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…
With the NRF’s BIG Show 2019 taking place in New York over the next week, we pay tribute to the most interesting and disruptive new retail concepts in the Big Apple. Here's our list of the…
GDR CEO Kate Ancketill looks to the positives and predicts we’ll see more locally optimised offers, an explosion of new store formats and more hybridisation in 2019 Kate’s thoughts were first published in Retail Focus’s Retail…
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…
GDR CEO Kate Ancketill reflects on the dramatic shifts that are defining the next generation of retail. This blog originally appeared in SLICE, Verifone’s retail and hospitality newsletter. Click here to see a PDF of the…
As UK department store Debenhams announces it will be closing 50 stores, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill discusses the challenges facing physical retail GDR CEO Kate Ancketill has called on traditional retailers to be brave enough…
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…
GDR’s John O’Sullivan explores the next generation of ultra-convenient retail formats that customers will be able to summon on-demand During the last five years mobile-powered brands like Uber, Deliveroo, Amazon and Domino’s have normalised the idea…
GDR’s Charlie Lloyd explores the apps that are connecting online shoppers with products in nearby stores It isn’t easy for the biggest brands to keep up with the likes of Amazon, Walmart and ASOS in…
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…