Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Read this blog to get a look at what won't happen in the year ahead in our 2025 anti-predictions. It's predictions season at Forrester.

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Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Forrester forecasts the AI software market will grow to $37 billion by 2025. Find out what's driving the growth and where the limitations are in this blog post.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The key to automation success in 2025 will be balancing AI innovation with the scale and reliability of traditional automation tools and methods. To help you strike that balance, here’s a preview of Forrester’s automation predictions for 2025.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Get ready for some major changes in the APAC business landscape in 2025! AI-driven initiatives will be the driving force behind tech improvements for companies in the region.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 1, 2024

With cybercrime expected to cost $12 trillion in 2025, regulators will take a more active role in protecting consumer data while organizations pivot to adopt more proactive security measures to limit material impacts. Find out more in our 2025 predictions for cybersecurity, risk, and privacy.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Facing tight budgets in 2025, here are the main areas where B2B revenue, marketing, and sales leaders should prioritize their investments.

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Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 1, 2024

Business and technology leaders are gearing up to spend in the coming year. Making the most of modest budget hikes will take cross-functional collaboration, a willingness to part with outdated tech, and strategic experimentation with (and beyond) AI.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 18, 2024

Forresters Planning Guides werden Ihnen helfen, Ihre Budgetentscheidungen so zu treffen, dass Sie 2025 erfolgreich sein können. Erhalten Sie eine Vorschau darauf, was Sie erwartet, wenn die Leitfäden am 1. August erscheinen.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Upbeat budget expectations for 2025 will serve European leaders well, but placing the right bets will be critical to securing a competitive edge. Read a few of our top recommendations.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In 2025, the true potential of generative AI as a growth driver will be tested. B2B marketing, sales, and product teams should prepare for the good, bad, and even ugly outcomes of trying to generate value from this hot technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The National Retail Federation (NRF) and events organizer Comexposium , which collaborated on the inaugural NRF Big Show Asia Pacific in June 2024, will rebrand Paris Retail Week as NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe. 16-18, 2025 at the Paris Porte de Versailles Pavilion. The trade show and educational event will be held Sept.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Burlington Stores plans to open 101 net-new stores during its current fiscal year, which ends Feb. The value-priced retailer, which currently operates 1,103 stores in 46 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, had a strong Q3: total sales grew 11% compared to the same period the previous year, although comparable store sales only rose 1%.

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Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 1, 2024

Technology architecture leaders see positive economic signs heading into the 2025 budget planning season. Find out how you can optimize your budget in the year ahead to fund new technology investment and experimentation.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 3, 2022

in 2021 to 6% in 2025. Across eight forecasted countries — US, China, Japan, and Europe-5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK) — AI’s share of software spend will increase from 4.3%

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 16, 2024

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released FY 2025 President’s Budget. The OMB not only develops and executes budget for the Executive Branch, but also manages and oversees federal agency performance, procurement, and IT, among other responsibilities.

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Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 1, 2024

Get pragmatic advice on where to spend your tech budget in 2025 to achieve better business outcomes. Technology leaders find themselves at a crossroads this budget planning season.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Founded in 2023 by entrepreneurNeha Kumar and alcohol industry veteranLouis Amoroso, who previously served as President of DTC at alcohol ecommerce solution DRINKS, Full Glass Wine said that with these new additions it is positioned to bring in more than $200 million in revenue in 2025.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Découvrez comment nos guides de planification budgétaire 2025 peuvent aider les dirigeants à faire des choix stratégiques pour maximiser la croissance dans un environnement économique incertain.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2024

will be great news for Irish customers, and we’re looking forward to opening its virtual doors in 2025,” said John Boumphrey, Ireland and UK Country Manager at Amazon in a statement. Previously, Amazon’s Irish customers could shop the site via its online stores in other countries like the UK. The launch of Amazon.ie

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For B2C CMOs, 2025 will be less sensationalized and more operationalized. The result? They will step up in the broader business to lead amid a heightened confluence of operation and opportunity.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As retailers brace for a challenging 2025, technology will play a crucial role in offsetting the impact of waning consumer demand on their business.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2024

These will be the first of 12 new locations planned for BJ’s 2024 fiscal year, which will end in February 2025; the retailer also plans to open 15 gas stations during this period. BJ’s Wholesale Club will open five warehouse club stores in Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida and Indiana. The new stores will be located in: Maryville, Tenn.,

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Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With budgets set for 2025, CMOs are about to enter the new year with several critical initiatives. What’s bubbling to the top? Forrester’s Q4 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2024 provided a list of 17 initiatives and we asked respondents (127 US B2C marketing executives) to select up to three. The top five most commonly […]

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Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 22, 2024

As CIOs gear up for 2025, the landscape is more uncertain than ever. While inflation has eased in many parts of the world, APAC’s unique economic dynamics—ranging from commodity price exposure to varying fiscal policies—will keep inflation higher compared to the U.S.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Previously scheduled to be completed by the second half of Q4 2024, Google now anticipates the change will take place sometime in 2025. In what has become a recurring plotline, Google has once again delayed third-party cookie deprecation on its Chrome web browser.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In 2025, public cloud AI offerings will continue to expand and mature, but private cloud will also thrive in the year ahead due to some complex industry dynamics. Get the details in our 2025 cloud predictions.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 22, 2024

2025 wird das KI-Angebot für die öffentliche Cloud weiter wachsen und reifen. Erfahren Sie mehr Details in unseren Prognosen 2025 zur Cloud. Aber auch die private Cloud wird im kommenden Jahr aufgrund einer komplexen Branchendynamik florieren.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 23, 2024

So what awaits us in 2025? It’s been quite a ride for payments in recent years. More fits and starts, and significant disruptions to the status quo.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Netflix is reportedly planning to open permanent brick-and-mortar stores, beginning in 2025 with two in the U.S. followed by a global rollout, according to Bloomberg. The stores will have rotating installations, including ticketed shows inspired by popular series, and restaurants featuring food from its unscripted shows.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

REI Co-op will open 10 stores this year and already has plans in the works for two more stores to open in 2025 — in Durango, Colo. in the spring and St. George, Utah in the fall. The store locations and timetables for the 2024 openings are: Spring: Beavercreek, Ohio and Beaverton, Ore.; Summer: Glendale, Ariz.; Ithaca, N.Y. Fall: Albany, N.Y.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 24, 2024

B2B organizations won’t succeed without adapting to the preferences of younger business buyers. Find out how they will shape the landscape in the year ahead.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The normally slow-moving technology infrastructure space will see significant disruption in 2025, driven by accelerated appetite for all things AI. Find out more in our 2025 predictions for technology infrastructure and operations.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 29, 2020

The drivers of the future are evolutions of the past – some playing out now, others that will be far more prominent by 2025 and table stakes by 2030. […]. Forrester’s view on the future of banking is here – examining the changes that we expect to play out over the next decade of retail banking.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While regulatory compliance will remain a driver for sustainability efforts, in 2025, sustainability teams will need to change their focus to show savings. Find out more in our 2025 environmental sustainability predictions.

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