153: Looking Back To Define The Future

Retail’s history is rich with stories and examples which still have relevance today. Even if you look back to Roman times, there are patterns that are still common in the modern world. So, in this episode of the Retail Transformation Show podcast, join Oliver Banks and discover how you can look, learn and apply some fantastic lessons from the history of retail.

Listen to this episode to discover:

• What an old fashioned umbrella shop can teach us about successful retail.
• Examples of ways that retail hasn’t changed in over 2000 years – beyond the obvious.
• And the 3 aspects that we can take from the history of retail to help define the future of retail.

Further episodes of the Retail Transformation Show to listen to

If you enjoyed this episode of the podcast, there are plenty more to check out. Here are a few episodes to get you started.

Firstly, listen to episode 152: Learning From Retail’s History, featuring retail history expert and consultant, Graham Soult. We looked back in the history books at why retail’s history is so rich and what sort of things to look out for.

Next, check out episode 30: Winning At Omnichannel Retail (part 1) and episode 31: (part 2) with former Tesco deputy CEO, Tim Mason. We touch on some of the recent moments of history in retail – and the key part that Tim played in these.

And finally, listen to episode 145: Overcoming Retail’s Big Contradictions. Here, we uncover the natural points of conflict in retail – such as the repair vs revenue aspect in this episode.