Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Speed, Options, And Transparency Should Guide Holiday-Season Planning Retailers, get ahead of the holiday-season chaos and prepare your order management processes. Guide your holiday logistics planning around: 1) speed; 2) fulfillment options; and 3) transparency to create seamless and stellar experiences for your customers.

Customer Experience 370

Customer Experience Management Customer Fulfillment 370

lateshipment

APRIL 28, 2024

From brick-and-mortar to e-commerce, businesses have been running successfully all these years by building their foundation on just a question — “What do customers want?” So, coming back to the question, “ What do customers want?” The Need To Focus On CX In Today's Business Landscape Customer demands are never the same.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience eCommerce Customer Merchant Services 130

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Customer experience and employee experience live in two different acronyms, CX and EX. A recent Forrester survey report found that companies that provide connected experiences between CX and EX report dramatic benefits around innovation, cost reduction, revenue growth, customer experience and digital transformation.

Customer Experience 273

Customer Experience Customer Channel Omnichannel 273

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

This experience gives brands the ability to give their customers all the benefits of in-person shopping from the comfort of their own homes. These effects allow customers to superimpose a product — whether it’s shoes, eyewear or makeup — on themselves through their front-facing mobile phone camera. What does that mean?

Customer Experience 310

Customer Experience Customer Clothing Gifts 310

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

When customers place ecommerce orders, the last thing they want is an unhappy surprise. The letdown customers experience when their orders don’t arrive on time, or at all, results in uncertainty and distrust that’s difficult — if not impossible — to remedy. In other instances, customers might expect an upgrade for their trouble.

Shipping Costs 238

Shipping Costs Customer Experience Supplies Improvements 238

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

At a time when brand interactions bridge both digital and physical shopping, it is increasingly important for retailers to leverage technology to improve customer experiences and create value. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value.

Customer Experience 307

Customer Experience Technology Customer Fulfillment 307

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

Companies looking to successfully manage a workforce responsible for performing home maintenance, appliance installation and repairs, critical electric or plumbing work — or overseeing short-cycle construction projects — need a strategy to overcome the challenges of building a candidate pipeline to ensure full staffing.

Customer Experience 325

Customer Experience Customer Travel Technology 325

Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 29, 2021

Even before the pandemic organizations, across industries, have been grappling with how to manage customer experiences across physical and digital touchpoints.

Customer Experience 285

Customer Experience Customer Management Retail 285

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Throughout my career as a customer experience (CX) practitioner, I’ve seen brands make the same mistake time and again by believing that metrics alone improve customer experiences and loyalty. Too many organizations are content with merely managing their experiences and setting better metrics as their only North Star.

Customer Experience 295

Customer Experience Customer Social Media Presentation 295

lateshipment

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In order for businesses to thrive in today’s highly competitive eCommerce landscape, owning and crafting a stellar delivery experience has become essential, hence the pressing need for Delivery Experience Management (DEM). However, it is the post-purchase experience that is often a weak link. Consider this.

Customer Experience 260

Customer Experience Management Shipping Costs Customer 260

Forrester eCommerce

MAY 26, 2022

It’s easy to conflate real-time interaction management (RTIM) with personalization tactics, but it goes far deeper. Forrester defines RTIM as: Enterprise marketing technology that delivers contextually relevant experiences, value, and utility at the appropriate moment in the customer lifecycle via preferred customer touchpoints.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Management Customer Technology 195

Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 16, 2020

Read the three essentials of customer experience that every organization should prioritize during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Customer Experience 545

Customer Experience Customer Improvements Management 545

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In 2022, brands will look to customer experience teams to help them navigate their way through the pandemic. Find out more.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Customer Management 195

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

The Home Depot has tapped two technology veterans for high-level positions, naming of Matt Carey as EVP of Customer Experience, a newly created role, and Fahim Siddiqui as EVP and CIO. Before that Carey worked for 20 years at Walmart with roles including SVP and CTO. “In

Customer Experience 265

Customer Experience Customer Supplies Technology 265

Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 7, 2022

It’s 2022 but there are still an alarming number of companies that focus on everything but customer experience. Let's look at the systemic issues behind this lack of focus.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Customer Management 195

Forrester eCommerce

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Now think of this relationship in terms of your experiences with brands. Do those experiences feel invisible and immersive? Imagine having a butler who anticipates and serves your needs. In Gotham City, Alfred ensures Batman’s utility belt is always stocked.

Management 426

Management Customer Customer Experience B2C 426

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 22, 2020

I’ve always enjoyed Forrester events, both as a customer more than a decade ago, as an analyst presenting, and as a research director acting as MC. One of the things I was most looking forwards to in 2020 as I returned to focus on our European consumer research was CX EMEA. It’s a chance to […].

