On 14 September 2019, a significant change to online payments will come into effect across the UK and Europe. The problem: retailers are unprepared for it. GDR’s Charlie Lloyd spoke to Mark Beresford, director and head…
GDR’s Babette-Scarlett Schossau paid Amazon 4-star in New York’s SoHo a visit to run the rule over the company's latest incursion into bricks-and-mortar retail. Amazon’s latest retail concept is a physical manifestation of its website and…
After another stalwart of the British high street, House of Fraser, went into administration last week, we contend that physical retailers must be brave enough to innovate. GDR Creative Intelligence CEO Kate Ancketill believes legacy structures…
GDR’s CEO Kate Ancketill appeared on BBC Breakfast this week to discuss how physical stores can survive this inflection point for retail Last week department store chain House of Fraser became the latest traditional retailer to…
GDR’s Charlie Lloyd took a trip to Zara’s new flagship at Westfield Stratford City, a tech-driven space that aims to make the brand’s physical and online shopping experiences more seamless than ever before. The new…
GDR SVP Global Innovation Alex Sbardella explores how the potential use cases for Blockchain are multiplying rapidly. Last month I went to the IoT Tech Expo 2018 in London’s Olympia, which also incorporates the Blockchain Expo…
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…
This article is a summary of GDR CEO Kate Ancketill’s trends keynote at the NRF Big Show 2018, and is the final part of a series in which we explored how technology is remaking the retail…
In our latest exclusive conversation with Intel, GDR’s SVP Global Innovation Alex Sbardella finds out how brands can harness the power of technology. Part 1: Back to the Future: The Evolution of Retail Part 2: Smarter…
In the second of GDR’s exclusive conversations with Intel we explore the future potential of the Internet of Things. GDR’s SVP Global Innovation Alex Sbardella gets the thoughts of Intel’s VP of Visual Retail Jose Avalos…