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…
We’re thrilled to announce that GDR’s CEO Kate Ancketill will be giving the trend keynote presentation at the NRF’s BIG Show in New York for the second year in a row on Sunday. Addressing 35,000 of the world’s…
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…
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…
Roman Drokov CEO of autonomous mobile robot Mio visited GDR’s London HQ last week to talk to the team about the future of consumer-facing robots and why CPG brands need to pay attention “I see a…
GDR Innovation Researcher Harriet Cox visited Asics’ refurbished flagship on Regent Street to see how the sportswear brand has translated its new design approach to the British capital Japanese sportswear brand Asics has launched its…
High-street fashion brand Oasis has created an experiential pop-up in London to preview what to expect in-store for Autumn/Winter 2017. Innovation researcher Harriet Cox went along to check it out. Last month, Oasis’s The Extraordinarium pop-up…
Guest contributor and co-founder of brand experience agency Hot Pickle Rupert Pick contends that having a permanent physical footprint is not only desirable, but strategically essential for all brands. “We’re going to open a Marmite pop-up…