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The C-Series: How brands are innovating in response to Covid-19

14 April 2021 - Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Hospitality, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

During the last twelve months we’ve been publishing the C-Series to explore the impact Covid-19 is having on consumer behaviour; how we live, work, play and shop, and how brands are innovating in response. There is…

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NFTs: what do they mean for retailers and brands?

8 April 2021 - Blockchain, E-commerce, Fourth Industrial Revolution, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Provenance, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology, Value chain

GDR’s head of strategy Eric Coulon explores how NFTs can help retailers and brands move the needle and imagines the next potential developments of the 'token' economy. You’ve probably heard or read about Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)…

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Top 5 lockdown Easter campaigns and product launches

1 April 2021 - brand values, Campaigns, Creative packaging, Customer experience, Hospitality, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

GDR Managing Editor John O’Sullivan picks out his favourite examples of how brands are engaging and delighting consumers during lockdown Easter. For the second year in a row, this weekend’s Easter celebrations will be very different…

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Essential listening: Catch up on In Conversation With …

22 March 2021 - brand values, Customer experience, E-commerce, Fashion, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Hospitality, NRF, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology, Value chain

In Conversation With is a regular series where GDR CEO Kate Ancketill talks to leaders and successful entrepreneurs about what brands and retail operators should be doing right now to make their businesses fit for the…

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C-Series 8: How the pandemic has affected health and wellness innovation

18 March 2021 - brand values, New industries, Retail branding, Retail innovation, Retail trends

In the latest instalment of GDR’s series assessing the ways in which the retail industry has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, innovation strategist Charlie Lloyd explores shifting attitudes towards health and wellness and how brands…

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In Conversation With … Healium’s Sarah Hill

15 March 2021 - Customer experience, Design, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Internet of Things, New industries, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology

For the latest instalment of GDR’s In Conversation With series, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill chatted with Sarah Hill, CEO, founder and chief storyteller of digiceuticals company Healium. [embed]https://vimeo.com/521349019/421926bdb6[/embed] Sarah told Kate about her vision for the…

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C-Series 7: How Covid-19 is changing the role of physical stores, Part 2

4 March 2021 - Customer experience, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

GDR Managing Editor John O’Sullivan explores how the pandemic has accelerated the shift towards hybrid, flexible, experiential physical stores with less traditional retail space. In our last C-Series article we explored how the growth of ecommerce…

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The growth of concierge delivery and come-to-me retail

25 February 2021 - Customer experience, E-commerce, Fashion, Omnichannel retail, Retail innovation, Retail trends

On Wednesday GDR CEO Kate Ancketill discussed the growth of concierge delivery and "come-to-me retail" on BBC Radio Four current affairs show You and Yours.   During lockdown companies like Harpers Concierge and Toshi have been…

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The C-Series 6: How Covid-19 is changing the role of physical stores

18 February 2021 - Customer experience, E-commerce, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

GDR’s Managing Editor John O’Sullivan restarts the C-Series by exploring how the growth of ecommerce and the proliferation of online logistics systems during the pandemic have changed the role of our physical stores. Last year we…

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Edible beauty: five product launches highlighting one of 2021’s hot new trends

11 February 2021 - brand values, Campaigns, Creative packaging, Retail branding, Retail innovation, Retail trends

GDR Innovation Strategist Charlie Lloyd explores some of the food and drink products claiming to have cosmetic benefits. Brands have been moving beyond the purely nutritional benefits of food and drink products for some time; as…

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