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Join us for the GDR Foresight Festival 2020

4 September 2020 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Hospitality, Manufacturing, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

GDR Foresight Festival 2020: 28th September - 2nd October 2020 (Daily Lunch & Learn Sessions 12:00 to 13:30 GMT)   In the last 6 months, we’ve witnessed a time of unprecedented change, transformation and innovation on a…

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“It’s time to totally change the way our town centres work”

21 August 2020 - Architecture, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

GDR CEO Kate Ancketill joined BBC Radio 4 current affairs show You and Yours to talk about shopping centres of the future. Discussing the proposed £400 million redevelopment of the Nicholsons Shopping Centre in Maidenhead by…

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“Covid-19 is a fire drill for the big climate fight ahead”

17 August 2020 - brand values, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Hospitality, Omnichannel retail, Provenance, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, Value chain

In the fourth episode of The GDR Assembly Interview series, GDR’s head of strategy Eric Coulon talks to Pippa Corry, the founder of Philo & Co, who mentors leading creative agencies and FMCG brands to show…

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In Conversation With … Corkage

10 August 2020 - Customer experience, Hospitality, Provenance, Retail branding, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

In the third episode of our In Conversation With series, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill talks to restaurateurs Marty Grant and Richard Knighting, who run the awarding-winning independent Corkage restaurants in the English city of Bath.   [embed]https://soundcloud.com/user-22128721/in-conversation-with-corkage[/embed] Marty…

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Behind the mask: how brands are responding to the ubiquity of the face mask

6 August 2020 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, Fashion, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail trends, Value chain

GDR Innovation Strategist Charlie Lloyd explores how brands are creating face masks with unique functionalities and designs to support their communities during the Covid-era. Few things have become as ubiquitous so quickly as the face mask.…

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In Conversation With … Arnaud Champenois

30 July 2020 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, Hospitality, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Sustainability

In the second episode of our In Conversation With series, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill talks to SVP global head of brand, marketing and communications at LVMH-owned luxury travel group Belmond, Arnaud Champenois, who has formerly worked…

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GDR puts Loop’s zero-waste ecosystem to the test

23 July 2020 - brand values, Creative packaging, E-commerce, Retail innovation, Sustainability

GDR head of strategy Eric Coulon assesses the strengths and weaknesses of zero-waste FMCG ecosystem Loop after its long-awaited arrival in the UK. Zero-waste ecosystem Loop, which we covered in May last year when it launched…

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How brands can contribute to meaningful change

9 July 2020 - brand values, Campaigns, Retail innovation, Retail trends, Sustainability

GDR’s Innovation Strategist Charlie Lloyd discusses why brands showing their support to inclusivity movements need to do more than just talk the talk. The killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed it across America…

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Download our E-commerce in Lockdown report

8 July 2020 - Customer experience, E-commerce, Omnichannel retail, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology

GDR’s business futurists have partnered with e-commerce software company xSellco to create an exclusive report analysing consumer spending and innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Download it here. Combining xSellco’s global online data from mass market e-commerce…

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In Conversation with … Bill Grimsey

2 July 2020 - brand values, Customer experience, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

We’re delighted to share with you the first episode of our new series In Conversation With, where GDR CEO Kate Ancketill is joined by the former CEO of Wickes, Iceland and Focus DIY, and the author…

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