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Kate Ancketill

Global Thought-leader in Business Futurism

Kate is a leading authority in global business futurism. With retail, consumer,
brand, hospitality, and technology specialisation, making complex societal shifts and emerging technologies relatable for any audience.

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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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- Modern Retail is Rocket Science. How can we manage the complexity?
- How AI will deliver sustainable growth for retail, brands and hospitality
- Sustainable brands: a practical guide to a future that works for the planet, people, and profit
- How, in a post-truth era real, immersive experiences matter more than ever
- Why we'll always have physical stores, but not like we're used to
- How the travel Industry can use AI to deliver world-class customer service
- The self-care revolution; how AI-driven self-diagnostics are creating new opportunities for the beauty and wellness industries
- Gen Z: how to work with them, how to motivate them, how to attract and keep them as customers

The Big Disruptors: Prioritizing Retail Strategies

The Big Disruptors: Prioritizing Retail Strategies

Retailers are being pummeled by many disruptors–cost of living crisis, climate change, crypto, Web3 and viral outbreaks which challenge existing business models in different ways. Varying circumstances can call for different responses, so where do you begin? Kate Ancketill, CEO of GDR, will contextualize what’s coming and assist in prioritizing assorted strategies, so businesses are able to adapt fluidly in response to various forms of disruption.
21st Century Brands

21st Century Brands

Why digitally native brands are so successful, and what legacy brands can learn from them.
How AI is Changing the World

How AI is Changing the World

How AI is changing the world - Kate Explains.
Sustainable Brands

Sustainable Brands

Sustainable brands: a practical guide to a future that works for the planet, people and profit
Age of Transformation: why all leaders need to be futurists, and how others do it

Age of Transformation: why all leaders need to be futurists, and how others do it

According to Google's principle researcher and AI visionary, Ray Kurzweil, "We won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century—it will be more like 20,000 years of progress at today’s rate". Never before in human history have leaders needed to navigate such a fast-changing business landscape. Literally every leader needs to become more future-focussed and adaptive to the AI wave that's changing our world. As a business futurist for 25 years, Ancketill will explain the urgency, demonstrate concrete outputs of future-focussed innovative cultures, and show how others create the conditions for continuous innovation,adaptation and success.
The future of retail

The future of retail

– both physical and digital (and everything in between),
and how does customer experience in the best retail impact every other
industry?
Consumer trends

Consumer trends

– how will upcoming generations live, work, travel,
consume and spend their leisure time? What do businesses need to do to adapt to their changing needs?

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Kate Ancketill, GDR's CEO shares her NRF 2024 highlights

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The Big Disruptors, Prioritising Retail Strategies

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I will write a note in a moment thanking Kate for her time and effort last night. It was a fantastic event and the feedback received was incredible. She has been our best speaker to date in terms of interest and questions.

Alexandra Zammit, Fujitsu

“I want to thank you for presenting to our group last week. We've received nothing but rave reviews about you and your presentation. We're your most ardent supporters.”

Alf Nucifora, The Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco

“Every time that I see one of your presentations I walk away "awed" at what is going on in the retail and restaurant industry around the world. There is so much to be learned! Your presentation style is superb and I will sign up for a class if you ever decide to teach the course! Kate, the content of your presentation was a true eye-opener for us, so on behalf of our entire Latin America Team in Oak Brook we THANK YOU VERY MUCH"

Development Officer, Latin America McDonald's Corporation

Kate, I found your presentation (at MAPIC) to be extremely relevant and interesting. I think about the future of retail every single day and I believe that you are at the forefront of communicating the trend changes that are quickly changing my business in particular.

Gene P. Spiegelman Executive Vice President Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

Thanks you SO much for today Kate- I have received so many RAVE reviews and much positive feedback! Also, your content was repeatedly referenced in the afternoons exercise on future ideas- so you really made an impact! Thanks again.

Heather Muir, Brand Marketing Manager, Nationwide marketing conference, UK

I am from Brazil, the leader of one of the delegations, we are the biggest international delegation in NRF and everybody loves to listen to and learn with Kate. She is one of the Best speakers at NRF. We ask to put her on the main stage as a Keynote speaker. Hope that this happens for the next year. January 2024

Luciana Carmo (Travel Industry) http://we.tur.br.

“Every presentation you give is like trip around the world in just one hour: truly amazing!”

Marion Grimiaux Project Head Store Development Orange

"Kate did a wonderful job as she always does for us. She works really well with us in advance of the prsentation and gives us plenty of options and food for thought on what she can present for us."

Oracle

“You guys are one of the best resources in the world!!”

Stacy Lastrina, SVP, Jones Apparel

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Kate Ancketill

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I will write a note in a moment thanking Kate for her time and effort last night. It was a fantastic event and the feedback received was incredible. She has been our best speaker to date in terms of interest and questions.

“I want to thank you for presenting to our group last week. We've received nothing but rave reviews about you and your presentation. We're your most ardent supporters.”

Kate, I found your presentation (at MAPIC) to be extremely relevant and interesting. I think about the future of retail every single day and I believe that you are at the forefront of communicating the trend changes that are quickly changing my business in particular.

Thanks you SO much for today Kate- I have received so many RAVE reviews and much positive feedback! Also, your content was repeatedly referenced in the afternoons exercise on future ideas- so you really made an impact! Thanks again.

“Every presentation you give is like trip around the world in just one hour: truly amazing!”

"Kate did a wonderful job as she always does for us. She works really well with us in advance of the prsentation and gives us plenty of options and food for thought on what she can present for us."

“You guys are one of the best resources in the world!!”

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Kate Ancketill

Bio

Keynotes

Typical Keynote Titles

The Big Disruptors: Prioritizing Retail Strategies

21st Century Brands

How AI is Changing the World

Sustainable Brands

Age of Transformation: why all leaders need to be futurists, and how others do it

The future of retail

Consumer trends

Topics

I will write a note in a moment thanking Kate for her time and effort last night. It was a fantastic event and the feedback received was incredible. She has been our best speaker to date in terms of interest and questions.

“I want to thank you for presenting to our group last week. We've received nothing but rave reviews about you and your presentation. We're your most ardent supporters.”

Kate, I found your presentation (at MAPIC) to be extremely relevant and interesting. I think about the future of retail every single day and I believe that you are at the forefront of communicating the trend changes that are quickly changing my business in particular.

Thanks you SO much for today Kate- I have received so many RAVE reviews and much positive feedback! Also, your content was repeatedly referenced in the afternoons exercise on future ideas- so you really made an impact! Thanks again.

“Every presentation you give is like trip around the world in just one hour: truly amazing!”

"Kate did a wonderful job as she always does for us. She works really well with us in advance of the prsentation and gives us plenty of options and food for thought on what she can present for us."

“You guys are one of the best resources in the world!!”

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