GDR CEO Kate Ancketill recounts her experience drinking non-alcoholic “Euphoric” spirit Kin with our new global client director Rachel Wilkinson at Café Clover in New York and considers what emerging products like this mean for the…
New York-based design agency Gala Magriñá Design designed the cover of the 71st Global Innovation Report, which is currently on its way to our clients. To celebrate that, we spoke to Gala Magriñá to find out…
After a multiple year hiatus 7UP has brought back Fido Dido, the cartoon mascot who was synonymous with the brand in the 1990s. Fido was the star of the show at 7UP’s London pop-up last month,…
GDR Innovation Strategist Dave Dalrymple-Pryde explores connected cashless piggy bank alternative Pigzbe and considers what it says about the future of money. One of the exhibitors at the Unbound innovation festival in London last month…
Last week GDR’s Harriet Cox and Dave Dalrymple-Pryde visited the two-day Unbound innovation festival at London’s Old Truman Brewery. Here are their key takeaways. Unbound bills itself as the “UK's largest and most exciting innovation festival”.…
In the second part of our Circular Thinking series, GDR’s Alex Sbardella talks to Theresa Millard, the driving force behind the Kohler WasteLAB, about her own sustainability epiphany, the value of waste and why she thinks…
In the first article of a two-part series, GDR’s John O’Sullivan highlights the sustainably-focused brands who are turning upcycled waste into products that are useful and, in some cases, even premium. As brands and retailers search…
With the beauty and wellness industries booming, UK high-street pharmacist Boots is getting in on the action with its recently opened 28,524 sq ft flagship concept in London’s Covent Garden. Innovation Researcher Harriet Cox went along…
Sainsbury’s recently opened its Meat-Free Butchers, popping up for three days to serve East Londoners plant-based alternatives to meat and educate them about how best to prepare them. Innovation researcher Charlie Lloyd went down to take…
GDR's James Mullan returned to the NRF Protect stage this time last week to deliver the final keynote at retail's biggest loss prevention and cybercrime conference. Held just outside the parks of Disneyland in Anaheim,…