GDR’s Harriet Cox visited Harrods’ newly refurbished fine wine and spirits room to find out how the London department store has enhanced the shopping experience using storytelling, sensory elements, self-discovery and responsive digital touchpoints. Luxury…
GDR SVP Global Innovation Alex Sbardella picks out his favourite start-ups from this week’s Retail Business Technology Expo in London. The Retail Business Technology Expo is a great place for retailers to buy technology that…
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…
In the lead up to NRF’s Big Show 2018, we’re exploring how technology is remaking the retail experience through a series of conversations with Intel - from the evolution of retail over the last 100 years,…
Having previously visited the Everlane Fit Studio in San Francisco, GDR SVP Global Innovation James Mullan dropped into what the ethical retailer is officially calling its first store, in SoHo, New York. Here are his five…
Having talked to many clients over the years about its innovative retail design concepts, GDR invited JHP Design to create the cover of the 66th Global Innovation Report. With the report currently being mailed out to…
Last Friday, GDR’s Innovation Research team visited The Glossier Pop-up in London’s Marylebone. Matilde Ricon Peres explores how Glossier has become one of the most well-loved beauty brands on the Internet, attracting a cult following of…
In the week it opened Canada Goose’s European flagship on Regent Street, Tom Parker and Polly Grinnell from Bristol-based Double Retail dropped in to GDR to discuss the future of physical retail and how its approach…
GDR Innovation Strategist David Dalrymple-Pryde visited Crep Protect and Presented By’s new, collaborative space in Central London to see how this quite different sort of shoe store pitches itself specifically at the enthusiast and resale market.…
Topshop’s Oxford Street flagship in London was transformed for four days last weekend to promote its partnership with Netflix around the second season of hit show Stranger Things. GDR Innovation Researchers Charlie Lloyd and Harriet Cox…