Groove

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Differences Between B2B and B2C eCommerce Development B2B and B2C eCommerce development processes differ in several significant ways. A B2C company works to engage customers, aiming for quick conversions and repeat transactions. A B2B company may have slower conversions and longer sales cycles.

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B2B eCommerce B2C Shipping Costs 329

Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Forrester’s Q4 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2024 provided a list of 17 initiatives and we asked respondents (127 US B2C marketing executives) to select up to three. With budgets set for 2025, CMOs are about to enter the new year with several critical initiatives. What’s bubbling to the top? The top five most commonly […]

B2C 221

B2C Marketing Customer 221

Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 6, 2024

Read part one of the GenAI Impact On Commerce Tech blog series from Forrester Research principal analyst Emily Pfeiffer and senior researcher Nicole Murgia.

B2C 445

B2C Blog Retail Customer 445

Forrester eCommerce

JULY 3, 2024

I’m pleased to announce the publication of the second of my two APAC generative AI (genAI) B2C marketing reports, Generative AI Marketing Use Cases In APAC (client-only access).

Marketing 535

Marketing B2C 535

Forrester eCommerce

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Every year, Forrester surveys over 1,000 marketing decision-makers around the world to learn about their priorities, challenges, and plans.

B2C 414

B2C Marketing Operations Consumer 414

Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 5, 2021

This just in: Forrester asked 150 US B2C marketing executives (across industries) how challenging the various 2022 priorities will be to achieve. Seventy-one percent of B2C marketing execs indicated that demonstrating the value of marketing to the CEO, CFO, and the board will […]. But what will be the most challenging?

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B2C Marketing Customer 482

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2025

Al Williams is GM and VP, B2C, at BigCommerce. She is a seasoned ecommerce executive with over a decade of experience driving growth in the B2C space, supporting both leading brands and SaaS platforms.

Retail 298

Retail BigCommerce B2C Channel 298

Groove

JANUARY 13, 2025

Valued at over $30 trillion in 2024 , the global B2B eCommerce market is growing faster than B2C, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 16 percent. Unlike B2C eCommerce, which targets consumers, B2B eCommerce connects wholesalers with retailers, manufacturers, or other business clients via online platforms.

eCommerce Platforms 385

eCommerce Platforms B2B Payment Services eCommerce 385

Forrester eCommerce

JULY 22, 2024

In Forrester’s Marketing Survey 2024, 61% of B2C marketers said they do not believe that Google will deprecate the third-party cookie. Google announced today it’s finally doing what everyone suspected and reversing its decision to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome. It’s not […]

B2C 468

B2C Marketing Customer 468

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

One of the biggest transformations in retail that Forrester highlighted in its recent B2C buying research stream is the growth of brand manufacturers in commerce and the corresponding tension with marketplaces like Alibaba, Amazon, and others around the world. (“Brand manufacturers” are traditionally wholesale companies that distribute (..)

B2C 497

B2C Events Other Retail 497

Forrester eCommerce

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

GetWhen I describe what customer experience management requires to be able to transform a CX vision into reality, I often hear from my audience: “this is interesting, but we are different“ The nature of that difference is then often stated as: we are operating in B2B, not B2C; or we operate in a heavily regulated […].

B2C 516

B2C B2B Customer Experience Operations 516

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 25, 2023

B2C marketing CMOs will need to navigate AI and prioritize the practical amid a tense political atmosphere. Get an overview of our B2C marketing predictions for 2024.

B2C 397

B2C Marketing Technology Customer 397

Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 27, 2022

For B2C marketers, first-party data is a lot like “Zoolander’s” Hansel: “so hot right now.” In Forrester’s Q1 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2022, a whopping 76% of B2C marketing respondents said that they are […].

B2C 369

B2C Marketing Customer Customer Experience 369

Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 30, 2024

Buyer expectations for immediacy, relevance, and instant gratification have carried over from B2C to B2B and been amplified with Millennials and GenZ comprising more than half of the modern workforce.

B2B 448

B2B B2C Consumer Marketing 448

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 16, 2023

To dive deeper, I talked to B2C marketing leaders in the financial services industry across the region and learned more about their priorities, challenges, and best […]

Financial Services 447

Financial Services B2C Marketing Technology 447

Forrester eCommerce

MAY 5, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis means European B2C firms are broadly in one of three response modes right now: Survivors (travel, hospitality, and some nonessential retailers) have been massively disrupted by the current lockdown.

Financial Services 488

Financial Services B2C Consumer Travel 488

Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 11, 2020

These solutions are already popular in B2C and B2B markets, creating experiences that: Meet modern buyers’ expectations of immediacy. It’s time for B2B marketers to close the gaps in their customers’ digital experiences with the assistance of automated conversations created by chatbots and virtual assistants (VAs).

