GDR’s Global Client Director Rachel Wilkinson dropped into Samsung’s stylish new destination in London’s King’s Cross to find out if it delivers on its experiential retail promise. To be crystal clear, in the words of Samsung:…
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…
New York-based design agency Gala Magriñá Design designed the cover of the 71st Global Innovation Report, which is currently on its way to our clients. To celebrate that, we spoke to Gala Magriñá to find out…
With the beauty and wellness industries booming, UK high-street pharmacist Boots is getting in on the action with its recently opened 28,524 sq ft flagship concept in London’s Covent Garden. Innovation Researcher Harriet Cox went along…
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…
GDR’s John O’Sullivan explores the experiential spaces that are constantly evolving to keep customers coming back for more. During the last six months we’ve noticed a real spike in the number of new multi-brand retail stores…
Two weeks after writing this article unpicking the future of cashless stores, GDR’s SVP Global Innovation Alex Sbardella visits Sainsbury’s new “till-free” store to interrogate the format from the customer’s and the brand’s perspective. I was…
H&M’s new homeware flagship on London’s Regent Street focusses on high style over high tech. Innovation researcher Harriet Cox went along to check it out. Coming just months after the brand opened its first dedicated Home…