All Sustainability articles – Page 16
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Analysis
The state of fashion: Where do rising costs and returns leave the sector?
Fashion retailers might have been benefiting from the return to the office – and the revival of events such as festivals and weddings – but many businesses have flagged ongoing headwinds that are likely to dampen progress.
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Analysis
From AR to Gen Z – the must-read stories and insight from Retail Week Live 2022
Reporting by: Grace Bowden, George MacDonald, Hugh Radojev, Rosie Shepard, Luke Tugby
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News
Tesco axes multi-buy junk food deals despite HFSS delay
Tesco has said it will press ahead with plans to remove BOGOF deals on unhealthy items despite the government announcing that the regulations would be delayed for a year.
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News
Love Island partners with eBay to bring sustainable fashion to TV screens
eBay will act as reality TV show Love Island’s fashion partner, with contestants all wearing second-hand outfits.
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News
Exclusive: French Connection partners with Hirestreet to launch rental service
French Connection has launched an on-demand rental service on its own site, powered by Hirestreet’s sister platform Zoa.
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Opinion
Alessandra Bellini: ‘Now more than ever, we must make healthy food accessible to all’
The cost-of-living crisis may be dominating headlines, but making products healthier and more sustainable is just as important, says Alessandra Bellini, chief customer officer at Tesco.
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News
Primark massively scales up sustainable cotton programme
Primark is to hugely expand its sustainable cotton programme, which is designed to bring environmental benefits and support farmers’ livelihoods.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Decathlon unveils ‘unique’ Liverpool city centre flagship
Decathlon has opened a new flagship store in Liverpool as the sports specialist ramps up its high street store network.
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Opinion
M&S executive: ‘Oxford Street must innovate to avoid becoming a mishmash of poor, idle shopping space’
Marks & Spencer’s modernisation of its flagship Marble Arch store will help restore the glory of West End shopping and bring big sustainability benefits, maintains M&S group property, store development and technology director Sacha Berendji
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News
Boohoo makes moves in second-hand market with plans to roll out resale platform
Boohoo founder Carol Kane has told Retail Week the fashion group plans to roll out a resale platform for each of its brands.
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Retail Voice
Why fighting food waste is everybody's business
As consumers pay more and more attention to sustainability, responsibility and health, they are placing considerable focus on retailer and supplier accountability as well as their own. RELEX Solutions’ Svante Göthe discusses how food waste, and its associated environmental impacts, become a higher priority every year and why the effort to combat waste needs everyone’s active engagement
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Analysis
From Bower Collective to Pasta Evangelists – how subscriptions are leading CX
Retail Week examines why subscription models are key to locking in loyalty and how these new businesses are driving exceptional experiences in our report 9 CX Disruptors.
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Analysis
Data: More than half of retail supply chain leaders considered quitting in the past year
Retail Week’s latest report, Chain Reaction, features findings from interviews with retail supply chain and IT executives on their motivations, concerns and aspirations for the sector.
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Analysis
Sustainability and savings: the six apps your customers will be downloading in 2022
As more transactions are carried out on mobile devices and consumers seek easier and better ways of living, shopping and saving, Retail Week explores the apps shoppers will be downloading in 2022.
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News
Gove hits pause button on M&S Marble Arch redevelopment plans
Communities secretary Michael Gove is expected to order a pause on Marks & Spencer’s plans to knock down its Marble Arch flagship so the plan can be scrutinised further.
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Interview
Interview: Farmison founder John Pallagi on bringing farm-to-fork meat to the people
Think of top-quality bread and Le Pain Quotidien might come to mind. When it comes to premium chocolate, Hotel Chocolat and its single-estate treats. But what springs to mind with beef?
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Interview
Interview: Who needs Prada when you have Primark? Paul Marchant on opening in the capital of fashion
Retail Week talks to Primark’s chief executive as the value giant continues its quest for global expansion
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News
Marks & Spencer launches spring/summer lines on rental platform Hirestreet
Marks & Spencer has introduced a range of new season womenswear on specialist platform Hirestreet in its latest tie-up with the rental platform.
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Analysis
In pictures: Boohoo unveils ‘model factory’ to reinvigorate Leicester rag trade
Boohoo has opened the doors of its first clothing production factory, which boss John Lyttle says is a commitment to Leicester’s “great future” as the hub of the UK textiles industry.
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Report Store
Retail’s New Consumer Personas
Understanding behaviours and buying habits of today’s global consumer