B2B 511

B2B B2C Marketing Customer 511

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This may seem cheeky and slightly exaggerated, until you learn that a whopping 78% of B2C marketing leaders say that they don’t know anyone on their security, risk, and compliance team. The current relationship status between marketing and security and risk (S&R) pros is best described as “it’s complicated.”

B2C 421

B2C Marketing Management Customer 421

Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 12, 2024

According to Forrester Global Marketing Survey, about 30% of B2C Marketers use MMM […] MMM gauges the impact of marketing and media investments on vital performance indicators like sales or revenue, while also forecasting the revenue potential of marketing endeavors.

Marketing 417

Marketing B2C Customer 417

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Generative AI is among the hottest topics that B2C marketers in APAC wanted to hear from us in 2023. The top asked questions include: What are the most applicable use cases of generative AI in marketing today? What are generative AI’s key potentials to improve marketing efficiency? How leading brands are using generative AI for […]

B2C 415

B2C Marketing Improvements 415

Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 6, 2024

Source: GIPHY “What would you say… your marketing operations function does here?” If you can’t quickly and easily answer that question, you need a formal marketing operations charter STAT!

Operations 259

Operations B2C Marketing Customer 259

Forrester eCommerce

MAY 24, 2022

The flurry of changes in the advertising and marketing ecosystem driven by cookie and ID deprecation, rising walled gardens, and privacy-preserving measures, has B2C marketers scrambling for solutions to help them develop data-driven marketing strategies.

B2C 369

B2C Marketing B2B Technology 369

Forrester eCommerce

MAY 8, 2023

According to Forrester’s 2023 State Of Customer Obsession Survey, 90% of CEOs indicate their focus on customers guides their brand, product, and pricing strategies – while only 57% of B2C CMOs feel the same. This fundamental misalignment is just one of the […]

B2C 368

B2C Customer Marketing 368

Forrester eCommerce

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Understanding consumer behavior is the underpinning of effective B2C marketing strategies. Some of the best CMOs aren’t only culture-reflectors but culture-makers — both in the brand stories they tell and the brand experiences they create. Simply put, they champion their customers every step of the way.

Consumer 364

Consumer B2C Marketing Customer 364

Groove

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Expect to learn why B2B eCommerce is growing twice as fast as B2C, how BigCommerce is democratizing enterprise-level tools for manufacturers and distributors, and the surprising impact of automation on operational efficiency.

BigCommerce 369

BigCommerce B2B eCommerce B2C 369

Groove

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Unlike in typical B2C retail, these customers often have multiple decision-makers who need to agree on purchases. B2B businesses have to nurture customers through a complex buyer’s journey. There’s usually a longer time between the initial interest phase and the actual sale.

eCommerce Software 306

eCommerce Software B2B eCommerce eCommerce Platforms 306

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

How are retailers in the B2B and B2C space preparing for supply chain disruptions caused by potential tariffs in 2025? Reflections on Tariffs and Trade Disruptions PAN: Since the results of the U.S. election were announced, tariffs have been on every retail and supply chain executives mind. administration.

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Supplies Shipping Costs B2C Channel 289

Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 26, 2024

I’m pleased to announce the publication of The B2C Customer Data Platform Landscape, Q1 2024. Forrester’s landscape research is a valuable resource for marketers to understand and differentiate the range of solutions available to them in a very dynamic market.

B2C 284

B2C Customer Data Marketing Customer 284

Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 15, 2024

Learn the five most common barriers impeding widespread customer adoption of sustainable offerings and how to encourage sustainable behaviors among B2C buyers.

Consumer 259

Consumer B2C Customer Customer Experience 259

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Forrester has published The Forrester Wave™: Customer Data Platforms for B2C, Q3 2024. It’s an exciting moment because this is the very first Forrester Wave evaluation for this category.

Customer Data 243

Customer Data Games B2C Customer 243

Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 3, 2024

Brands are expanding their loyalty budgets: 65% of B2C marketing decision-makers in Forrester’s 2024 Marketing Survey said they were planning to increase their investment in relationship/loyalty marketing in 2024.

B2C 243

B2C Consumer Marketing Customer 243

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2024

The online eyewear retailer, which sells in both B2B and B2C channels and is working with brick-and-mortar retailer U.S.Vision , has categorized approximately 3,000 SKUs since adopting the PIM solution, with more in the pipeline.

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Management B2C B2B Channel 275

Forrester eCommerce

MAY 6, 2024

Welcome back to Forrester’s blog series “50/50,” where we showcase two sides of a B2C marketing issue. This time, we explore how consumers feel about Capital One’s bid to acquire Discover — and how differentiated credit card brands are in the eyes of customers. The main catalyst for this research is Capital One’s announced plan […]

B2C 259

B2C Blog Consumer Customer 259

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For B2C CMOs, 2025 will be less sensationalized and more operationalized. The result? They will step up in the broader business to lead amid a heightened confluence of operation and opportunity.

B2C 221

B2C Operations Technology Marketing 221