James Knowles
James Knowles is head of content innovation at Retail Week. He has spent 14 years working across both consumer celebrity and lifestyle magazines and business trade titles. This has included Australia’s longest-running women’s and celebrity title New Idea and fashion business publication Drapers, before joining Retail Week in 2017.
He leads Retail Week’s virtual events strategy and heads up innovation, ensuring the brand’s content output is market-leading when it comes to product format, design and marketing.
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- +44 (0)20 3960 9212
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- james.knowles@retail-week.com
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