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…
As tabloid media circles loudly proclaim the death of retail, GDR SVP Global Innovation Alex Sbardella paints a more optimistic view of the future driven by the merging together of lifestyle, experience and shopping. This post…
Having soaked up three days of talks, walked some 41,837 steps and accumulated more than 40 business cards at the NRF Big Show in New York, GDR’s James Mullan reflects on the major themes of this…
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…
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…