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Total Experience Score, 2026: Growth Breaks When Experiences Fragment

Keith Johnston June 8, 2026
The brands pulling ahead aren’t optimizing brand, customer, and employee experience in isolation — they’re aligning them into a system that drives measurable growth. Forrester’s 2026 global Total Experience Score and research show that when promise, delivery, and the people behind both move in sync, companies build strong, sustainable momentum.
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US Banks’ Total Experience Is Improving, But Most Still Have Work To Do

Alyson Clarke 18 hours ago
Improvement is real in US banking — but fragile. Forrester’s 2026 Total Experience Score rankings show that gains in customer experience and brand perception are driven by better execution of the basics, not bold transformation. Sustaining that progress will depend on closing gaps in clarity, advice, and employee enablement.
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OpenAI’s Proposed IPO Opens A Trifecta Of Opportunities For It, But Don’t Lock In Just Yet

Mike Gualtieri 6 days ago
OpenAI’s IPO move, paired with its latest manifesto, highlights a race to win consumers, automate enterprises, and advance toward AGI. For business and technology leaders, the implication is clear: Accelerate AI adoption, avoid lock-in, and focus on capabilities, not vendors, as the competitive landscape shifts.

Your Buyers Use AI Search — Here’s How To Stay Visible

Ninety-four percent of B2B buyers now use AI in purchasing, making traditional SEO outdated. Discover how answer engine optimization (AEO) can help your content stand out in a zero-click, AI-driven world.

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Your AI Bill Is A Context Problem

Frederic Giron 6 days ago
AI cost controls are solving the wrong problem. The real challenge is context debt—and until organizations manage it, spend will rise faster than value.
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Forrester’s EX Index Completes The Total Experience Picture

David Johnson June 8, 2026
Most organizations manage employee, customer, and brand experience in silos, obscuring how they connect to influence business outcomes. Forrester’s new EX Index reveals how employee experience shapes brand equity, customer loyalty, and growth.
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Have We Turned The Corner On CX Quality?

Pete Jacques June 8, 2026
While North America shows early signs of recovery following the last few years of decline, the picture elsewhere remains less clear. Read the main takeaways from our 2026 global Customer Experience Index rankings.

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US Health Insurers Show Experience Improvements

Judy Weader 16 minutes ago
Forrester’s 2026 health insurer experience rankings signal the end of a prolonged decline — but it’s too soon to declare victory just yet. Read the takeaways from this year’s report.
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Announcing The 2026 Forrester Wave™ On Accounts Payable Invoice Automation

Meng Liu 3 hours ago
I’m thrilled to announce the publication of ​​​The Forrester Wave™: Accounts Payable Invoice Automation Software, Q2 2026! This is the 2nd edition of this evaluative research (you can find the first here). This report helps our clients navigate the complexities of the rapidly evolving finance automation market and offers insights into how the fast evolving […]
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UK Social Media Ban Forces Platform Accountability

Jess Lloyd 19 hours ago
The ban marks a moment where government regulation is catching up to consumer expectations. But it's not just about online safety — it's a regulatory demand that will influence social media platform experiences and product decision-making.
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Total Recall: A Cautionary Fable Of Anthropic And The US Government

Jeff Pollard 19 hours ago
On Friday, June 12, the same model class covered by our previous blog post went dark. Anthropic suspended Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide after the US Department of Commerce issued an export control directive, which led to requests from prominent cybersecurity pros to undo the action. The bypass that triggered the export controls, per […]
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Consumers Aren’t Ready To Delegate Payments To AI Agents

Lily Varon 20 hours ago
AI agents may soon be able to shop and pay on consumers’ behalf. But today, most consumers aren’t willing to hand over the keys — trust is the real barrier. Learn more.
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Fox Makes $22B Roku Acquisition Bet

Mike Proulx 1 day ago
And just like that, another major streaming consolidation deal is in the works. Fox Corp. has agreed to acquire Roku in a $22 billion cash-and-stock deal, bringing together one of the largest owners of live sports and news with one of the most widely used connected TV platforms. The deal gives Fox access to more […]
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Secure The Future Of Internet Traffic As Agents Take Over

Sandy Carielli 1 day ago
AI agent traffic is reshaping how users interact with digital experiences. In The Forrester Wave™: Bot And Agent Trust Management Software, Q2 2026, we explore how this shift is transforming a market that has historically focused on detecting and mitigating bot attacks into one that must also enable trusted automated traffic at scale. Here are […]
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Coupa’s Inspire 2026 Unveils A Strategy And Acquisition Spree To Build The Autonomous Spend Management “Network”

Jeffrey Rajamani 1 day ago
I recently attended Coupa’s Inspire 2026 in Las Vegas, the company’s flagship event bringing together C-suite executives and key decision-makers across procurement, finance, and supply chain operations. This year’s event focused on two core messages: driving Coupa’s vision and strategy around the “network effect,” in which buyers and sellers seamlessly interact with AI as the […]
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A Fake PLG Strategy Is Exposed Through Your Digital Commerce Experiences

