CMO: Leadership and innovation

The 2011 IBM Global Chief Marketing Officer Study,Register now to access the study and receive the Australian and New Zealand perspective

What are the key trends that impact marketing today and have the potential to transform the discipline? How are marketing executives responding to the increasing influence of social media, big data and the escalating demands of more knowledgeable, empowered customers? How are they managing the digital transformation that is changing the way people communicate and interact?

To find out, IBM sought the perspectives of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) from around the world. We conducted more than 1,700 in-depth, face-to-face interviews with CMOs from companies of various sizes, across a wide range of industries and regions.

Our findings will be revealed in the inaugural IBM Global CMO Study, to be published in October 2011. This study, the largest of its type ever undertaken, will become the latest addition to IBM's premier C-suite Studies series, a comprehensive collection of thought leadership across the C-suite.

To be among the first to find out what challenges and opportunities are confronting today's Chief Marketing Officers and how they are responding, register to receive the study on launch day.

The future of retail: How Australian retailers can compete

In this series of videos. Andy Nicholas discusses the current exposure of Australian retailers to offshore, online competitors but also addresses their opportunity, the lessons learned from North America, and provides the vision for seamless cross channel retailing.

  • Andreas Nicholas

    What lessons have been learned in North America in cross-channel retailing that can help Australian retailers

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    • Andreas Nicholas

      What are some of the measured benefits that retailers have realised from implementing multi-channel approaches in your experience?


    • Andreas Nicholas

      How would you recommend an Australian business start out on the journey of multi channel retailing?


    • Andreas Nicholas

      What is Smarter Commerce and how has IBM built it's capabilities in this area in the last year?


    • Andreas Nicholas

      What factors have brought the current challenge to Australian retailers
      What approaches can they use to compete with online, offshore competitors?




Brian Fetherstonhaugh

  • Chairman and CEO of OgilvyOne Worldwide
    The CMO and the Social Commerce Challenge


The emerging role of the CMO

  • Yuchun Lee
    Vice President of Enterprise Marketing Management Group, IBM


The Voice of the Chief Marketing Officer from the Argyle Executive Forum

  • markcmo

    Over the last few weeks, I’ve attended four breakfasts, a dinner, and several one-on-one briefings with CMOs to discuss the findings of our global CMO study. I’ve had a great time talking to my marketing peers as it’s been a rare opportunity to step back from the day-to-day and gauge where others are at – and where we are at compared to the market.
    Back at my desk, I’ve had a chance to reflect on the many conversations I’ve had and it’s fair to say there’s a lot of agreement with the study from the other marketers – people understand and viscerally agree with what’s being said and recognise the challenges....