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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Social Suites Mature With New AI Workflows And Expanded Use Cases
Social media has become a critical channel for marketers. It intersects many teams, from social media managers to commerce marketers and care agents. These often siloed teams need technology to help them effectively collaborate and measure the impact of their efforts from one place. Forrester defines social suites as: Platforms that combine multiple social tech […]
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Zero-Party Data: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
As data deprecation makes customer data harder to acquire, zero-party data provides a valuable means for brands to learn more about shoppers, deliver relevant experiences, and convert them from first-time customers into regular shoppers. Learn how to use this data to improve experiences.
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Coca-Cola’s AI-Generated Holiday Ads Approach A Creative Tipping Point
The Coca-Cola Company released three new AI-generated holiday ads inspired by the beverage giant’s classic 1995 “The Holidays Are Coming” commercial. Produced entirely with AI video models such as Runway and Luma Dream Machine, this represents a step forward in photorealism for AI-generated video. Predictably, the commercials have sparked some controversy among creators, who criticize […]
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Meet Forrester’s New Principal Analyst Covering Loyalty Marketing, John Pedini
In 2025, we expect consumer usage of loyalty programs to grow amid declines in overall brand loyalty. Though loyalty programs offer the rewards that price-conscious consumers crave, companies struggle to inspire emotional loyalty across various tactics aimed at improving retention. Marketers need a loyalty strategy that appropriately balances transactional incentives with an understanding of what […]
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Meet Forrester’s New Senior Analyst Covering Marketing Measurement, Brad Haag
According to our most recent CMO Pulse Survey, marketing executives plan to prioritize maturing how they measure marketing effectiveness in 2025. Marketing measurement plays a critical role in helping CMOs defend marketing investments, secure resources for future initiatives, and show that marketing is an engine for growth rather than a cost center. As CMOs look […]
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Choose A Cross-Channel Marketing Hub That Amplifies Your Customer Obsession Strategy
An effective cross-channel marketing hub (CCMH) can position marketing as an indispensable component of an organization’s customer-obsessed growth engine. Think of your CCMH as much more than a campaign management platform. Instead, leverage it for next-gen customer engagement based on compelling, contextually relevant experiences. Forrester defines a CCMH as: Enterprise marketing technology that supports customer data management, […]
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The Top Five Initiatives For B2C CMOs In 2025
CMOs are entering the new year with several critical priorities. Forrester's Q4 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2024 reveals their top five.
Jan. 16: B2C Marketing & CX Predictions Webinar
Join our analysts for a live webinar to explore the impact of our 2025 predictions on your B2C marketing and CX strategy — from customer growth and privacy to loyalty and tech stacks.
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Media Scale And Media Skill Collide In The Full-Funnel Agencies Of The Future
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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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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“AI Responsibly” With GenAI In Martech
Decades ago, the alcohol industry launched its ubiquitous “Drink responsibly” marketing campaign. In 2024, it’s time to “AI responsibly” in marketing technology (martech).
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This Holiday Season, Gift Consumers Compelling Creative
Advertising spend is big during the holiday season, but the key ingredient of persuasive advertising — compelling creative — is scarce.
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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The Brand Safety Industry Is [Redacted]
Relying on outside standards bodies to guide your brand's safety is inadvisable in today's market. Brands must begin charting their own path for brand safety. It’s time for brands to get brand smart. Learn three key hallmarks of a brand smart approach in this preview of a new report.
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Retailers, Reward Loyalty With Value-Based Personalization This Holiday Season
Retailers: understand the fundamentals of value-based personalization in this Forrester blog by analyst Jessica Liu and researcher Cole Walsh.
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Predictions 2025: The Media Industry Resolves 2024’s Unruly Unknowns
Marketers will gain confidence as some lingering media and advertising questions are resolved. But they shouldn’t get too confident or comfortable. Learn what the coming year will hold.
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Predictions 2025: Agencies Jettison Legacy Structures To Form New Agency Types
The coming year will see the rise of something new as existing agency capabilities are recombined and new ones are created. Read a few of our top predictions.
Build An Engine Of Customer Loyalty - And Revenue
Read our report to learn how to build customer loyalty, brand equity, and revenue with a B2C customer-obsessed growth engine.
Podcast
Are We Nearing The End Of The Google Era?
Two major antitrust lawsuits could loosen Google’s grip on online search and advertising. What are the potential implications, and how should brands and advertisers prepare? Senior Analysts Nikhil Lai and Mo Allibhai discuss the cases and the broader shifts ahead for search marketing and advertising on this week’s What It Means episode.
Webinar
Predictions 2025 Webinar: B2C Marketing & Customer Experience
Get ahead of the 2025 shifts in B2C marketing and customer experience trends. Explore our predictions for customer and brand loyalty, genAI, privacy, tech stacks, and more.
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Predictions 2025: A Tale Of Consumer Contradictions
A clash between consumer sentiment and consumer behavior will confound brands in the coming year. Those that succeed will distinguish the noise from the reality.
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