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The C-Series: How brands are innovating in response to Covid-19

14 April 2021 - Campaigns, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Hospitality, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

During the last twelve months we’ve been publishing the C-Series to explore the impact Covid-19 is having on consumer behaviour; how we live, work, play and shop, and how brands are innovating in response. There is…

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NFTs: what do they mean for retailers and brands?

8 April 2021 - Blockchain, E-commerce, Fourth Industrial Revolution, New industries, Omnichannel retail, Provenance, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology, Value chain

GDR’s head of strategy Eric Coulon explores how NFTs can help retailers and brands move the needle and imagines the next potential developments of the 'token' economy. You’ve probably heard or read about Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)…

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Top 5 lockdown Easter campaigns and product launches

1 April 2021 - brand values, Campaigns, Creative packaging, Customer experience, Hospitality, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

GDR Managing Editor John O’Sullivan picks out his favourite examples of how brands are engaging and delighting consumers during lockdown Easter. For the second year in a row, this weekend’s Easter celebrations will be very different…

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Essential listening: Catch up on In Conversation With …

22 March 2021 - brand values, Customer experience, E-commerce, Fashion, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Hospitality, NRF, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology, Value chain

In Conversation With is a regular series where GDR CEO Kate Ancketill talks to leaders and successful entrepreneurs about what brands and retail operators should be doing right now to make their businesses fit for the…

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GDR’s Kate Ancketill on “Retail’s Hard Reset” at NRF 2021

21 January 2021 - brand values, Customer experience, E-commerce, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Hospitality, Internet of Things, New industries, NRF, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Sustainability, technology

On Tuesday (19 January) GDR CEO Kate Ancketill took to the virtual stage at NRF 2021 to discuss Retail’s hard reset: How cataclysmic events accelerate trends, transformation and innovation. Giving the retail trends keynote at the world’s…

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Happy Christmas from everyone at GDR

17 December 2020 - Campaigns, Creative packaging, Customer experience, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends

As we wind down for the holidays and prepare for 2021, we wanted to share some inspirational seasonal content with you, from brands and innovators who are doing things a little bit differently this Christmas. See…

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Five brands helping consumers through the holidays

3 December 2020 - brand values, Campaigns, Customer experience

GDR’s innovation strategist Charlie Lloyd identifies five brands helping to lighten the load for consumers during a challenging holiday period. The holidays are upon us, and although they might not take quite the same form as…

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Brands coming out fighting against the pandemic

18 November 2020 - Customer experience, E-commerce, Omnichannel retail, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Value chain

GDR’s John O’Sullivan highlights five companies from sectors hugely disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic that are fighting back by diversifying their offers. While this year has undoubtedly been the most difficult in living memory for hospitality…

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Is carbon counting the new calorie counting?

10 November 2020 - Blockchain, brand values, Provenance, Retail innovation, Sustainability, Value chain

GDR's Charlie Lloyd explores how carbon emissions are becoming a big consideration for consumers and a key differentiator for brands Since 2013 when the traffic light scheme was introduced in the UK, it has become second nature…

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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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