For 15 years, Retail Gazette has served proudly as the industry’s trusted voice. We’ve dedicated ourselves to reporting the biggest and most significant events as they’ve happened. If a store opened, we covered it. If a CEO moved, we tracked it. 

But the industry we cover today bears little resemblance to the one we started in. Retail is more complex and nuanced than ever before. As such, it’s never been more essential that its technical disciplines, and the specialisms that hold the industry together, are as optimised and agile as possible. 

The supply chain, clean and honed data, the vast efficacy of strategic media, the role of bricks and mortar stores and the ever-growing behemoth of ecommerce are all constantly being reshaped and revitalised in innumerable different ways.  

Treating these distinct, high-stakes functions as a single amalgamation of ‘general news’ no longer serves you, our readers, in the best way.  

The modern retail leader needs more than a record of events. They need to understand what’s happening and why it’s happening, including the commercial mechanics of why it matters. They need analysis, industry voices, case studies and real-life trial and error.  

So, we’re introducing our new identity.  

To serve this new reality, we are evolving. We’re retiring the “Gazette” from our public identity. 

Why? Because a “Gazette” is a throwback to a time that we truly believe has passed. It suggests we just watch from the sidelines, which we have no intention of doing. If you’re in the thick of it, we’re right there with you.  

Retail Gazette is becoming RG.

Far from simply a new lick of paint, our new developments hit right to the heart of who we are and what we do. Here’s a bit more about what that will mean for you.

The foundation remains a part of who we are

We’ll continue to be the UK’s most-read daily retail news source. And yes, we’ll do it at no cost to you. The breaking news, the morning briefing, and the ‘pulse’ of the industry remain the foundation of our work. The name Retail Gazette remains our heritage and our masthead for daily reporting.

A new blueprint leads the way forward 

Under the new identity as RG, we’re launching specialist intelligence networks. That sounds technical, but what it means in real terms is that we’re delving deeper into the critical functions that drive enterprise value.

Those are marketing, supply chain, ecommerce, bricks and mortar retail, your customers and retail-centric HR.

From observer to strategist 

For you, our valuable readers, this represents a shift in how much value we can deliver for you.

It means the contact you’ll receive from us offers more than just surface-level news. It means we’ll offer true clarity, authoritative guidance, deep data, and the competitive advantage you need to gain ground.

You’ll see these changes represented in the visual identity of our site, our newsletters, the colours we use and, often, the language that we use, too.

The new promise 

All of this change comes with a promise, from us to you. Everything you read, everything you listen to or watch, all of our output, will adhere to our high standards. It’ll be valuable and of quality. That means less volume, more value.

You can expect to see this deeper analysis arrive through brand new content, our honed events portfolio, and new networks that help the UK’s retail leaders make better decisions.

Welcome to the new standard.

-From the team at RG.

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