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Kate Ancketill Featured Global Thought-leader in Business Futurism

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  • The Big Disruptors: Prioritizing Retail Strategies
  • 21st Century Brands
  • How AI is Changing the World
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  • Age of Transformation: why all leaders need to be futurists, and how others do it
  • The future of retail
  • Consumer trends

Kate is the CEO and founder of trends, foresight and strategy consultancy GDR. For 25 years she has been the innovation partner to over 30 of the world’s largest brands, P&G, Tesco, Target, Sephora, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Moet Hennessy, Costa Coffee, The BBC, Clorox and Lego. She uses GDR’s professional research and strategy expertise to distil immensely complex global subjects into visually spectacular, crystal-clear narratives with actional take-outs. From climactic and economic headwinds to demographics and the advance of exponential technologies, she contextualizes big shifts in consumer trends and demonstrates successful commercial adaptation, inspiring audiences with her optimism and giving them practical strategies for short and medium-term success. Kate has been selected to speak for ten years running at the world’s largest retail tech show, the NRF (National Retail Federation)’s Big Show.

“Kate gets among the highest feedback for speakers at the NRF Big Show every year – that’s why we’ve invited her to give the trends keynote for 10 years running”.
Martin Reardon, CMO and EVP of Content and Retail Strategy, NRF (former CMO,
Macys)


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