Voice of the Industry: Digital Survey Insights 2024

March 2025

Euromonitor International’s Voice of the Industry: Digital Survey includes input from industry professionals working across sectors to understand how digital technology is reshaping commerce. The report discusses the impact of key technologies on businesses over the foreseeable future, planned investments and the initiatives driving these investments. We explore barriers hindering digital effectiveness for companies, and commerce-based applications expected in the future.

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Key findings

Firms prioritise high-impact technologies at scale

Firms are prioritising high-impact technologies such as AI, cloud and automation to achieve immediate efficiency and competitive advantage. While generative AI fever overshadows interest in other technologies, companies are cautiously exploring other emerging innovations, with many at risk of losing investor interest if ripe for disruption.

Digital engagement and personalisation drive experience enhancement

Digital engagement and personalised experiences remain key drivers shaping digital commerce development. These priorities continue to lead businesses to shift focus from infrastructure integration to experience enhancement. However, greater tech integration in processes and consumer facing interactions is also requiring measures around data privacy.

Wider adoption of AI will lead to a greater need for cloud computing

Cloud computing will continue to be the backbone of digital transformation. In the coming years, cloud investments will transition from infrastructure support to becoming critical components of enhanced consumer analytics, operational agility and rapid innovation cycles to deploy advanced technologies such as AI at scale.

Decentralised platforms to see greater use cases, while transition remains slow

The rapid development of AI solutions for business and consumers will strengthen use cases for blockchain and Web 3.0 applications. With growth of decentralised cloud storage and decentralised apps, new business models will gain traction. However, the transition to Web 3.0 platforms will remain limited among certain industries and consumer segments.

Alignment of digital investments with operational and strategic needs is key

To stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses must align their digital investments with operational needs, explore pilot projects and forge strategic partnerships that position them for long-term success. Successful integration will optimise operations and future-proof business models in an AI-driven economy.

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Key findings
Businesses ramp up digital transformation efforts, despite a rough economic climate
Digital engagement remains the cornerstone of digital commerce development
Rising impact of traditional AI and generative AI overshadows other technologies
Democratisation of AI will continue to reshape businesses
Tech investments shift from hardware driven automation to software defined AI solutions
Tech enthusiasm reflects in over promise for planned investments
The Voice of the Industry: Digital Survey highlights six technologies
Generative AI empowers consumer insights and task automation
Budget and risk management constraints stand as biggest challenges in Gen AI adoption
AR/VR paves the way for immersive commerce, but growth is restrained and niche
Blockchain to play key role in privacy centric digital solutions and fraud prevention
Development in decentralised cloud storage and DApps pave way for Web 3.0
Data gathering and performance optimisation to be key area of impact for IoT
Cloud to support greater personalisation and faster innovation over the next 5 years
Digital investments to accelerate in 2025, while clear ROI remains a priority
Opportunities for growth
Evolution of AI-driven digital commerce
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