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The rise of multi-functional retail

15 October 2020 - Customer experience, Design, Hospitality, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Value chain

GDR Innovation Strategist Charlie Lloyd explains why multi-functional spaces will be the saviour of physical retail. The Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on retail can perhaps best be summarised as accelerating pre-existing trends and making conversations that were…

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Join us for the GDR Foresight Festival 2020

4 September 2020 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Hospitality, Manufacturing, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

GDR Foresight Festival 2020: 28th September - 2nd October 2020 (Daily Lunch & Learn Sessions 12:00 to 13:30 GMT)   In the last 6 months, we’ve witnessed a time of unprecedented change, transformation and innovation on a…

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“It’s time to totally change the way our town centres work”

21 August 2020 - Architecture, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

GDR CEO Kate Ancketill joined BBC Radio 4 current affairs show You and Yours to talk about shopping centres of the future. Discussing the proposed £400 million redevelopment of the Nicholsons Shopping Centre in Maidenhead by…

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“Covid-19 is a fire drill for the big climate fight ahead”

17 August 2020 - brand values, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Hospitality, Omnichannel retail, Provenance, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, Value chain

In the fourth episode of The GDR Assembly Interview series, GDR’s head of strategy Eric Coulon talks to Pippa Corry, the founder of Philo & Co, who mentors leading creative agencies and FMCG brands to show…

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Behind the mask: how brands are responding to the ubiquity of the face mask

6 August 2020 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, Fashion, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail trends, Value chain

GDR Innovation Strategist Charlie Lloyd explores how brands are creating face masks with unique functionalities and designs to support their communities during the Covid-era. Few things have become as ubiquitous so quickly as the face mask.…

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In Conversation With … Arnaud Champenois

30 July 2020 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, Hospitality, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Sustainability

In the second episode of our In Conversation With series, GDR CEO Kate Ancketill talks to SVP global head of brand, marketing and communications at LVMH-owned luxury travel group Belmond, Arnaud Champenois, who has formerly worked…

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In Conversation with … Bill Grimsey

2 July 2020 - brand values, Customer experience, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

We’re delighted to share with you the first episode of our new series In Conversation With, where GDR CEO Kate Ancketill is joined by the former CEO of Wickes, Iceland and Focus DIY, and the author…

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The first GDR Assembly Report – OUT NOW

26 June 2020 - brand values, E-commerce, Fashion, Hospitality, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Provenance, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology, Value chain

The inaugural GDR Assembly Report explores the post-Covid-19 future of business, retail and hospitality using insights from our international, multi-disciplinary panel of experts. Get in touch with rachel@gdruk.com for free access. Covid-19 has been a once…

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GDR’s blueprint for physical retail in the Covid era

17 June 2020 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

As non-essential stores across the UK reopened this week after almost three months out of action, we explore the ways that retailers are responding to the new challenges of the social distancing era and what it…

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Introducing The GDR Foresight Framework

5 June 2020 - Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

GDR’s head of strategy Eric Coulon explains how The GDR Foresight Framework will help your business plan better for the short-, medium- and long-term.   For more than 20 years GDR’s quarterly trends have given our…

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