Environmental Impact
This coverage addresses the environmental impact of UK retail operations, examining sustainability initiatives, regulatory developments, and corporate responsibility efforts. Reporting focuses on emissions reduction, waste management, supply chain practices, and green innovations — offering insight for retail executives, operations managers, and brand leaders seeking to align business performance with environmental goals.
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Mar- 2021 -5 MarchOnline & Digital
MPs call on Boohoo to link bonuses to workers’ rights
Boohoo’s chairman, Mahmud Kamani has once again been called on by MPs to improve working conditions for its employees and operate in a more environmentally sustainable manner. The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has written to Kamani urging for the head to link its bonus scheme for senior executives -which is worth…
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Jan- 2021 -21 JanuaryClothing & Shoes
Pentland Brands appoints positive business director
Pentland Brands, the retail group which owns brands such as Lacoste, Boxfresh and Speedo, has appointed Sara Brennan as its first ever positive business director. Brennan will be responsible for accelerating the fashion retail group’s business strategy with an emphasis on its social and environmental impact. Since joining Pentland in…
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18 JanuaryAdvice
How packaging can build retail resilience
The ‘stay at home’ impact of the pandemic is turbocharging the importance of packaging. It is a critical component helping retailers to sell more products online and effectively move goods through busier and changing supply chains that are constantly flexing in response to the impact of Covid-19. At the same…
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Feb- 2020 -3 FebruarySport & Leisure
Angling Direct appoints new board director
Angling Direct has announced that Dilys Maltby will join the board of the company as a non-executive director with immediate effect. The fishing tackle retailer said that Maltby has a “strong track record” in advising international consumer brands on their “purpose, brand strategy and proposition”. She will now be working…
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Jan- 2020 -28 JanuarySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s pledges to become carbon neutral by 2040
Sainsbury’s has announced it will commit £1bn towards becoming carbon neutral by 2040. The supermarket giant will use the £1bn investment to “implement a programme of changes”, including reducing carbon emissions, food waste, plastic packaging and water usage, and aim to increase recycling, biodiversity and healthy and sustainable eating. The…
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2 JanuaryTips
4 retail trends to look forward to in 2020
The retail industry will continue to exist and thrive as long as there’s one constant factor – the consumers. The public consumers always have something they need that retail companies can provide, no matter the types of goods or items being offered. In the UK, however, the health of the…
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Aug- 2019 -19 AugustSupermarkets
Co-op urges councils to speed-up home food waste collections
The Co-op is urging local councils to speed-up the implementation of food waste collections from homes as approximately 1,000 tonnes a day ends up in landfills. Currently 156 English councils (48%) do not have a kerbside food waste collection meaning that food waste in these areas is going to landfill.…
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Jul- 2019 -25 JulyAdvice
A possible antidote to next-day delivery?
If you’re a retailer, you’ll know all too well that deliveries go way deeper than simply making sure your products make their way to customers in one piece. We’re talking Grand Canyon deep, here. Because deliveries are a battlefield like no other in the digital commerce world. While increased customer…
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Jun- 2019 -20 JuneOnline & Digital
Online retail sales in May suffer worst growth on record
May continued the 2019 trend of below-average online sales growth, with a marginal 1.9% year-on-year (YoY) increase, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index. When compared to this time last year, which saw the strongest May growth for online retail since 2010, analysts suggest this means the state…
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May- 2019 -15 MayEconomy
Retailers rethink returns policies as ‘serial returners’ increase
Some 26% of retailers have seen an increase in the volume of goods being returned in the last two years, according to new findings. Research from Barclaycard revealed that 20% of retailers had taken measures to make their returns policy more stringent in the last year, with a further 19%…
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