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In 2025, Changing Consumer Demand will Reshape the Supply Chain

Retail TouchPoints

A customer-centric approach to supply chain management is challenging; it requires a deep understanding of consumer expectations and behaviors, not just today but also for the foreseeable future. For starters, consumers appetite for digital commerce is skyrocketing. In 2020, global ecommerce sales reached $4.2

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Emotionally Charged Consumers Are Ready For New Experiences

Forrester eCommerce

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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Future Of Retail 2020: Retailers Test Consumer Facing and Operational IoT Solutions

Forrester eCommerce

To understand how Forrester’s predictions will unfold in the retail industry in 2020, my colleague Madeline Cyr and I interviewed experts within Forrester for our “Applying 2020 Predictions To Retail” series. To understand the Internet of Things (IoT) predictions for 2020, we spoke with Forrester IoT expert Frank Gillett.

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Forrester’s Digital Go-To-Market Review: Consumer Electronics Edition

Forrester eCommerce

Our latest update to our Digital Go-To-Market Review series for brands looks at the consumer electronics sector. Electronics store sales peaked in 2007, and since then, an ever-growing proportion of consumer electronics sales has moved online.*

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How to Address the Needs of the Next Generation of e-Commerce Customers

Speaker: Jenn VandeZande, Head of Digital Engagement Strategy at SAP Customer Experience | Beth Scott, VP, Business Operations - Supply Chain | Nikki Grigsby, PHR, Chief Operations Officer at Syndigo | Levana Wang, Content Creator, Gen Z Expert

Post-2020 life has changed the world in many ways — not the least of which is accelerating our reliance on digital commerce. So, how can we take on this next, purpose-driven generation of consumers? This webinar will include: What the next generation of e-Commerce customers are looking for.

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Post-Pandemic In-Store Shopping: Consumers Reconsider The Value Of The Store

Forrester eCommerce

By May 2020, more than six in 10 US online adults reported making an online transaction, such as purchasing groceries or ordering restaurant delivery, for the first time. As retailers reopen their brick-and-mortar spaces, consumers have even […].

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How Retailers can Find Balance When Consumers are Polarized on Social Issues

Retail TouchPoints

Conversely, companies like Costco doubled down on DEI efforts , and social media feeds became filled with consumers signing up for memberships. consumers who say they will pay more based on an important value, nearly a quarter are spending more than they were six months ago. Resonate data shows that of the 54 million U.S.

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