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Like many local manufacturing companies in the Thames Gateway, Barking based picture frame manufacturer, Frames Direct, have recently undergone some turbulent times. A few years ago, the company's outlook was not looking too optimistic; increasing competition from emerging economies such as China, and the growing popularity of out-of-town shopping meant that the company's traditional client base, high street shops, was declining, and so was the company's future. The company even ventured onto the web to try and reverse the their fortune; however the initial results were not great and the company did not really fully understand how they could harness the potential of the Internet into their business model.
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