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  <body-uk-formatted>As the importance of digital media in influencing and supporting purchase increases, companies face many new management challenges to integrate E-commerce and digital marketing into their marketing activities.
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This interview and survey-based research report assesses for a range of medium to large UK organisations:
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Common issues and challenges faced by managers responsible for digital marketing&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Different strategies and best practice approaches to meet these challenges&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Practical solutions to these challenges&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;A typical stage model of development in E-commerce capability&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;/ul&gt;

Two signifcant outputs included in the full report are:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A 5 stage capability maturity model for E-commerce has been defined which enables organisations to benchmark their E-commerce capability with other organisations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;20 best practice recommendations have been identified with detailed checklists of approaches to consider&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

Other key questions answered include:
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&lt;li&gt;How important is E-commerce as a channel now, and in 5 years?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the potential for capability improvements?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How is E-commerce organisationally located and controlled?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How should you structure an digital marketing team?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How do companies plan for E-commerce?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What are the biggest challenges facing E-commerce managers?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How much do companies spend on E-commerce as a % of their marcomms budgets?&lt;/li&gt;
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This interview and survey-based research report assesses for a range of medium to large UK organisations:
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&lt;ListItem&gt;Different strategies and best practice approaches to meet these challenges&lt;/ListItem&gt; 
&lt;ListItem&gt;Practical solutions to these challenges&lt;/ListItem&gt; 
&lt;ListItem&gt;A typical stage model of development in E-commerce capability&lt;/ListItem&gt; 
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Two signifcant outputs included in the full report are:
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&lt;ListItem&gt;A 5 stage capability maturity model for E-commerce has been defined which enables organisations to benchmark their E-commerce capability with other organisations&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;20 best practice recommendations have been identified with detailed checklists of approaches to consider&lt;/ListItem&gt;
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Other key questions answered include:
&lt;List&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;How important is E-commerce as a channel now, and in 5 years?&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;What is the potential for capability improvements?&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;How is E-commerce organisationally located and controlled?&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;How should you structure an digital marketing team?&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;How do companies plan for E-commerce?&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;What are the biggest challenges facing E-commerce managers?&lt;/ListItem&gt;
&lt;ListItem&gt;How much do companies spend on E-commerce as a % of their marcomms budgets?&lt;/ListItem&gt;
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  <extract-formatted>&lt;p&gt;(NOTE: this report now updated and titled "Managing Digital Channels"). Econsultancy's original, and ground-breaking, research and best practice recommendations into how to manage, and integrate, digital marketing within an organisation. &lt;/p&gt;</extract-formatted>
  <extract-unformatted>(NOTE: this report now updated and titled "Managing Digital Channels"). Econsultancy's original, and ground-breaking, research and best practice recommendations into how to manage, and integrate, digital marketing within an organisation. </extract-unformatted>
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