large language models excel at summarizing unstructured text like customer feedback collected in survey verbatims and customer service calls. In reality, customer experience (CX) pros need to temper their expectations. The risks and effort required […]
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