Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 28, 2024

As is often the case with poorly understood tech that promises to change the world, consumers worry about its ethics and human impact. Yet a vast majority of these skeptics will use (and love) genAI during 2024, whether they know it or not. Like it or not, know it or not, genAI will seep into […]

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2024

The customer experience is paramount to the success of today’s retailers. This includes enhancing in-store inventory, delivery services and even the personalization of customer service. However, when it’s time to check out, how do payment options factor into that customer experience?

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Payment Services Consumer Small Business Retail Banking 263

Forrester eCommerce

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Customer Experience (CX) excellence will be sorely needed in 2021. Pandemic conditions will continue to fluctuate on a local level, affecting consumer sentiment and requiring fast and accurate responses from brands.

Customer Experience 363

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

trillion in 2025, and this growth means that AR experiences will “have the potential to change the social commerce game for brands targeting tech-savvy consumer demographics,” according to a recent TIME report. Your advertising creative needs to give your audience — in this case your target customers — something they find valuable.

Customer Experience 309

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SheerID

JUNE 8, 2023

As consumers increasingly value data privacy, brands need to find new ways of collecting and using data to improve the customer experience.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As consumers are are less restricted by channels, organisations must follow suit and create a hybrid customer experience.

Customer Experience 265

Customer Experience Customer Channel Consumer 265

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

Brands have always focused on personal touches and customization for consumers, yet a recent eMarketer report found growing concerns around data privacy, with nearly nine out of 10 consumers saying it’s important to them. This has led to extreme distrust, fear and even anger.

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Groove

AUGUST 13, 2020

In this blog, we're exploring 5 strategies to help you create a positive eCommerce customer experience. eCommerce Customer Experience: Tips & Strategies. Online interactions between consumers and businesses are just as important as in-person touch-points. Engage With Social Media Followers. Conclusion.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The letdown customers experience when their orders don’t arrive on time, or at all, results in uncertainty and distrust that’s difficult — if not impossible — to remedy. Retailers can expect that customers will turn to other vendors; once this happens, they’ve lost both the sale and the customer’s trust and loyalty.

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Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 11, 2024

European consumers are forming four distinct groups with regard to how their consumption habits impact both the environment and their daily lives: Country-Level Stereotypes No Longer Apply: Southern Europe Leads […]

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Consumer Customer Experience B2C Customer 390

Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 25, 2024

But do UK consumers care? As the EU grinds the gears into action on the AI Act, the UK and US recently announced a “landmark agreement” on AI testing that broadly glosses over the lack of any firm governmental action in either country (other than executive orders and some Bletchley Park posturing last year). We’ve […]

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

At a time when brand interactions bridge both digital and physical shopping, it is increasingly important for retailers to leverage technology to improve customer experiences and create value. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value.

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Customer Experience Technology Customer Fulfillment 306

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The landscape of commerce and delivering customer experience changed dramatically over the past year, as millions of shoppers found health, safety, social distance and remote work taking center stage in their daily lives. More than one-third of consumers now shop online each week, up from 28% pre-pandemic.

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Customer Experience Customer Omnichannel Social Media 280

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Throughout my career as a customer experience (CX) practitioner, I’ve seen brands make the same mistake time and again by believing that metrics alone improve customer experiences and loyalty. Too many organizations are content with merely managing their experiences and setting better metrics as their only North Star.

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Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 15, 2022

Luxury brands continue to grapple with their evolving digital go-to-market strategies in the face of ingrained traditions, placing a premium on the in-store customer experience. Year on year, Forrester’s consumer surveys show that luxury consumers are more digitally mature than their mainstream counterparts.

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Customer Experience Customer Consumer Marketing 195

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 22, 2020

One of the things I was most looking forwards to in 2020 as I returned to focus on our European consumer research was CX EMEA. I’ve always enjoyed Forrester events, both as a customer more than a decade ago, as an analyst presenting, and as a research director acting as MC. It’s a chance to […].

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Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 9, 2022

Forrester’s Customer Experience Benchmark Survey, Canada Consumers, 2022, reveals that CX quality in Canada has slipped in 2022 following several years of stability.

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Customer Experience Customer Consumer Customer Loyalty 195

Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 25, 2022

Whether it is logistics partners supporting a retailer’s delivery experience; insurance companies relying on sales via brokers; or consumer facing brands relying on retail partners to sell their products: an organisation’s end-to-end customer experience often relies on external business partners.

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Customer Experience Customer Consumer Retail 195

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2022

If we were to sum up what brands need to know about Gen Z customer experiences preferences (and employee experience preferences) in a few words, it would go something like this: they’re different. Tip #1: Seamless and efficient experiences are a must. Revolutionary even. Tip #4: Strong brand values are make-or-break.

