B2C Marketing
B2C marketing is navigating choppy waters. The tactics that drive short-term gains are alienating customers over the long-term, eroding loyalty and affinity. Read our insights to learn more about how B2C marketing teams can thrive in the midst of this tension.
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Zero-Click Search Comes For Checkout: Agentic Commerce Automates Retail’s Next Frontier
Agentic commerce is spreading as OpenAI launches Instant Checkout offering shoppers conversational shopping from curiosity to checkout without redirecting consumers to merchants’ sites. Find out what this means and how B2C marketers are responding in this post.
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Ensure That Your Consumer Personalization Vision Is 20/20
Clients often ask us, “What are personalization best practices?” But depending on the organization, the word “personalization” can mean very different things. Personalization is multifaceted and needs a qualifier such as personalization initiatives, personalization programs, personalization capabilities, personalized tactics, personalized interactions, personalized moments, consumer personalization, or business personalization. Forrester defines personalization as: The use of a […]
The Countdown To 2026 Predictions Has Begun
Don’t miss your chance to lead with confidence. Get early access to Forrester’s expert guidance across marketing, CX, digital, tech, and security.
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Predictions 2026: Marketing Agencies Resign Their Agency
By the end of the coming year, marketing agencies will have materially changed. For CMOs, agencies will no longer act solely as your agents but also as owners of solutions, resellers of technology partnerships, and developers of emerging capabilities.
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AI: Our Modern-Day Cyrano
Like Cyrano, AI often acts as the unseen ghostwriter, strategist, or partner, offering insights or phrasing that feel more articulate and persuasive than our own. But, as in the play, this arrangement introduces social complexities, ethical dilemmas, and maybe even heartbreak.
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The Odyssey Ahead: B2C Marketers, Prepare Now For Agentic AI
Just as marketers started experimenting with new genAI features when they emerged, agentic AI has arrived — and signals the next round of transformative marketing capabilities.
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Meta’s Recent Shops Ads Controversy Reinforces The Need For Transparency In Marketing Measurement
In an ideal world, marketers have constant access to industry-leading tools and knowledgeable experts that provide transparent and accurate measurement, connecting every marketing activity to real, measurable business outcomes.
Cut Through CX Tech Noise And Buy Smarter
Stop wasting money on tools you don’t need. Learn how to use Forrester’s function-first framework to align CX tech with business goals, avoid overspending, and drive real results.
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Marketers Are In Their AI Era (And It’s Not Ending Anytime Soon)
Through all the uncertainty this year, one constant persists: AI adoption and its potential to reshape B2C marketing as we know it. Find out how in this preview of a new survey and report.
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TikTok Lives To See Another Day
The US and China have a deal framework to divest US TikTok from ByteDance. One big question around this deal has been whether the algorithm would come with the sale. Learn the details in this review of the deal, including how it may impact US users and advertisers.
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The Top Five Initiatives For B2C CMOs In 2026
It’s that time of year — when we examine what’s top of mind for B2C CMOs in the US as they plan for the upcoming year. 2026 brings a renewed focus on CX and customer loyalty while AI hype starts to shape into real AI capabilities. Forrester’s Q3 2025 CMO Pulse Survey provided a list […]
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Today’s Leaders Must Heed AI Advice For Future Disruptors
Startup founders, investors, technologists, and operators are all working frantically to get an early jump onto the AI train. Find out why and get more of the key takeaways from the recent Startup Boston Week event.
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Defining AGI, Measuring AI Search, Agency Swirl Continues
Are you wondering about the emerging technologies and shifting market dynamics that might shape your strategy for 2026 and beyond? Then this episode is for you. Get a detailed look at how three big shifts could dramatically impact plans and strategies for the year ahead (and get a preview for one of our upcoming 2026 Predictions reports, to boot).
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AI Access puts Forrester’s trusted insights at your fingertips. Validate your strategy, align your team, and get instant advice grounded in proprietary research — no digging, no delays. It’s like having a Forrester analyst by your side, 24/7.
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Meta Connect 2025: AI Glasses Make A Mark
The smart glasses category remains niche, but expect competition to heat up soon.
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Rewind And Fast-Forward TV Advertising
One of advertisers’ greatest challenges with TV advertising is “streaming TV’s high CPMs,” according to Forrester’s Q2 2025 CMO Pulse Survey. Find out why TV advertising’s sellers benefit at TV buyers’ expense and how consumers are caught in the middle.
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The Remedy That Wasn’t: Answer Engines Outpace Antitrust Law
To remedy Google’s monopoly in search, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google merely has to share limited search data with rivals and stop making exclusive deals for Google’s preferential placement on devices. Find out what this means for marketers.
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Insights From Our New Evaluation, The Forrester Wave™: Digital Analytics Solutions, Q3 2025
Explore the top digital analytics solutions of 2025 in the Forrester Wave™. Discover key trends, such as generative AI, data integration, and holistic insights.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Translation Management Systems, Q3 2025, Our Inaugural Evaluation Of The Market
Localization in 2025 is about delivering personalized, context-aware experiences at every touchpoint. It’s more outcome-oriented than ever, aimed at helping businesses thrive in multilingual, multicultural global markets.
New For 2026! 2026 CX Budget Planning Guide + Workbook
Stop guessing — start planning! Learn where to prioritize CX tech, partner smarter, use AI for scalable results, and prove ROI with actionable insights, benchmarks, and templates for 2026 success.
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Introducing Forrester AI Access: Equipping Organizations With Trusted Insights To Act Fast
Forrester AI Access is an important milestone in our AI journey, beginning with our 2023 launch of Izola. With AI Access, organizations can validate ideas, innovate, and make smarter decisions faster.
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Starbucks: One Year Later
On the anniversary of Brian Niccol taking the reins, we look at the foundation he has laid for the future.
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Olympic Sports Sponsorships, AI Agents In Customer Success And Manufacturing
As we move into September, we dig into new sponsorship options for brands and find out how AI agents are impacting the customer success function as well as the industrial manufacturing and supply chain industries.
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