Top retail experts and sustainability strategists to speak at major new conference
Leading figures in Nordic retailing and consumer brands – including speakers from Coop Denmark and Arla – will join some of the Europe’s best-known sustainability strategists at a major new…
Oxford Street Body Shop store reimagined as ‘activist workshop’
The Oxford Street branch of The Body Shophas been transformed into an “activist workshop” as part of the ethical beauty retailer’s pledge to revive its early campaigning spirit.
Happy and healthy: Chicago retailers partner for store-within-a-store pilot
Two long established family-owned Chicago area retail businesses – fresh market and grocer Angelo Caputo’s and health food store Fruitful Yield – have partnered to create a store-within-a-store experience.
M&S claims ‘first’ for food-to-go reusable container scheme
UK food and clothing retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) says it is the first major grocery retailer to introduce a reusable container incentive for fresh food-to-go .
Vitamin Shoppe acquired by Liberty Tax in $208m deal
US health food retailer The Vitamin Shoppe is being acquired by the tax return preparation specialist Liberty Tax in a deal worth around $208 million.
Organic and sustainable is the future, says Zara boss
The CEO of international fashion brand Zara said this week there is “no contradiction” between sustainability and profitability.
Veritas and Ecorganic merge to form Spain’s largest organic retail operator
Leading Spanish organic supermarket chain Veritas is merging operations with its smaller competitor Ecorganic to create a business with 72 stores and projected sales in 2019 of EUR100 million.
H&B goes head-to-head with Boots with healthy ‘meal deal’ launch
Holland & Barrett, the UK’s largest health and wellness retailer, is set to go head-to-head with Boots and other hight street rivals with the launch of its own ‘meal deal’…
Carrefour opens its first 100% organic supermarket in Belgium
International supermarket group Carrefour is set to open its first organic only store Belgium this week, reports the Belgian news website Bruzz.
Publix opens third Greenwise concept store
US supermarket operator Publix has opened the third of its standalone Greenwise concept stores, in Mountain Brook, Alabama.