Members of the Henley Centre for Customer Management requested a report on the status
of multichannel marketing. The focus of the research examines best practice examples from
the United States and a detailed review of the field. The research was conducted over the
summer of 2012 and identified over 240 quality articles for inclusion in the review. Using
systematic review methodology a number of key themes and respective indicators emerged
from the field. Results of the study identified common multichannel platforms, tools that
assist management in determining high-quality multichannel decisions, features of consumer
behaviour, successful investment decision-making processes, channel optimisation and a
review of consumer expectations of a multichannel marketing world
