GDR’s innovation research team went to see what all the fuss is about at street food innovator KERB’s new indoor food market Despite the UK’s unpredictable (and more often than not) unsuitable weather, London's street food…
GDR’s Innovation Researcher Harriet Cox stepped into high-end CBD retailer The Drug Store’s first brick-and-mortar boutique to see how it merchandises and talks about its "boundary pushing" products. Back in April Kim Khardashian threw a…
Innovation researcher Harriet Cox looks at how retailers are using in-store content creation zones to boost social media mentions, build community and extend the reach of their physical stores. Earlier this month I went to take…
GDR CEO Kate Ancketill recounts her experience drinking non-alcoholic “Euphoric” spirit Kin with our new global client director Rachel Wilkinson at Café Clover in New York and considers what emerging products like this mean for the…
Last week GDR’s Harriet Cox and Dave Dalrymple-Pryde visited the two-day Unbound innovation festival at London’s Old Truman Brewery. Here are their key takeaways. Unbound bills itself as the “UK's largest and most exciting innovation festival”.…
In the first article of a two-part series, GDR’s John O’Sullivan highlights the sustainably-focused brands who are turning upcycled waste into products that are useful and, in some cases, even premium. As brands and retailers search…
Sainsbury’s recently opened its Meat-Free Butchers, popping up for three days to serve East Londoners plant-based alternatives to meat and educate them about how best to prepare them. Innovation researcher Charlie Lloyd went down to take…
GDR innovation researcher Babette-Scarlett Schossau explores the latest food innovations at the V&A’s Food: Bigger than the Plate exhibition. Food is one of my biggest passions so I was thrilled to get the opportunity to visit…
We’re delighted to announce that GDR has been supporting The DO School’s project to promote Purposeful Retail. The DO School is a global organisation made up of “a community of purposeful DOers, innovators, and experts” from…
Last week GDR’s CEO Kate Ancketill spoke about the future of retail at the Tax Free World Association’s Asia Pacific Exhibition and Conference in Singapore. Her talk looked at how retailers, brands, airlines and airports…