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…
GDR’s Harriet Cox interrogates the rapidly growing trend of hyper-personalisation based on DNA testing. There’s little more personal than your DNA. In 2019 there’s been a real surge in a new form of hyper-personalisation in which…
GDR CEO Kate Ancketill will be giving the trends keynote at the NRF’s 2020 Vision BIG Show in January. We’re thrilled to announce that GDR CEO Kate Ancketill will be returning to the NRF’s BIG Show…
GDR SVP Global Innovation Alex Sbardella joined Microsoft’s Louise Watkins, Spiritland’s Paul Noble and famed podcaster Elizabeth Day to discuss the future of in-store digital experiences as part of the Shaping the Future by Regent Street…
GDR innovation researcher Babette-Scarlett Schossau explores how brands are taking advantage of the more than 7 million passengers passing through the Seoul subway every day. Public transport is a place in transit. It’s a space that…