Italian clothing brand United Colors of Benetton launched a vibrant, tech-enhanced new flagship in London’s Oxford Street last month. GDR’s Hannah Hunt paid it a visit to see how the brand immerses shoppers in its activist…
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…
Last week GDR attended The FUTR Summit in London (formerly the Millennial 20/20 Conference) to hear industry leaders give their take on future trends in retail, marketing and commerce. Surrounded by alkaline spring water cartons and Drinkfinity…
Since Whole Foods launched an in-store produce butcher in New York early last year the service has become commonplace in premium supermarkets across North America. GDR’s Hannah Hunt investigates why so many grocers are turning vegetable…
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…