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…
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…
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.…
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…
GDR Innovation researcher Charlie Lloyd explores why consumers and marketers no longer view Dry January and Veganuary as negative acts of self-flagellation but as an affirmation of positive lifestyle change. We are nearing the end of…
As the biggest names in retail converged on New York, we pick out the five things that jumped out at us at this year’s NRF 2020 Vision conference. The NRF once again held Retail’s Big Show…
GDR CEO Kate Ancketill revealed "the secrets of persistently brilliant retail" as she returned to the NRF Big Show for the third time on Monday. GDR CEO Kate Ancketill praised the approach of Selfridges, Nike and…
GDR’s CEO Kate Ancketill joined former ASOS head of data science Jedidiah Francis and Satalia CEO Daniel Hulme to discuss Machine Learning in retail as part of the BBC Fireside Chats series. GDR CEO Kate…
With Christmas Day fast approaching GDR’s innovation research team has picked out seven of the best festive campaigns, activations and product launches from the 2019 holiday season. Bloom and Wild Christmas Tree Direct-to-consumer florist Bloom…
GDR met Israeli technology company Sonarax at a recent conference and we were fascinated to hear them talk about their ultrasonic technology and how they plan to - quite literally - make waves in retail. Innovation…