Dipanjan Chatterjee
Vice President, Principal Analyst
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The Marketer’s Guide To Volatility
Navigating Volatility Businesses are no strangers to volatility. In the past two decades, the dot-com bubble burst, the financial crisis triggered the worst recession since the Great Depression, and the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a global shutdown. But the level of confusion during this bout of economic volatility is unlike anything CMOs and other business leaders […]
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To DOGE Or Not To DOGE — Tesla Hits A Roadblock
Tesla’s blazing-hot growth trajectory has come to a screeching halt. These three areas will indicate whether or not it regains its momentum.
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Apple Gets Tariff Relief — Just Kidding!
As tariff volatility is dialed up a notch, companies like Apple will find it best to hunker down and do nothing until the dust settles. Get five predictions on what happens next.
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Apple Is In The Tariff Crosshairs. What Should It Do?
The US administration is convinced that Apple, one the biggest and most valuable brands in the world, can and should move its manufacturing infrastructure to the US. The reality, however, is far murkier. Let’s dissect what puts Apple in a precarious situation and how it might hope to manage through this volatility. Apple is in […]
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Brands, Take Cover: The Tariffs Have Hit The Fan
Consumers have begun to take several steps to manage the impact of tariffs on their pocketbooks. Learn the five buying behaviors to look out for among your customers and what steps to take in response.
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Consumers React To Tariffs With Concern And Caution
Our recent poll showed how consumers feel about and are responding to a slew of anticipated new tariffs.
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Are We Too Scared To Fly?
The recent spate of airline disasters has jangled flyers’ nerves. To get a pulse check on consumer sentiment, we asked respondents in the US, UK, and Canada how they felt about the state of air travel.
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It’s 2025, And The Consumer Is Hurting
For those of us in the US who track the economy and its implications for consumers and the brands that sell to them, it’s been a head-spinning couple of months. Policies have been coming at us fast and furious as a new administration looks to stamp its mark on the economy. Of course, the US […]
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The New iPhone 16e: A Small Step For The iPhone, A Giant Leap For Apple
In what was billed as a surprise announcement, Apple today introduced the newest member of the Apple family: the iPhone 16e.
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Tariffs, Your Customer, And Your Brand: A Common-Sense Guide
A tariff is simply a tax — when one country imposes a tariff on another (as the US has done with China and is threatening to do with Canada and Mexico), then products imported from those countries are subject to a tax.
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Is A $7 Million Super Bowl Ad Worth It? Probably Not
A 30-second spot at this year’s Super Bowl will set you back a cool 7 million bucks. And even if you wanted one of those spots, you can’t have it — they’ve been gone for a while. That must mean these ads are like the proverbial goose laying golden eggs, right? Wrong! Find out more in this analysis of Super Bowl ad spending trends.
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Introducing Forrester’s Brand Experience Index — Drive Growth With Both Brand And Customer Experience
Enhancing brand and customer experience in tandem has a multiplicative revenue impact. Learn about our new approach for measuring and analyzing the two — and how it can point you toward avenues for growth.
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Look For These Five Brand And Customer Experience Themes At CES 2025
CES 2025 will be defined by five brand and customer experience themes ranging from brands searching for salience to companies finding realistic and pragmatic applications for AI-fueled experiences. Find out what to expect at CES 2025 in this preview.
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Better Your Brand Measurement With These Best-In-Class Providers
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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What The US Election Results Mean For Consumer Spending
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.
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Consumer Spending Trends And What They Mean For Your Brand
My colleague Jitender Migliani and I have just published a report (Consumer Spending And The Economy Grow Despite Persistent Pessimism) based on the H2 2024 US macroeconomic trends and consumer behavior data that we’ve collected and analyzed. This report aims to shed light on the economy’s trajectory over the past year, its continued direction in […]
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To Build Your Best Marketing Organization, Unbox Your Org Chart
As changes in media and technology have upended how consumers discover and engage with companies, marketing organizations need a more flexible approach.
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Paris Olympics: Luxury Democratized, Ads Lose The Plot, And Women Shine
Every Olympics brings insights into the current cultural zeitgeist. Here are five observations from this year's big event.
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Apple Posts Strong Results, But Wait For What’s Coming Next
Apple posted strong Q3 numbers on the back of a reinvigorated iPad and ongoing growth in its high-margin services business. But what happens next?
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Not-So-Open Skies: Southwest Makes Historic Change
As Southwest navigates financial turbulence, there are lessons from companies on aligning brand experience with business realities.
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