Welcome
Global brands have to set trends, not follow them.
GDR provides the world’s leading consumer facing companies with the thought leadership they need to remain ahead in retail and hospitality.
Trend Forecasting Our unique network of innovators in design, architecture and experiential marketing provides us with the primary material we need to make sense of the consumer world and accurately predict mid term trends read more
Global Innovation Report A distilled quarterly view of best-in-market retail and hospitality case studies, set within early stage consumer trends read more
Creative Matchmaking Considered introductions to world-class agencies globally, based on 16 years experience read more
“The GDR report is a designer's roadmap to leading edge design. Each issue fills me with envy, lust, pride and wrath.”
Creative Director
EMEA, NIKE Image Design
“At the Drapers Fashion Summit, October 2005 in London, speakers were rated from 1-4, with 1 as poor and 4 as excellent. GDR's scores were: Content: 3.4 and Presentation: 3.7”
Karen Hutt, Conference Producer
Emap Conferences
“Seeing design excellence across diverse disciplines is invaluable. Whether it's creative, commercial or 'blue sky design' - we always find GDR’s presentation inspirational, thought provoking and commercially relevant to our ongoing design strategy.”
Design Director
Marks & Spencer
United Kingdom
