Kate Ancketill

CEO and Founder

GDR Creative Intelligence

Kate is a business futurist with a tech, consumer, retail and brand specialization. She contextualizes complex societal shifts and emerging technologies into big picture narratives that help business leaders plan for the 5-10 year future. For 20 years her company, GDR has been the innovation partner to corporations like Tesco, Waitrose, Target, P&G, The BBC, Sephora, Clorox and the Far East Consortium. Working across all commercial sectors and geographies, Kate road-tests her thinking with real-world companies, often at board level.

Join Kate for her session below, and grab a seat at her table to discuss consumer trends 2025 and beyond during our Expert-Led Think Tanks.

Speaking in:

Wednesday

July 12

8:30 am–9:00 am

American Express Theatre, Palos Verdes Ballroom

Retail’s global disruptors and how to mitigate their impact on the business

Retailers face mounting challenges by global disruptions. Noted trends expert and CEO of GDR, Kate Ancketill will explore big-picture impacts from the three C’s of disruption: Covid, Conflict and Climate change. As we enter a new era of increasingly finite resources, Kate explores and contextualizes what’s coming with thought-provoking insights to help prioritize retailers’ mid-term strategies… Read more

Tuesday

July 11

1:45 pm–2:45 pm

Palos Verdes Terrace

Expert-Led Think Tanks

Join our handpicked group of subject matter experts to discuss future-forward ideas. With three separate opportunities to engage, NRF’s Expert-Led Think Tanks allow attendees to dive deep into a single topic or explore three different topics for a broader perspective. Join your peers and be inspired during these insightful share-and-learn “group thinks” held on Terranea’s gorgeous lawn. Topics… Read more