All Retail Week 25th Anniversary articles
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Opinion
Comment: What innovations will dominate the next 25 years of retail?
It’s 1988. At a secret location, a team of crack journalists is pulling together the final elements of a new specialist magazine aimed at retailers.
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Gallery
In pictures: Retail Week's 25th Birthday party
Retail Week celebrated its 25th birthday with a party attended by the great and the good of retail at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge. We bring you photos from the event, which was sponsored by BT.
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Opinion
Comment: Retail at top of its game through 25 years of change
In 1988, when Patience Wheatcroft published the first issue of Retail Week, she was confident she had “created a newspaper that a dynamic, innovative and professional industry like retailing deserves”.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: Ted Baker celebrates 25 years in retail
It’s not just Retail Week that turns 25 this year. Fashion retailer Ted Baker also launched in 1988. Tiffany Holland speaks to Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin about the retailer’s journey.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: The stores that transformed the retail landscape
The past 25 years brought constant innovation of stores. John Ryan looks at some of the most groundbreaking formats during the period.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: The changing face of the high street
British retail has been revolutionised in the last 25 years. Laura Heywood looks at some of the most dramatic shifts.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: Two decades of births, marriages and farewells
New arrivals and mega-mergers have shaped the industry, while some well-known names have disappeared.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: Marketing that made an impact
Over the past two decades, effective advertising has become more crucial than ever to retailers. Nick Hughes looks at some of the most iconic campaigns from the past 25 years.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: How have UK retailers fared abroad?
The rise of global consumerism encouraged UK retailers to expand internationally from east to west. Mark Faithfull looks at how they fared.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: The future of retail - what to expect
The last quarter-century brought seismic changes to retail. Sarah Butler asks industry leaders what the next 25 years might hold.
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: Twitter users recount seminal retail moments
To celebrate its 25th birthday, Retail Week asked its Twitter followers to share what they think is the seminal retail moment of the last quarter century. Here’s what they had to say:
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Analysis
Retail Week's 25th anniversary: 25 moments that defined retail
We take a look at some of the landmark moments in retail over the last quarter-century. Do you remember when..?