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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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The first GDR Assembly Report – OUT NOW

26 June 2020 - brand values, E-commerce, Fashion, Hospitality, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Provenance, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology, Value chain

The inaugural GDR Assembly Report explores the post-Covid-19 future of business, retail and hospitality using insights from our international, multi-disciplinary panel of experts. Get in touch with rachel@gdruk.com for free access. Covid-19 has been a once…

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Listen to GDR CEO Kate Ancketill on BBC’s The Bottom Line

19 June 2020 - Customer experience, Omnichannel retail, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

Last night GDR CEO Kate Ancketill appeared on Evan Davis’ BBC Radio 4 current affairs show The Bottom Line to discuss consumer habits after lockdown. Kate was joined by Iceland managing director Richard Walker, Jonathan Cole,…

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GDR’s blueprint for physical retail in the Covid era

17 June 2020 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

As non-essential stores across the UK reopened this week after almost three months out of action, we explore the ways that retailers are responding to the new challenges of the social distancing era and what it…

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