Christina Schmitt 1 day ago
Most B2B companies claim product-led growth, but their digital commerce experience tells a different story. Here’s why PLG fails in execution — and how to fix it.
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Conway’s Law: Your Operating Model Matters More Than The AI Model

Sam Higgins 4 days ago
I love an axiom, something easy to remember, fast to say, and punchy enough to stick. With my older boys, I’ve often said, “If in doubt, don’t.” With my younger son, who is autistic, I say, “Stay close; stay safe.” These are short phrases with big truths, the kind that helps in the moment when […]
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Turn Application Portfolio Rationalization Into A Continuous Optimization Capability

Biswajeet Mahapatra 4 days ago
Many enterprises have invested heavily in application portfolio rationalization (APR) to regain control of sprawling application estates. These efforts typically focus on inventories, redundancy, and retiring outdated systems. While necessary, APR alone rarely sustains executive attention or supports long‑term digital and AI ambitions. To move beyond episodic cleanup, firms must adopt application portfolio optimization (APO) […]
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Healthcare And Life Sciences: Turning AI Momentum Into Lasting Value

Shannon Germain Farraher 5 days ago
Healthcare and life sciences (HCL) firms are moving fast on AI — much faster than expected. But so are consumers. From domain-specific AI tools to enterprisewide ambient technology integration, accelerating drug discovery, and connecting medical records and health apps for a more personalized experience, the momentum is real. The promise is also real: AI is […]

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Download our guide to help CISOs prove business value, win budget, and reduce burnout. Use our actionable framework to align security with enterprise goals, justify funding, and lead a high-performing team.

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How To Build A Loyalty Team That Scales With Your Program

John Pedini 5 days ago
Brands continue to see the value in developing deeper relationships with their customers through loyalty initiatives, but investment typically flows toward technology, rewards, and promotions, with less focus on what drives differentiated experiences, personalized engagements, and emotional loyalty. This isn’t surprising, given that loyalty is both an art and a science, and it’s much easier […]
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452: Redesigning The B2B Enterprise For CX Led Growth At Expereo

The CX Cast 5 days ago
Enterprise CX transformation rarely starts with journey maps or dashboards. It starts with fixing real problems fast. In this episode of CX Cast, Angelina Gennis and Martin Gill speak with Amory Somers‑Vine, Customer Experience Director at Expereo, about leading customer‑centric change during a major B2B business model shift—from wholesale network services to enterprise partnerships. Amory […]
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Align B2B Marketing Teams To Thrive In A Buyer-Centric World

Nora Conklin 5 days ago
In today’s fast-evolving B2B landscape, marketing and sales teams face mounting challenges as buyers become more self-directed, technology reshapes workflows, and market volatility accelerates. For B2B organizations, aligning marketing and sales has always been a critical priority — but achieving that alignment is more essential today than ever before. Teams often fall into the trap […]
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Retention-As-A-Service Is An Intriguing Idea — Here’s What It Actually Means

Shari Srebnick 6 days ago
At Gainsight’s Pulse conference last month, CEO Chuck Ganapathi shared a question he said every customer-facing leader is hearing from their board: How do I use AI to drive higher retention? That framing was intentional, and it wasn’t set up to be a product announcement; it was a positioning statement for the company. And it set the stage for everything that followed. The company introduced a brand-new focus at […]
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Customer Success And Customer Experience: The Difference Is More Than Semantic

Shari Srebnick 6 days ago
Customer success (CS) and customer experience (CX) are often discussed interchangeably, and for good reason. Both exist to improve customer outcomes, and both play essential roles across the customer lifecycle — but they are not interchangeable. Much like a paramedic and an ER physician, CS and CX contribute at different moments and with different tools […]
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How Fable 5 And Mythos 5 Change AI Security, Data Retention, And Vendor Risk

Jeff Pollard 6 days ago
Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is the most 2026 product launch you’ll read this year. The same model can find nation-state zero days, design novel drug candidates, and play FireRed on a Gameboy Advance with nothing but screenshots. And for the gaming fans out there, yes, we got Fable 5 before Fable 4. These […]
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Announcing Forrester’s Top Cybersecurity Threats For 2026

Jitin Shabadu 6 days ago
AI innovation is moving at an unprecedented rate, and geopolitical tensions show no signs of easing. Forrester identifies these factors as two primary forces reshaping the threat landscape, placing additional strain on CISOs who are already stretched thin managing increasingly complex security programs. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview and Project Glasswing are early signals of how […]
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Build The Human Foundations Before You Scale AI

Martin Gill 6 days ago
CX Summit EMEA explored the real AI opportunity: building trust, strengthening foundations, and reimagining experiences — not just making them more efficient.
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