GDR’s Innovation Researcher Harriet Cox stepped into high-end CBD retailer The Drug Store’s first brick-and-mortar boutique to see how it merchandises and talks about its "boundary pushing" products. Back in April Kim Khardashian threw a…
For one day only, Puma opened its own East London fitness studio to offer consumers a more experiential and hands-on way to try on its new LQD CELL sneaker through short workouts matched to their mood.…
Innovation researcher Harriet Cox looks at how retailers are using in-store content creation zones to boost social media mentions, build community and extend the reach of their physical stores. Earlier this month I went to take…
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…