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Predictions 2025: Hard-Won Insights Drive Growth

Sharyn Leaver October 22, 2024
Business focus is shifting from experimentation to bottom-line gains. Our Predictions 2025 resources reveal what’s next for your industry and role — and the moves that will set you up for competitive advantage.
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Get Your AI Aligned

What It Means 4 hours ago
The big challenge with AI for business is risk. How can an organization minimize the risk while maximizing the benefit of AI? In this episode, Vice President and Principal Analyst Brandon Purcell proposes a solution to this challenge — AI alignment — and outlines how an “align by design” approach can help.
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What The US Election Results Mean For Consumer Spending

Dipanjan Chatterjee 6 days ago
With a new administration set to take office in the US in 2025, a different set of economic and trade policies will come into play. Find out how that could impact consumer spending in the next four years.

Navigate 2025 With Our Predictions Insights

Our predictions may not be a crystal ball, but they offer a clear view of what’s ahead. Visit our 2025 Predictions hub featuring guides, blogs, and webinars to give B2B, B2C, and technology leaders a competitive edge in 2025.

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When Will AI Change Our World?

What It Means November 7, 2024
With so much investment and attention, there’s growing impatience around AI. In this episode, VP of Emerging Technology and Principal Analyst Brian Hopkins and VP and Principal Analyst Ted Schadler take a longer view and discuss how AI will change the world in the next 20 years.
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What To Expect On Singles Day 2024: Intensified Competition, Price Wars, And GenAI

Xiaofeng Wang November 3, 2024
Despite slowing economic growth, Singles Day 2024 is shaping up to be one of the most competitive and innovative shopping events yet. Here’s what to expect for this year’s online retail extravanganza.
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What Retailers Should Plan For This Holiday Season

What It Means October 31, 2024
The holiday season is here. How do consumers feel about spending? This week on What It Means, VP and Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali and VP and Research Director Emily Collins dive into Forrester’s latest research on holiday spending trends and share advice for retailers.

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AppGen Is An Existential Threat To The Enterprise App Business

John Bratincevic 12 hours ago
AI-powered enterprises will “build” software instead of “buy” it — and many applications in enterprise portfolios will consolidate onto low-code AppGen platforms.
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Use Skills-Based Talent Practices To Future-Proof Your Tech Organization

Fiona Mark 13 hours ago
Tech leaders are being asked to do more with fewer resources available, which makes cultivating the right skills in the workforce essential. The implementation of generative AI (genAI) potentially brings productivity gains but is also a point of concern, with employees experiencing what one chief product officer at a tech workforce development company calls an […]

Ready For These 2025 Tech And Security Shifts?

Step into 2025 with confidence! Explore our predictions for tech and security leaders, featuring key trends in AI, cloud, SDLC, and AIOps you need to know.

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A 2025 Global Privacy Prospectus

Stephanie Liu 16 hours ago
The seasons are changing, Christmas catalogs are arriving, the clocks have shifted back an hour (in some countries) … yes, the new year is coming. While we don’t advocate for closing the books on 2024 yet (it’s only November, after all!), now is a great opportunity to consider what’s in store for next year. On […]
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Media Scale And Media Skill Collide In The Full-Funnel Agencies Of The Future

Jay Pattisall 17 hours ago
Marketers are ready to move beyond choosing between full-service media generalists and channel specialists. Insights from the newly published Forrester Wave™ evaluation on media management services shed light on what to look for when evaluating your current agency or looking for a provider.
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AI Governance Software Spend Will See 30% CAGR From 2024 To 2030

Michele Goetz 19 hours ago
The global commercial AI software governance market is poised for exceptional growth. Forrester forecasts that by 2030, spending on off-the-shelf AI governance software will more than quadruple, reaching $15.8 billion and capturing 7% of overall AI software spending.
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Everything Is Getting More Expensive, And BI Is No Exception

Boris Evelson 2 days ago
When clients inquire about enterprise business intelligence (BI) platform pricing, I always advise them to simply divide the annual contract price by the number of expected users. If the resulting number is around $10 per user per month, I tell the client they are in a good spot.
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Smart Manufacturing On A Shoestring

George Lawrie 2 days ago
Last week’s announcement by automotive parts supplier Schaeffler of plans to cut 4,700 European manufacturing jobs was just the latest in a string of similar news pointing to a growing crisis within the European manufacturing sector.

