60 years of retail

Shopper dynamics, retailer strategies, supplier responses and poster retailers that epitomise each decade of modern retail.
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Bryan Gildenberg
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Chief Knowledge Officer, Retail

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This week we are releasing our 2020+ Retail Predictions for the major transitions we see affecting retail in the early 2020s. As a preview, we’re sharing an infographic that looks back at the retail landscape over the last 60 years to help put the future into perspective. Think of it as the entire history of modern retail in a single view. In this chart we summarized the shopper dynamics, retailer strategies and supplier responses that were the foundation of global retail’s evolution during each of the six decades of modern retail. We also picked five “poster child” retailers — the retailer that embodied the transformation — for each decade . Enjoy the read!

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