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Smarter Things: the Autonomous IoT

5 January 2018 - Customer experience, E-commerce, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Internet of Things, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, technology

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…

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Back to the Future: The Evolution of Retail

19 December 2017 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Internet of Things, Omnichannel retail, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology, Retail trends, Value chain

In the lead up to NRF’s Big Show 2018, we’re exploring how technology is remaking the retail experience through a series of conversations with Intel - from the evolution of retail over the last 100 years,…

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GDR visits … Everlane New York

15 December 2017 - brand values, Customer experience, Design, E-commerce, Fashion, Omnichannel retail, Retail branding, Retail design

Having previously visited the Everlane Fit Studio in San Francisco, GDR SVP Global Innovation James Mullan dropped into what the ethical retailer is officially calling its first store, in SoHo, New York. Here are his five…

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GDR meets … JHP Design

6 December 2017 - Design, Retail branding, Retail design, Retail trends

Having talked to many clients over the years about its innovative retail design concepts, GDR invited JHP Design to create the cover of the 66th Global Innovation Report. With the report currently being mailed out to…

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GDR visits … Glossier’s London pop-up

22 November 2017 - brand values, Customer experience, Design

Last Friday, GDR’s Innovation Research team visited The Glossier Pop-up in London’s Marylebone. Matilde Ricon Peres explores how Glossier has become one of the most well-loved beauty brands on the Internet, attracting a cult following of…

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GDR meets … Double Retail

20 November 2017 - Architecture, Customer experience, Design, Fashion, Retail design, Retail technology, Retail trends

In the week it opened Canada Goose’s European flagship on Regent Street, Tom Parker and Polly Grinnell from Bristol-based Double Retail dropped in to GDR to discuss the future of physical retail and how its approach…

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GDR meets … Inition

16 November 2017 - Customer experience, Retail design, Retail innovation, Retail technology

GDR spoke to Inition CEO Adrian Leu and executive producer Stephen Shaw to find out what the technology innovation agency is working on, and what they think the future of immersive technology looks like.   Who…

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GDR visits … Crep Protect & Presented By

9 November 2017 - Customer experience, Design, Fashion, Retail design

GDR Innovation Strategist David Dalrymple-Pryde visited Crep Protect and Presented By’s new, collaborative space in Central London to see how this quite different sort of shoe store pitches itself specifically at the enthusiast and resale market.…

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GDR visits Topshop x Stranger Things

1 November 2017 - Customer experience, Design, Fashion, Retail design

Topshop’s Oxford Street flagship in London was transformed for four days last weekend to promote its partnership with Netflix around the second season of hit show Stranger Things. GDR Innovation Researchers Charlie Lloyd and Harriet Cox…

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GDR visits … Arket Regent Street

29 August 2017 - Architecture, Customer experience, Design, Fashion, Retail innovation

Following the opening of two stores in a week, H&M’s growing estate on London’s Regent Street is a microcosm of the Scandinavian fashion giant’s expansion worldwide. As of 31 May 2017, the group had 4,498 stores…

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