All Sustainability articles – Page 17
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Gallery
Store gallery: New Selfridges pop-up experiments with ‘future of retail’
Selfridges has unveiled what the sustainable store of the future could look like in its Supermarket pop-up.
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Analysis
Pushing your purpose, driving diversity and reinventing stores – the best of WRC 2022
Ahold Delhaize, Nike, Ikea and Currys – the big names and key takeaways from WRC 2022
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Analysis
Deep dive: How the cost-of-living crisis will hit retailers and their customers
Retail Week explores the impact of the current world crisis on each customer and business and asks what, if anything, can be done.
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News
Paul Polman: Retailers that fail on climate change are ‘heading to the graveyard’
Former Unilever boss Paul Polman has urged retailers to escape “the rat race of quarterly reporting” in order to drive longer-term change on sustainability.
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News
Marks & Spencer joins resale market with childrenswear investment
Marks & Spencer has penned a deal with resale platform Dotte that will allow customers to buy and sell second-hand childrenswear.
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Retail Voice
Hybrid retail – are you ready for it?
As retail constantly evolves to provide consumers with personalised digital experiences, Citrix’s Christian Schwendemann asks whether the industry is ready for a new way of thinking.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Marks & Spencer opens Goodmove activewear pop up
Marks & Spencer has opened a pop-up store to showcase its Goodmove athleisure brand.
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News
M&S Marble Arch flagship demolition to be reconsidered by Mayor of London
The Mayor of London will reconsider the decision to approve Marks & Spencer’s planned demolition of its Marble Arch store following a major backlash.
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Analysis
Explosive consumer poll: Is greenwashing working?
Retail Week’s Green is the New Black report has ignited debate on social media as to how much consumers know – and care – about sustainability. We take a closer look at its findings.
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Opinion
The big debate: Is Iceland right to roll back on its palm oil promise?
As the price of sunflower oil soared following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iceland has reverted to the use of palm oil in some of its products – something the retailer has been resolutely against since 2018. Retail Week’s Rosie Shepard and George MacDonald debate whether that was the right decision.
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News
Amazon stops packaging products in single-use plastic bags
Amazon has wiped out all single-use plastic delivery bags across its own UK distribution network as it ramps up its sustainability drive.
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Retail Voice
What shoppers want: More personal, less choice, stronger purpose
Consumer expectations are higher than ever before, but what is it that shoppers really want and how can retailers achieve it? Adobe UK’s marketing director Peter Bell highlights what retailers can do to stand out.
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Analysis
9 CX disruptors – meet the retailers and brands redefining experience
A new generation of ingenious businesses are wowing customers like never before with lessons for established retailers, Retail Week’s latest report finds.
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News
Amazon launches fully electric HGV fleet as it ramps up net-zero push
Amazon has launched its first-ever fully electric fleet of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK as part of broader plans to become net-zero by 2040.
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Analysis
Analysis: Did Rishi Sunak’s statement put a spring in retail’s step?
On the day inflation hit a three-decade high, chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered a spring statement light on action but heavy on promises as the cost of living crisis continues to spiral.
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Gallery
First look: Boohoo unveils high-tech laboratory to tackle throwaway culture
Boohoo has opened its own in-house lab to ensure the durability and performance of its garments. Retail Week took a visit to learn more.
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Data
Data: Primark and Amazon rank among most sustainable retailers in new consumer poll
Retail Week’s ground-breaking new report reveals the findings of exclusive research with 1,000 UK consumers on what sustainability means to them, how it is influencing their spending and how much they care about retailers driving the ESG agenda.
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Retail Voice
The two most important trends influencing fashion retail
Sustainability and digitisation are reshaping the fashion retail industry. Diebold Nixdorf’s Reint Jan Holterman takes a closer look at both transformational forces—and their implications for fashion brands