The State of Digital Commerce

Big growth means big expectations and a challenging outlook for CMOs.

Ninety percent of marketing leaders are aggressively investing in capabilities to drive digital growth.

The strategic importance of digital commerce continues to grow, and it is set to dominate CMO growth priorities. In our inaugural Gartner Digital Commerce Survey, 86% of surveyed leaders reported that digital commerce will be the most important route to market over the next two years. Chief marketing officers will feel the pressure to sustain performance and deliver incremental results, even as customer preferences and behaviors continue to evolve in the direction of a “hybrid” mix of digital self-service and in-person experiences.

Use The State of Digital Commerce to shape forward-looking plans in terms of go-to-market strategy and execution. See how digital commerce trends and consumer expectation continue to evolve and which investment areas will drive digital commerce growth and online purchase.

You will gain insight into:

  • How changes in consumer behavior are impacting digital commerce trends
  • Which digital commerce investments deliver tangible business results
  • Where organizations are on their digital commerce journey
  • Where CMOs will focus their digital commerce efforts to fill gaps
  • How CMOs are prioritizing their digital commerce investments
  • What digital commerce trends and capabilities are necessary to compete

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    About the Digital Commerce Survey

    The Gartner Digital Commerce Survey captures organizations’ digital commerce performance, maturity and strategic priorities after significant digital acceleration. Gartner surveyed CMOs and marketing leaders to gauge their digital commerce performance, capability maturity and strategic priorities. Use this research in combination with the Gartner Digital Commerce Maturity Model for Marketing to help shape your forward-looking plans, your go-to-market strategy and investment areas to drive digital commerce capability growth.