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The Luxury Marketing Council -
Upcoming Breakfast Event
Date:
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time:
8:00-9:30a.m.
Location:
Fleishman-Hillard, 220 East 42nd Street (between Second and Third Avenue), 11th Floor
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time:
8:00-9:30a.m.
Location:
Fleishman-Hillard, 220 East 42nd Street (between Second and Third Avenue), 11th Floor
Please be sure to bring government issued ID for building security.
Please RSVP by replying to rsvp@luxurycouncil.com
In the event that your plans change, we REALLY would appreciate the courtesy of a cancellation.
All this year we’ve been “playing to full-houses” (always a “wait list” of 20-40 members) and don’t want to have to turn away anyone unnecessarily, THANKS!
In the event that your plans change, we REALLY would appreciate the courtesy of a cancellation.
All this year we’ve been “playing to full-houses” (always a “wait list” of 20-40 members) and don’t want to have to turn away anyone unnecessarily, THANKS!
Innovation In Action:
The Leading Midterm Future Forecaster for the World's Top Consumer Brands Shares Emerging Trends and How These Trends Affect Your Business and the Luxury ConsumerPresented by:
Kate Ancketill, Managing Director, GDR Creative Intelligence Ltd.
With Thanks to Fleishman-Hillard
Kate Ancketill, world-renowned futurist and Founder of GDR Creative Intelligence, joins us for a special presentation that will take us around the world identifying brave market leaders, new concepts and under-the-radar signals which help GDR to predict future consumer behaviors. Her presentation will provide commercially-focused content that will engage, energize and inspire you; including up-to-date, rousing best-in-market material that will give you invaluable knowledge to help your company succeed.
LVMH, Harrods, Starwood Hotels, the London Olympics, Sony and Nike - all undoubtedly thought leaders in communication and innovation - all turn to GDR for its world renowned research into consumer trends and global best-in-market design, innovation and service.
GDR stands for Global Design Resources; their role is to act as their clients' eyes into the high streets of the future. GDR does this by distilling global primary research and interpreting it into brand-relevant insights. The company's unique client-eyes-only methodology connects global movers and shakers to each other and to a vast network of the world’s most visionary creatives. They are currently retained by nearly 40 of the world’s top consumer brands for midterm future forecasting.
Kate Ancketill, Managing Director of GDR will open her network to you and share her thoughts on cutting edge luxury retail and hospitality – where it is and where it’s going.
LVMH, Harrods, Starwood Hotels, the London Olympics, Sony and Nike - all undoubtedly thought leaders in communication and innovation - all turn to GDR for its world renowned research into consumer trends and global best-in-market design, innovation and service.
GDR stands for Global Design Resources; their role is to act as their clients' eyes into the high streets of the future. GDR does this by distilling global primary research and interpreting it into brand-relevant insights. The company's unique client-eyes-only methodology connects global movers and shakers to each other and to a vast network of the world’s most visionary creatives. They are currently retained by nearly 40 of the world’s top consumer brands for midterm future forecasting.
Kate Ancketill, Managing Director of GDR will open her network to you and share her thoughts on cutting edge luxury retail and hospitality – where it is and where it’s going.
About Kate Ancketill
Kate Ancketill is Managing Director and founder of London-based trend forecasting company GDR Creative Intelligence. She has eleven years experience selecting design agencies on behalf of clients and eight years in global trend analysis. She presents the findings of GDR’s quarterly Global Innovation Reports at client’s offices and major conferences worldwide. GDR analyzes leading edge innovation in environmental design, technology, packaging, new marketing, service, and consumer trends across all retail and hospitality sectors. After studying politics as a post-graduate in London, Kate worked for Amnesty International for seven years, in research and policy writing. Taken on as an assistant in 1997 Kate became a partner at GDR after two years and bought the company after four.
GDR stands for Global Design Resources. The company was set up to provide a confidential window-shopping service for clients needing to source world class design agencies. As a result, Kate has spent the last 11 years short-listing creatives internationally in all disciplines for clients like Virgin Atlantic, Orange, Kraft, Unilever, Vodafone, M&S and L’Oreal, in many cases constructing preferred supplier lists of below the line creative agencies.
When Kate bought GDR in 2000 she re-oriented it towards research into innovation in environmental design, experiential technology, new marketing, packaging and service innovation. GDR’s unique relationship with the creative industries allows it to cherry-pick the best new concepts and identify emerging trends.
