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These Boots are made for wellbeing: high-street pharmacy concept bets on beauty and wellness

3 July 2019 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology

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…

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GDR visits … Sainsbury’s Meat-Free Butchers

26 June 2019 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, Retail innovation, Retail trends, Sustainability

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…

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Leveraging new talent to create unique retail spaces

16 May 2019 - Customer experience, Design, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail trends

GDR’s John O’Sullivan explores the experiential spaces that are constantly evolving to keep customers coming back for more. During the last six months we’ve noticed a real spike in the number of new multi-brand retail stores…

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The buzz around natural beauty: Burt’s Bees London pop-up

22 February 2019 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, Retail design, Sustainability

US personal care brand Burt’s Bees has launched a three week pop-up store in London’s Covent Garden to promote its new colour cosmetics range. Innovation researchers Harriet Cox and Charlie Lloyd went down to check it…

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GDR visits … Showfields

1 February 2019 - Customer experience, Design, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, technology

The shop window at multi-brand New York concept store Showfields proclaims it to be “The most interesting store in the world”. GDR SVP Global Innovation Alex Sbardella dropped in when he was in town to put…

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GDR visits … H&M’s Hammersmith concept store

14 December 2018 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, Fashion, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Sustainability

H&M has redesigned its three-floor store in London’s Hammersmith to look nothing like H&M. GDR’s Babette-Scarlett Schossau paid it a visit to see how the space has been transformed. H&M gave its 2,300 square metre store…

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GDR visits … La Famiglia Rana Grocer

27 November 2018 - brand values, Campaigns, Creative packaging, Customer experience, Design, Provenance, Retail branding, Retail design

Italian fresh filled pasta brand La Famiglia Rana has launched in the UK with a pop-up grocery store in London. Framing its pre-prepared product alongside fresh ingredients, the store is as much a feast for the…

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Exploring the principles of immersive design

24 September 2018 - Customer experience, Design, Retail design, Retail technology, technology

GDR’s Dave Dalrymple-Pryde extracts some core principles from immersive content pioneer Jessica Brillhart’s keynote at the London Design Festival. Jessica Brillhart, formerly principal filmmaker for VR at Google and founder of immersive content production company…

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How to deliver better retail experiences

20 September 2018 - Customer experience, Design, Retail design, Retail innovation

GDR’s Harriet Cox reveals what she learned from Gensler’s Retail Leader Lara Marrero at this week’s London Design Festival "Customer expectation is at an all-time high. They have a voice and they are not afraid…

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GDR visits…Tiffany’s at Covent Garden

20 July 2018 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, Retail branding, Retail design

GDR’s Charlie Lloyd paid a visit to the newly opened Tiffany’s store in London’s Covent Garden. Dubbed a ‘style studio’, the space is a more playful format than traditional Tiffany’s stores, geared towards the next generation…

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These Boots are made for wellbeing: high-street pharmacy concept bets on beauty and wellness

GDR visits … Sainsbury’s Meat-Free Butchers

Leveraging new talent to create unique retail spaces

The buzz around natural beauty: Burt’s Bees London pop-up

GDR visits … Showfields

GDR visits … H&M’s Hammersmith concept store

GDR visits … La Famiglia Rana Grocer

Exploring the principles of immersive design

How to deliver better retail experiences

GDR visits…Tiffany’s at Covent Garden

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