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Using technology to deliver hyper-personalisation

31 August 2021 - Customer experience, Design, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Omnichannel retail, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology

GDR’s innovation strategist Charlie Lloyd highlights five recent tech innovations that are helping brands to deliver hyper-personalised products to their customers. Technology is enabling brands to offer personalisation to a degree almost unimaginable just a few…

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GDR at NRF NXT: The future of flagship retail

17 August 2021 - Architecture, Customer experience, Design, NRF, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

We’re delighted to announce that GDR CEO and founder Kate Ancketill will be hosting one of the five 'Conversations on the future of Digital Retail' at September’s NRF NXT Webinar Series. Kate will lead a session…

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Building a crowdsourced consensus

30 July 2021 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

GDR’s Managing Editor John O’Sullivan explores how crowdsourcing has matured from a marketing ploy into a valuable product development tool. About five or six years ago “crowdsourcing” was one of the real buzzwords of the brand…

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The Wellness Stretch

1 July 2021 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, Provenance, Retail branding, Retail innovation, Retail trends

GDR’s Managing Editor John O’Sullivan explores the unexpected innovations that are pushing wellness into new products and categories. According to The Global Wellness Institute, the wellness economy is currently valued at just below $5 trillion worldwide,…

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Top 5 smart city of the future innovations

28 May 2021 - Architecture, Design, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

GDR’s Managing Editor John O’Sullivan highlights five game-changing innovations that hint at the possibilities of smart cities. The concept of the tech-powered smart city is something that has been talked about for decades, but the reality…

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GDR visits… Asda’s sustainability trial store

27 May 2021 - brand values, Creative packaging, Customer experience, Design, Manufacturing, Provenance, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, Value chain

Since its opening at the end of last year, we’d been desperate to visit Asda’s Middleton store, the location that serves as the supermarket brand’s testbed for all things sustainability. This week, our innovation strategist Charlie…

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2021 is shaping up to be a big year for augmented reality

29 April 2021 - brand values, Creative packaging, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

As the ground-breaking Ikea Place app gets a big update, GDR’s Managing Editor John O’Sullivan ponders whether augmented reality is set for another breakthrough year in 2021. Augmented reality has been one of the “next big…

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The C-Series: How brands are innovating in response to Covid-19

14 April 2021 - Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Hospitality, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

During the last twelve months we’ve been publishing the C-Series to explore the impact Covid-19 is having on consumer behaviour; how we live, work, play and shop, and how brands are innovating in response. There is…

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In Conversation With … Healium’s Sarah Hill

15 March 2021 - Customer experience, Design, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Internet of Things, New industries, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology

For the latest instalment of GDR’s In Conversation With series, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill chatted with Sarah Hill, CEO, founder and chief storyteller of digiceuticals company Healium. [embed]https://vimeo.com/521349019/421926bdb6[/embed] Sarah told Kate about her vision for the…

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GDR’s key takeaways from NRF 2021

28 January 2021 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Fourth Industrial Revolution, NRF, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

GDR CEO Kate Ancketill picks out what surprised her, and what didn’t, at this year’s new look NRF 2021 Chapter One. This year’s iteration of the world's biggest retail conference, NRF 2021, was like no other…

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