GDR is now a client-eyes-only network of global consumer brands, including The 2012 Olympics, Harrods, Nike, Nokia, Sony, GAP, Marks & Spencer, Starwood Hotels, Intercontinental Hotels, The Morgans Hotel Group, Macys, Barclays Bank, P&G, Orange France, LVMH, Apple, Limited Brands, Jones Apparel Group, Coty Inc, L’Oreal, McDonalds, The Crown Estate and Coca Cola. Kate presents extensively at their offices and at conferences worldwide such as Globalshop and the ICSC, and works at Senior Vice President and Board level to facilitate introductions between the network members.
Testimonials on Kate’s Presentations:
Thoughtful presentation highlighting new trends in store design -- not just from early-stage retailers, but also from more established companies that are using design to drive their businesses forward. Valuable information accompanied by illustrative photographs and insightful commentary delivered with a smile.
Managing Director - Global Consumer Group, Deutsche Bank
When time is short and it seems like we haven't seen the outside world for days it is a refreshing respite from the day to see the GDR team. The opportunity to view design excellence across a diverse range of disciplines is invaluable.
Whether it's creative, commercial or 'blue sky design' - we always find GDR’s presentations inspirational, thought-provoking and commercially relevant to our ongoing design strategy.
Senior Designer, Marks & Spencer
Kate, I wanted to personally thank you for presenting at our conference last week. It was very comforting to see a room full of publishers really appreciate the relevance of the themes you put forward. You would never have known that some of them were up until the early hours the night before! The feedback we have received here, both on your talk and the conference overall, has surpassed all our expectations.
Julian Shaw, Commercial Finance Director, Hodder Headline Publishers
(Britain’s largest publisher)
In the design community, GDR is considered to be an independent and impartial voice. One that’s well worth listening to. Impartiality is especially valuable because it’s hard to find when you need objective appraisals about the different qualities that different design companies bring to their work. I have always found GDR to be genuine, thorough, knowledgeable, savvy and good fun. I wouldn’t hesitate recommending them.
Michael Wolff, founder of Wolff Olins
Managing Director - Global Consumer Group, Deutsche Bank
When time is short and it seems like we haven't seen the outside world for days it is a refreshing respite from the day to see the GDR team. The opportunity to view design excellence across a diverse range of disciplines is invaluable.
Whether it's creative, commercial or 'blue sky design' - we always find GDR’s presentations inspirational, thought-provoking and commercially relevant to our ongoing design strategy.
Senior Designer, Marks & Spencer
Kate, I wanted to personally thank you for presenting at our conference last week. It was very comforting to see a room full of publishers really appreciate the relevance of the themes you put forward. You would never have known that some of them were up until the early hours the night before! The feedback we have received here, both on your talk and the conference overall, has surpassed all our expectations.
Julian Shaw, Commercial Finance Director, Hodder Headline Publishers
(Britain’s largest publisher)
In the design community, GDR is considered to be an independent and impartial voice. One that’s well worth listening to. Impartiality is especially valuable because it’s hard to find when you need objective appraisals about the different qualities that different design companies bring to their work. I have always found GDR to be genuine, thorough, knowledgeable, savvy and good fun. I wouldn’t hesitate recommending them.
Michael Wolff, founder of Wolff Olins
Testimonials on GDR’s Global Innovation Report:
GDR's introductory retail trends presentation created a real wow! factor among our creative and marketing teams. Kate and Lucy demonstrated a deep understanding of the latest retail innovations from around the world and their content is thoroughly researched and well-presented.
Marketing Director, The Pentland Group
GDR’s quarterly retail trends presentations are extremely impressive – they are worth the cost of subscription alone.
Design Manager, Orange
GDR take you on an amazing world tour of the latest in leading edge retail design four times a year. And you don't have to eat a single airline meal.
Hugh Burkitt, Chief Executive, Marketing Society
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
Marketing Director, The Pentland Group
GDR’s quarterly retail trends presentations are extremely impressive – they are worth the cost of subscription alone.
Design Manager, Orange
GDR take you on an amazing world tour of the latest in leading edge retail design four times a year. And you don't have to eat a single airline meal.
Hugh Burkitt, Chief Executive, Marketing Society
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
About GDR Creative Intelligence Ltd.
GDR is a global research company analyzing the latest innovations in retail, leisure and hospitality, set within the context of developing social and consumer trends through Global Innovation Reports, tailored reports, trends presentations, workshops, and a digital library.Drawing upon a global network of leading and up-and-coming designers, architects and other creative sources, GDR brings together the latest design innovations from around the world.
GDR's research is seen as a cultural barometer, separating early stage trends from 'fads', allowing clients to see relevant future market changes and plan accordingly. Everything they do drives their client's bottom line.
More information can be found at: www.gdruk.com.
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