In the first of a two part series, PC Retail editor Andrew Wooden looks back on 2008, its big stories and the events that shaped the channel.

Today, he looks at the first six months of the year; months that saw Dell enter retail in the UK, Blu-ray win the format war, Best Buy announce their plans to invade the UK and and Europe and much, much more.

To read the definitive review of 2008, click here.