Ready For 2025? Discover Key B2B Marketing And Sales Predictions!

Check out our 2025 predictions for B2B CMOs and CSOs! Discover the groundbreaking shifts in AI, product-led growth, buying groups, and digital sales headed your way.

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380: Journey Mapping Masterclass 2: Workshop Your Journey

The CX Cast 2 days ago
This is the second episode in a 4-part deep-dive on journey mapping with Forrester’s journey mapping expert, Joana de Quintanilha. In this installment, Joana digs into the journey map creation process, discussing the importance of planning journey mapping workshops and breaking down common challenges and best practices.
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Better Your Brand Measurement With These Best-In-Class Providers

Dipanjan Chatterjee 2 days ago
If you’re looking to implement a new program or fine-tune your existing brand measurement, we have both bad news and good news for you. Learn what it is and how Forrester's new landscape can help.
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If You’re Not Using Data Pipeline Management For Security And IT, You Need To

Allie Mellen 2 days ago
Data ingestion into security information and event management (SIEM) have been too expensive for too long. Find out what's driving up the cost and how to manage it better in this post.
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Three Critical Steps Frontline Marketers Must Take To Support Pipeline Progression

Nora Conklin 2 days ago
To support pipeline deals, B2B marketers need to change their approach in fundamental ways. Discover three critical steps they must take.
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AI Readiness Is Already High In Advanced Frontline Marketing Teams

John Arnold 2 days ago
Learn more about what is driving AI readiness and adoption in frontline marketing in this preview of a new report.

How Will 2025 B2C Trends Shape Your Strategy?

Prepare for the future with our 2025 predictions for B2C marketing and CX leaders. Learn how to refine your strategies for AI, tech stacks, loyalty programs, frontline agents, TikTok, and more.

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Building The Elements Of Your B2B Marketing Plan

Craig Moore 3 days ago
Once you’ve gathered the input needed to create an annual marketing plan, the next step is to define the plan’s components. Learn how, step by step.
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A Week At The TBM Conference

Charles Betz 3 days ago
Get a review of the recent TBM Conference which focused on product centricity and transparency in the modern IT operating model.
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Fueling The Consumer’s Healthcare Journey — Focusing On Ease And Individualized Care Will Accelerate Trust

Shannon Germain Farraher 5 days ago
Opaque experiences and complex jargon have eroded consumer confidence and incentivized some to leave brands behind. Consumers will choose healthcare organizations that emphasize their needs and that increasingly gather and rely on their feedback to deliver value.
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European Digital Identity: Insights For The Bold And The Ambitious

Tope Olufon 6 days ago
In the grand tapestry of the European identity landscape, a new regulation — most audacious in its ambition — has emerged to enable digital identification across the continent.
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How Customer Marketers Piece Together A Customer Advocacy Tech Stack

Amy Bills 7 days ago
The Forrester Tech Tide™: B2B Customer Advocacy And Reference Technologies, Q4 2024, shows a fractured market. Yet while recent disruption has caused angst, it has also spurred innovation. Marketers have plenty of options.

Jan. 30 Tech & Security Predictions Webinar

Join us to dive into the top 2025 predictions and discover their impact on your tech and security strategies — with exclusive insights from the analysts who conducted the research.

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How Health Insurers Can Regain The Medicare Advantage

Arielle Trzcinski 7 days ago
Higher medical utilization by members, the growing difficulty of achieving CMS Star Ratings, and reimbursement pressures are pushing many health insurers to the brink. Learn how insurers can regain the Medicare advantage in this preview of a new report.
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The Three Key Inputs You Need For B2B Marketing Planning

Craig Moore 7 days ago
For a B2B annual marketing plan to be meaningful, marketing leaders need the right information — and to know how to find it.
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New Research — Content Management Systems: Landscape & Trends

Chuck Gahun November 7, 2024
According to Forrester’s Marketing Survey, 2024, 69% of global B2C decision-makers increased their investment in content management technology, up from 59% who did so in 2023.
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