GDR’s Matilde Ricon-Peres and Harriet Cox visited TechDay London late last month to find out about some of Europe’s most exciting digital start-ups. TechDay London offers a platform for start-ups from across Europe to pitch…
On the opening day of London’s newest shopping destination, GDR’s Charlie Lloyd went along to experience the Heatherwick Studio-designed space, which houses a variety of brands and eateries in renovated Victorian industrial buildings. The redevelopment…
As UK department store Debenhams announces it will be closing 50 stores, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill discusses the challenges facing physical retail GDR CEO Kate Ancketill has called on traditional retailers to be brave enough…
GDR’s Babette-Scarlett Schossau paid Amazon 4-star in New York’s SoHo a visit to run the rule over the company's latest incursion into bricks-and-mortar retail. Amazon’s latest retail concept is a physical manifestation of its website and…
GDR’s John O’Sullivan explores the next generation of ultra-convenient retail formats that customers will be able to summon on-demand During the last five years mobile-powered brands like Uber, Deliveroo, Amazon and Domino’s have normalised the idea…
Peloton, the cult cycling-based fitness craze from the US, has arrived in London for a three-week immersive pop-up event. Innovation researchers Matilde Ricon Peres and Harriet Cox went along to Peloton House to give it a…
GDR’s Dave Dalrymple-Pryde extracts some core principles from immersive content pioneer Jessica Brillhart’s keynote at the London Design Festival. Jessica Brillhart, formerly principal filmmaker for VR at Google and founder of immersive content production company…
GDR’s Harriet Cox reveals what she learned from Gensler’s Retail Leader Lara Marrero at this week’s London Design Festival "Customer expectation is at an all-time high. They have a voice and they are not afraid…
Bill Grimsey partners with retail trends and strategy consultancy GDR Creative Intelligence to drive home his vision of how to save the British high street We’re delighted to announce that we've joined forces with retail veteran…
GDR’s John O’Sullivan explains why Nike’s divisive new campaign was neither brave, nor stupid, but in fact incredibly calculating Arguably the biggest and certainly the most divisive story in retail this week is Nike’s decision to…