All Sustainability articles – Page 14
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NewsIkea launches mattress recycling programme
Ikea is offering a new circular recycling service to transform old mattresses into reusable raw materials.
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NewsMusicMagpie in sale talks with The Body Shop buyer
Music Magpie is in “early-stage discussions” with potential buyers as it seeks a private sale.
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AnalysisRetail Horizon 2024: How can retailers accelerate efforts to tackle climate change?
As retailers grapple with meeting long-term environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) targets, while at the same time balancing costs and profitability for shareholders, consumer behaviour has shifted during the cost-of-living crisis.
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AnalysisRetail Horizon 2024: Sustainability
Retail Horizon 2024 is Retail Week’s exclusive strategic toolkit for subscribers.
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Opinion‘The Body Shop could be a lean, green retail machine once again’
One of retail’s great disruptors, The Body Shop under new ownership has a chance to win over a new generation of consumers
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Retail VoiceWhy retailers need more carbon transparency to achieve net zero goals
We all feel the pressure to cut carbon emissions, and we all know the risks if we don’t, says Virgin Media O2’s Adam Dancaster. Following the BRC asking the sector to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 through its Climate Action Roadmap, businesses are already making progress, but how much?
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InterviewQ&A: Canopey founder on launching a verified sustainable marketplace
Canopey’s founder Thomas Panton speaks to Retail Week about the launch of its sustainable marketplace, the ways it is eliminating greenwashing and its plans for reaching a varied consumer and retailer audience.
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NewsVinted launches verification service for designer items
Online marketplace for secondhand fashion Vinted is launching its item verification service in the UK for designer items.
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NewsNobody’s Child rolls out integrated fashion rental service
Fashion retailer Nobody’s Child has rolled out its Zoa-integrated online rental service “just in time for the party season”.
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NewsCurrys research reveals boom in secondhand tech
Research by electricals giant Currys reveals that 36% of Brits are likely to purchase secondhand tech while shopping on Black Friday and for Christmas.
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Innovation of the WeekInnovation of the Week: WHSmith introduces BookCycle buy-back scheme
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our analysts.
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AnalysisRetail Horizon 2024: How consumers are feeling – and how retail should get ready – for the year
Retail Week has launched its strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon 2024, mapping out the opportunities, challenges and winning strategies for businesses in the year ahead.
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NewsRixo launches Try Before You Buy service
Fashion retailer Rixo has announced a partnership with technology start-up Harper to launch a Try Before You Buy service, which aims to “bridge the gap” between the in-store shopping experience and the convenience of ordering online.
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NewsPrimark, M&S, Frasers and Dunelm sign new sustainability pledge
Primark, M&S, Frasers Group and Dunelm are among the retail giants to sign circular economy charity Wrap’s textiles 2030 initiative to “reduce carbon emissions, improve water stewardship and make the clothing and textiles sector more circular”.
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NewsCompanies must make sustainability ‘easier’ for shoppers
Businesses need to do more to influence consumer behaviour on sustainability as the world faces a climate crisis.
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NewsWHSmith launches book buy-back service
WHSmith has launched a new book buy-back service where customers can swap their used books for WHSmith e-gift cards.
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Opinion‘The retail industry must make circularity first choice for furniture’
After the launch of retail-wide sustainability partnership the Circular Change Council, eBay’s general manager of home, refurbished and electronics Kumaran Adithyan outlines why making it easier for customers to buy and sell secondhand furniture is crucial for achieving sustainability targets
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AnalysisRetail 2024: How eBay, THG and The Fragrance Shop are investing in green initiatives
Top retail bosses have given exclusive interviews to Retail Week, revealing their sustainability strategies featured in Retail 2024, our annual flagship report.
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NewsInditex unveils recycled polyester partnership in circular fashion push
Fashion giant Inditex has announced a three-year partnership with LA-based start-up Ambercycle to help “scale textile-to-textile recycled polyester”.
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NewsVinted mulls £174m share sale
Lithuanian online marketplace Vinted is reportedly in talks about a sale of shares that could be worth more than €200m (£174m) in its bid to lead the sustainable fashion boom.