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Forrester estimates that US total retail sales (excluding auto and gas) will reach a record high of $5.0 trillion in 2024, despite inflationary pressures and high interest rates. US retailers focused on essential goods continue to experience growth, while those specializing in discretionary and high-ticket items are seeing sales decline. In this webinar, we discuss the trends in US retail sales growth, the shifts in market share, and the retailers’ sales and profit performance.
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This report provides a forecast for US total retail sales and online retail sales for 30 product categories, with historical data going back to 1998.
This report looks at the performance of the top 67 US retailers with a sector-by-sector snapshot, showing retail sales grew 3.3% in 2023.
In this webinar we will look at the state of IT sustainability survey Forrester conducted at the end of 2024 looking at the buyer and spending behavior for sustainability initiatives for 2025. We will take a closer look at the most impactful initiatives on sustainability enterprise leaders told us they undertook in the past year how investments will look like for 2025 the key capabilities for sustainability management software solutions that enterprise leaders sort and the services capabilities that were most asked for in the market.Key takeaways: Buyer trends for sustainability management softwareServices partnerships enterprises seekMost impactful IT decarbonization efforts by organizationsTarget audience level: all levels
In volatile times, marketing, customer experience, and digital leaders in consumer-facing businesses can’t let shifting winds and heavy currents push their business off course. Instead, these business leaders must keep a cool head, resist knee-jerk reactions, and fine-tune strategies precisely and creatively to adapt to only the meaningful and substantial changes in the market and business environment.Key takeaways: Recommit to - and invest in - growing customer obsession maturity across the organization.Reaffirm your brand, customers, and priorities to then take bold, not rash, steps: implementing “always on” scenario planning, staying creative, and communicating brilliantly.Master change management to keep your team energized and focused on delivering quality customer experiences.Ratchet up management of the risks in your control.Target audience level: beginner and intermediate
B2C business leaders in the US are hungry for business growth in the double digits again. Yet today’s volatile markets and consumer purchase decisions are impacting this growth more than ever. The future of commerce requires a more distributed, dynamic, and intelligent approach.Key takeaways: Understand the factors and dynamics impacting B2C purchase behaviors in the US.Learn about common challenges that B2C business leaders face in creating commerce moments that drive business growth.Dive deep into three different strategies for commerce growth — distributed, dynamic, and intelligent.Discover what you can do as a business leader to embark on the strategies that make sense for your business.Target audience level: intermediate
Anyone who sells software or digital goods online and wants to grow through globalization will at least consider a third-party Merchant Of Record model. Merchant of Record (MOR) solutions have existed for decades, but the industry has made headlines recently with some notable departures: Digital River, a former heavyweight in the market, is closing up shop, and a relative newcomer in the category, Lemon Squeezy, was acquired by payments heavyweight Stripe, which, per its founder, will “scale Merchant Of Record selling in a big way.”In this webinar, Forrester analyst Lily Varon is joined by a panel of CEOs from three major players in the MOR solution space: David Nachman, CEO of FastSpring; Jimmy Fitzgerald, CEO of Paddle; and Wendi Sturgis, Board Advisor and Former CEO of Cleverbridge. Key takeaways: Understand what is really going on with the Merchant Of Record market right now.Learn how to avoid common pitfalls of MOR selling.Discover the best ways for digital leaders to prepare for the future of MOR selling.Target audience level: all levels
The increasing prevalence of deepfakes in digital, online interactions has become a serious problem. They can wreak havoc on organizations by causing fraud losses, compliance issues, and reputational damage. But while deepfakes are getting harder to detect, there’s hope for organizations to manage and defeat them. Join Forrester for this webinar discussing protecting your organization from deepfakes and find out what works —and what doesn’t.Key takeaways: Discover why deepfakes are problematic in digital business.Understand why deepfakes are hard to fight.Learn how your organization can get started.Discover what vendors are doing.Target audience level: beginner and intermediate
The most recent Forrester Wave evaluation of order management system (OMS) vendors uncovered a story of evolution —on the part of both the vendors and the brands and retailers that use them. Learn how businesses are leveraging these tools to optimize inventory, fulfillment, and digital operations.Key takeaways: OMS rip-and-replace projects are rarer than ever; learn how digital businesses are making these changes.Target audience level: all levels