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Retail is in a tough spot: economic pressure, rapid tech change, and customers who are harder to read than ever. After dozens of conversations with executives, fresh consumer data, and time on the floor at events such as NRF, CES, and vendor showcases, here are my three takeaways for retail in 2026 on the consumer environment, Google search, and agentic AI solutions.
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We asked consumers in the US, the UK, and Canada who they would hold responsible for issues when they use an answer engine to complete commerce-related tasks. Consumers might take personal responsibility for some issues (such as feeling that their prompts hadn’t been targeted enough) or might even hold the brand they ordered from responsible. […]
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Explore Forrester’s intelligent finance research and learn how financial services leaders can deliver AI‑orchestrated financial outcomes.
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CX leadership demands more than functional expertise. It requires curiosity to uncover what others overlook, courage to ask bold questions, and communication that connects CX work to business outcomes. Angelina Gennis talks with Principal Analyst, Judy Weader and VP, Principal Analyst, Katy Tynan, about how leaders at every level build influence and move organizations toward […]
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Digital business leaders continue to heavily invest in data and analytics to drive their digital business, yet many still struggle to turn insights into action. In our report, The State Of Digital Intelligence, 2026, we highlight how organizations collect, analyze, and operationalize customer and digital insights — and why progress continues to stall. Based on […]
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Security organizational design sits at the intersection of strategy and circumstance. External pressures force change, while internal constraints limit redesign. Over time, many security leaders stop updating their security organization structures with intent and instead end up with a structure that accumulates the imprint of past breaches, regulatory responses, and technology shifts. Structure begins to […]
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Starbucks’ recent rewards program update should have been a brand win — instead, it triggered a wave of frustration. Loyalty marketers can learn from the missteps.
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Forrester uniquely covers the entire marketing ecosystem and its underlying business. 2026 heralds a monumental shift in marketing and advertising, surpassing the decades-long “digital” transformation. AI will upend commercial models, reshape brand expectations from partners, and demand new measures of efficient growth. CMOs face the herculean task of rewiring the marketing function. Martech leaders must […]
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There is so much excitement about how AI is changing customer service operations. What was once a reactive, cost-heavy, and manual function is turning into a proactive function that drives revenue growth. C-level executives and board members are more than curious. They are leaning heavily into the ROI potential of AI in customer service technology. […]
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A month ago, I launched new research on responsible AI (RAI) solutions. Forrester defines RAI solutions as software ensuring that organizations’ AI models and systems are explainable, accountable, and trustworthy. In that research, I redefined RAI in three critical components of explainability, accountability, and trustworthiness. Some technology vendors declined to participate, stating that responsible AI is […]
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“What coding?” Vibe coding is the cute term for using genAI systems to create, debug, or update programming code. People can use it without knowing how to write a line of code themselves. What this means: Lots of people are generating code they don’t understand. It’s not just developers using these tools to code faster; for example, it’s schoolteachers writing their […]
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MWC 2026 in Barcelona made one thing clear: The 5G hype has finally cooled, and the industry is sprinting toward what’s next. While I was on the ground navigating the chaos of the Fira, my partner Octavio was tracking the global signals from the digital sidelines. Between my sore feet and his high-level view, we’ve […]
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As the Shopify-OpenAI partnership appears to be ending, a new alliance may be set to dominate. Learn how it could unfold and what the implications may be.
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Many IT leaders are reconsidering whether their service management platform still meets the needs of a modern enterprise. Explore the hidden constraints of legacy systems, the risks that derail migrations, and the practices that distinguish successful IT service management transformations from those that fall short.
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In the second half of 2025, security and risk (S&R) leaders in APAC and EMEA continued to grapple with familiar pressures, but they reprioritized how they address them. While AI; governance, risk, and compliance (GRC); and third-party risk management (TPRM) stayed stubbornly on top of the charts, application security and security organization structure resurfaced with […]
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The demos all blurred together — another week, another vendor pitch. Slide after slide promised a “single source of truth,” “360-degree visibility,” and “seamless collaboration across the enterprise.” The names and interfaces changed, but to the enterprise architecture (EA) leader in the room, it all felt like the same story with a different logo on […]
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B2B event teams are operating under sustained pressure. Budgets are constrained, audience expectations are evolving, and large volumes of event content and data remain underused. At the same time, leaders are under pressure to demonstrate clearer impact from every event they run. AI offers a way to respond to these pressures. It can improve team […]
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Conga Connect 2026 demonstrated how momentum builds when coordination, connection, and customer focus come together. The event showcased the successful unification of Conga and PROS through a new brand, connected strategy, and clear product roadmap. Customer stories brought the vision to life, highlighting tangible business impact from a more integrated approach for configuring, pricing, and quoting. Like a well-run conga line, the organization is moving forward with purpose.
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Enterprise architecture has always existed to absorb complexity. But generative AI is testing that mandate in ways we haven’t seen before. Every day brings a flood of new models, tools, agents, claims, and counterclaims. Architects are expected to understand foundation models and retrieval architectures, advise on pilots, arbitrate platform decisions, and weigh emerging risks — […]
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Enterprise AI adoption is early and uneven, but consumption pricing shifts budget risk to CIOs now. Use the gap between vendor narrative and operational reality as negotiation leverage.