Forrester’s
Consumer Forum 2009 is fast approaching — October
27 and 28 in Chicago.
The theme of this year's Forum is research and industry case studies regarding how evolving
consumer online behavior demands that firms step up efforts to engage them. The great
executives listed below will share their companies' best practices for creating breakthrough
multichannel relationships.

Our keynotes this year are from leading consumer powerhouse companies across the landscape of travel, software, retail, and finance sectors:

[Posted by Nate Elliott. Follow me on twitter.]

British newspaper the Guardian developed two interactive graphics to help understand what actually hit us in the past year, and what stage of the recession different countries are currently in.

The first interactive graphic shows the timeline of the recession, and gives insight into the main events in the different regions of the world.

The second graphic shows the recession phase the selected countries are in, and why:

[Posted by Reineke Reitsma]

Companies are trying to get in touch and have a conversation with their customers through social networks, but customers' interaction with companies are mostly driven by promotions or personal gain. Data from our North American Technographics online survey shows that the majority of consumers reached out to companies to enter a sweepstake of to register for a promotion. .