Customer Experience 282

Customer Experience Social Media Customer Live Chat 282

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As consumers are are less restricted by channels, organisations must follow suit and create a hybrid customer experience.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Customer Channel Consumer 195

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Inflation is rampant, and beleaguered consumers are reeling from high prices. Has The Economy Got You Down?

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Consumer Customer Experience B2C Customer 403

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Brands, in their never-ending quest for relevance, must dive deep into human experiences, connecting with consumers at an emotional level. Each employee or consumer must feel that they are part of something bigger than themselves. What can you show, tell and teach the consumer? Purpose-Driven Design. ??The

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Customer Experience Customer Social Media Arts 262

Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 6, 2022

Forrester’s Customer Experience Benchmark Survey, US Consumers, 2022, reveals that CX quality in the US has fallen back to early-2020 levels, reversing gains made in 2021.

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Customer Experience Customer Consumer Customer Loyalty 195

Groove

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The topic of these articles varied: from the things wrong with eCommerce shopping; to information gathering through online coupons; to marketers gathering information about eCommerce customer experience. Follow the eCommerce checkout best practices and see how security assurances increases website credibility and consumer confidence.

Customer Experience 284

Customer Experience Shipping Costs eCommerce Customer 284

lateshipment

AUGUST 1, 2022

The benefits of automation are clear for the business as a whole, and automation can also transform the customer experience even when the customer isn’t directly involved. Shopping and checkout experiences can be managed directly by the customer, but that’s only half of the overall order experience.

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Customer Experience Payment Services Customer Shipping Costs 147

Forrester eCommerce

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

2023 was a confusing year: the consumers blew cold, and the economy blew hot. The recession-to-be did not materialize, and the economic outlook wasn’t half as bad as consumers would have you believe. Yet notes from the post-pandemic blues keep wafting in the air no matter the macroeconomic drumbeat.

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Consumer Customer Loyalty Customer Experience B2C 242

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Xponent Ignite aims to deliver industry-tailored, pre-built customer journeys with pre-configured integrations that personalize and automate customer touchpoints to drive immediate value to the consumer.

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Customer Experience Customer Retail Customer Loyalty 239

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Personalization is now a hygiene and customers have come to expect it regardless. Source: McKinsey However, personalization is no longer limited to targeted offers in the current landscape; it now covers the entire customer journey. A positive customer experience makes a valuable difference in a retailer’s success.

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Consumer Customer Loyalty Customer Experience Recommendation 225

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

Casual lifestyle brand Tom Tailor has launched a new mobile shopping experience through the NewStore omnichannel cloud platform’s Consumer App. Our new app puts the experience of a flagship store in our customers’ hands.”.

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Mobile Customer Experience Magazine Customer 247

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that we’ve been measuring precisely how the emotional toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is influencing consumer appetite for commercial exchange — we do this by applying Forrester’s Consumer Energy Index, our data-driven framework that captures how ready and willing consumers are to reach out to brands.

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Consumer Blog Customer Loyalty Customer Experience 451

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Through the use of people tracking solutions, retailers can look for efficiencies and work to always enhance the full customer experience. He is a multifaceted executive leader with 15 years of experience in marketing, sales, and creative. In an ever-changing market, evaluation and positive action is always key.

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Customer Experience Customer Apparel Technology 279

Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US in March, we’ve been tracking precisely how the pandemic and related crises have taken an emotional toll on consumers by applying Forrester’s Consumer Energy Index, our data-driven framework that captures how ready and willing consumers are to reach out to brands.

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Consumer Customer Experience B2C Customer 402

Forrester eCommerce

JULY 1, 2021

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US in March 2020, we’ve been tracking precisely how the pandemic and related crises have taken an emotional toll on consumers by applying Forrester’s Consumer Energy Index, our data-driven framework that captures how ready and willing consumers are to reach out to brands.

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Consumer Customer Loyalty Customer Experience Customer 518

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data highlights a significant deceleration in inflation, now standing at half of last year’s peak. This moderating trend in inflation is an encouraging development, but it is not without its caveats, particularly within the dynamic and complex terrain of the retail and consumer goods industries.

Consumer 215

Consumer Payment Services Food and Beverages Supplies 215

Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 16, 2023

The Canada CX Index 2023 shows brands backsliding on performance. Read about the results and meet two brands that beat the odds and improved their CX Index scores in a tough year.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Customer Improvements Customer Loyalty 195

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2024

In today’s market landscape, ethical, political and environmental considerations increasingly sway consumer purchasing decisions, particularly when it comes to packaging. From exaggerated health claims to misleading descriptions of ingredients, deceptive labeling erodes consumer trust and undermines brand credibility.

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Consumer Shipping Costs Shipping Supplies 162

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

A Roadmap to a Bad Bot-Free Holiday Shopping Experience. By taking a few proactive steps, brands can deliver a world-class customer experience while managing the impact of malicious automated traffic. As bad bot sophistication increases, consumers and retailers alike will bear the burden of the disruption.

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