Customer Experience 301

Customer Experience Customer Presentation Events 301

lateshipment

AUGUST 1, 2022

In the always-on retail environment, the convenience of a seamless experience is the key to winning more customers. According to Linnworks research , over 80% of shoppers are looking for a frictionless, cross-device ecommerce experience. and automation helps ensure these tasks are managed in an efficient manner.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Payment Services Customer Shipping Costs 147

Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

I didn’t want to leave 2018 without noting a milestone for all of us here at Forrester who cover customer experience. It was 20 years ago, all the way back in September of 1998, when we inaugurated our customer experience research by publishing our first report about CX.

Customer Experience 401

Customer Experience Customer Web Design Management 401

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

During a peak holiday shopping period in November 2021, bad bot traffic increased by 73%, negatively impacting customers’ online experiences in the process. For retailers, inventory hoarding by bad bots has become a critical challenge to manage during the holiday shopping season.

Customer Experience 262

Customer Experience Customer Gifts Management 262

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Weak Government CX Harms Mission Performance As customer expectations keep rising, governments around the world struggle to improve customer experience (CX).

Customer Experience 390

Customer Experience Improvements Customer Management 390

Forrester eCommerce

JULY 15, 2019

Modest Gains Amidst Stagnation Give Canadian CX Its Best Year Yet Forrester’s 2019 Canada Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) reveals that the overall quality of the Canadian customer experience rose by 1.2 points, to 67.2.

Customer Experience 332

Customer Experience Customer Management 332

Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 9, 2022

Forrester’s Customer Experience Benchmark Survey, Canada Consumers, 2022, reveals that CX quality in Canada has slipped in 2022 following several years of stability.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Customer Consumer Customer Loyalty 195

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2023

As a result, customer flow management is more important than ever as leaders seek to empower the customer, improve the employee experience and collect actionable data to potentially scale their business. Three years later, customers would rather not spend time in such close proximity to others if they can help it.

Improvements 266

Improvements Management Customer Banking 266

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

How can companies deliver personalized ads at scale, search for new customers and conquer new markets, launch effective marketing campaigns and optimize products and brand experience? In short, how can businesses connect with their customers? I will share a customer case example that answers these questions.

POS 230

POS Customer Experience Customer Technology 230

Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Build The Case For A Customer Success Management Program Now Business leaders recognize that there is great value in retaining their best customers. Forrester’s research bears this out: devoted customers pay price premiums, buy additional services, and help attract other good customers.

Management 350

Management Customer Customer Experience Other 350

GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Your merchandising team can now create and execute unrivaled customer experiences with an easy to use drag-and-drop page builder while leveraging the power of EP Product Experience Manager (PXM) to create unlimited catalogs & pricebooks across touchpoints. Heard it all before? With Builder.io Using Builder.io

Customer Experience 218

Customer Experience Customer Demo Games 218

Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 6, 2022

Forrester’s Customer Experience Benchmark Survey, US Consumers, 2022, reveals that CX quality in the US has fallen back to early-2020 levels, reversing gains made in 2021.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Customer Consumer Customer Loyalty 195

Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 16, 2023

The Canada CX Index 2023 shows brands backsliding on performance. Read about the results and meet two brands that beat the odds and improved their CX Index scores in a tough year.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience Customer Improvements Customer Loyalty 195

Kibo

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Over the years, small and mid-sized retailers have made great strides competing against ecommerce behemoths by implementing strategies that have allowed them to offer the same customer experience and fast delivery as the Amazons and Walmarts of the world. Communication between the customer and the store has been a huge challenge.

Customer Experience 118

Customer Experience Management Customer Fulfillment 118

365 Retail

MAY 8, 2024

Frasers Group is embarking on a transformative journey to overhaul its digital landscape, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and the ecommerce experience for customers. The advanced platform will streamline operations such as inventory allocation, stock management, and product tracking.

Customer Experience 62

Customer Experience Customer Arts Customer Data 62

iVend

JANUARY 13, 2022

iVend Retail Management Suite iVend’s retail technology helps retailers in returns management. Returns Management: Returns drives sales and satisfaction Returns management is an integral part of the overall customer experience and your returns policy is therefore an important element.

Customer Experience 98

Customer Experience Management Customer POS 98

Forrester eCommerce

MAY 21, 2019

Employee engagement is critical for customer experience.

Customer Experience 412

Customer Experience Customer Management 412

Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 20, 2023

Fully 69% of global voice-of-the-customer (VoC) and CX measurement leaders use a customer feedback management (CFM) tool, according Forrester’s 2022 global study of these leaders. That’s about the same number as the 70% who told us that their organization believes that the VoC/CX program is vital to its continued success.

Management 195

Management Technology Customer Customer Experience 195

Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

When my B2B clients on Forrester’s Customer Experience (CX) Council first start considering a customer success management (CSM) program to boost their retention and enrichment, I often hear that initial flash of concern: How do I scale the same CSM practices across my entire book of business?

Management 377

Management Customer B2B Books 377