1987
Chief Executive: Michael Richardson
Editor: Ian Allan
Editorial: Barry Flanagan (a former finance journalist who joined in November)
The Black Monday Stock Market crash of October 19, 1987 put a major damper on what was...
1985
Chief Executive: Eric Stephens
Editor: Michael Hollingworth
One of the most controversial wholesaler moves of the 80's was the decision of Victoria's Composite Buyers in April 1986 to acquire the Payless - Permewan business...
1984
Chief Executive: Eric Stephens
Editor: Christopher Speary
In August 1984, Davids moved quickly to acquire the wholesaling operations of Foodland Holdings from Cold Storage, following that with a successful bid for the RG Withers...
Politics of Growth
The politics of high-powered acquisitions and high-powered technology dominated Retail World headlines in the 1980's.
The decade's opening year saw the advent of technology hailed in the later years as rge...
The 1970's was a busy time for FMCG, with many retailer milestones reached during the decade, and considerable industrial unrest affecting the sector in the later years .
The 1970s marked many changes...
THE TAKEOVERS CONTINUE
The 1960s was a decade of takeovers and mergers, not only in the industry, but at Retail World.
In October 1960, Retail Week announced the appointment of well-known newspaperman Don Myles...
An era of consolidation
The 1950's marked a decade of grocery expansion with the evolution of self-service retailing and the consolidation of banner groups.
By the mid-1950s, Retail Week was beginning to gain popularity...
The story of Retail World, originally known as Retail Week, began on September 5, 1947, when the first issue was released. The Sydney-based publication operated as a locally focused weekly trade newspaper...
