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Supporting you during and after the Covid-19 pandemic

27 March 2020 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience, Omnichannel retail, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology

Covid-19 has had an unprecedented effect on the way consumers live, play and shop. We are documenting accelerated trends and behaviours, which are evolving weekly. In response to this international crisis, we are utilising our knowledge…

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The C-Series: How Coronavirus will change the way we shop

20 March 2020 - Customer experience, E-commerce, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Omnichannel retail, Provenance, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology

In The C-Series, GDR will explore the impact Covid-19 will have on consumer behaviour; how we live, work, play and, in this first instalment, how we shop. It’s our job as business futurists to help you…

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LISTEN: Why Laura Ashley must learn from Nike

11 March 2020 - Design, Retail innovation, Retail trends

GDR CEO Kate Ancketill believes struggling British heritage brand Laura Ashley needs to learn from Nike if it wants to turn its fortunes around. Last month the fashion and homewares retailer was forced to secure an…

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Rachel Wilkinson promoted to GDR Managing Director

9 March 2020 - Hospitality

We’re delighted to announce that Rachel Wilkinson has been promoted to Managing Director at GDR Creative Intelligence.  Since joining the company almost a year ago as Global Client Director, Rachel’s dynamism and professionalism has opened doors…

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GDR Coronavirus briefing

6 March 2020 - brand values

As the Coronavirus continues to spread around the world, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill gives her advice to brands and retailers and shares how businesses are adapting and responding to better-serve their customers and employees globally. As…

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LISTEN: How retail has changed in the last two decades

26 February 2020 - Customer experience, Fourth Industrial Revolution, NRF, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology

To coincide with her retail trends keynote at the NRF’s 2020 Vision Conference last month, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill joined the Retail Gets Real podcast to discuss what has changed during her 22 years as a…

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GDR visits … Fujifilm House of Photography

18 February 2020 - Customer experience, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail trends

Japanese camera brand Fujifilm recently opened what it bills as its first ever experience centre, a ‘photography playground’ spanning three floors in London’s Covent Garden. Innovation researcher Charlie Lloyd headed down to the House of Photography…

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8 of the best Valentine’s Day campaigns

14 February 2020 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience

While people around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day today, we pick out the brand-led campaigns and executions that really stood out to us. Valentine’s Day is one of many dates on the increasingly packed brand calendar…

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Video: Watch GDR’s CEO Kate Ancketill discuss the possibilities of Open Banking in retail

5 February 2020 - NRF, Retail innovation, Retail technology

While at the NRF’s 2020 Vision conference in New York last month, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill spoke to Aditya Khurjekar, co-founder and CEO of MEDICI, about how retailers are leveraging the latest technology and Fintech innovations.…

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VIDEO – Watch GDR CEO Kate Ancketill at NRF 2020 Vision

31 January 2020 - Customer experience, E-commerce, Fashion, Fourth Industrial Revolution, NRF, Omnichannel retail, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

Watch the best of the action as GDR CEO Kate Ancketill gave the retail trends keynote at the NRF’s 2020 Vision conference in New York. Earlier this month GDR CEO Kate Ancketill returned to the NRF’s…

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