Last week GDR attended The FUTR Summit in London (formerly the Millennial 20/20 Conference) to hear industry leaders give their take on future trends in retail, marketing and commerce. Surrounded by alkaline spring water cartons and Drinkfinity…
Having attended the Pure London Ethical Fashion and Transparency exposition last month, GDR’s Hannah Hunt contends that being ethical is no longer a CSR box-ticking exercise, but an opportunity for brands to innovate. The Pure…
More brands than ever seem to be adding their voices to the International Women’s Day conversations this year. GDR's John O’Sullivan runs the rule over the best and the most vilified and ponders what we can…
Last week KFC’s operations in the UK were in meltdown as teething problems with a new delivery service left most of its stores without any chicken. John O’Sullivan explores how the brand used its tone of…
At noon today, Citymapper began trialling Smart Ride, a bus-taxi hybrid that the company hopes will change the way Londoners and other city dwellers travel. We hopped on a free ride to experience Citymapper’s new concept…
Since Whole Foods launched an in-store produce butcher in New York early last year the service has become commonplace in premium supermarkets across North America. GDR’s Hannah Hunt investigates why so many grocers are turning vegetable…
Once again, GDR attended the annual Artificial Intelligence in Business & Entrepreneurship (AIBE) Summit keen to find out about all the latest developments in AI. A recent Justin Timberlake music video had somewhat corrupted our expectations…
GDR Innovation Researchers Chloe Rigogne and Hannah Hunt visited Cadbury’s The Glass & A Half Shop to see how the chocolate brand translated its latest TV ad into the real world. We were fascinated to…
Having soaked up three days of talks, walked some 41,837 steps and accumulated more than 40 business cards at the NRF Big Show in New York, GDR’s James Mullan reflects on the major themes of this…
On the ground with GDR's SVP Global Innovation James Mullan, who rounds up the first day of retail’s biggest conference of the year. Sunday School has never been so interesting. The 107th NRF Big Show…