sustainability

Everyone is talking about "sustainability" - what does it mean in and for retail? At ixtenso.com you will find inspiration and best practice examples on how to make your business more sustainable. In the end, not only the environment should benefit, but also your customers - and you as a retailer!

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PayU and Prosus champion sustainable packaging solutions in India with new report

'Scaling Sustainable Packaging Report' takes a comprehensive look at the significant waste management challenges India faces

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Store design: second life for furniture, materials and fashion

How a new sustainable store concept came about at Globetrotter and what can be learned from it

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University of Bayreuth: Supermarket of the Future

A board game for creative engagement with novel foods

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Mannequins as a (customer) magnet?

How do shop window mannequins influence the customer journey? An interview.

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Sustainability: A must in shopfitting too?

How the industry can advance and score

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Sustainable supply chain: what's truth, what's lies?

Interview with Philipp Groll from Infor GmbH

Label in green and white climate neutral on a cardboard box...

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Eco-friendly shopping spree: Shop 'til you drop - thanks to Omnichannel

Approaches to reconcile climate friendliness and shopping

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"GreenPickUp": Smart and sustainable parcel delivery in urban areas

How this new concept with mobile parcel stations, data analysis and algorithms is shaking up the industry

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Collect&Go opens new walk-in pick-up point

The company's second walk-in pick-up store specially for cyclists and pedestrians opened in Brussels

23.03.2023 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Mannequins – Colorful, diverse and sustainable

Photos on current mannequin trends

Larger, smaller, male, female – there are significantly more criteria nowadays that define mannequins and their use in stationary retail. (Social) topics such as diversity and sustainability have arrived in the industry. What's more, ...

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20.03.2023 #sustainability #food retail

Harmonised food ecolabelling one step closer as leading experts join forces under new Foundation Earth method

Milestone for ecolabelling hailed by Europe’s leading food scientists and brands as significant moment for “health of our planet”

Foundation Earth has published a trailblazing new method to assess the environmental impact of food and drink products following an intensive year-long research and development programme. ...

15.03.2023 #brick and mortar retail #epos systems

Digital label - Unpacked in a new way

TareTag makes it possible to display product information even if you bring your own containers.

Unpackaged stores offer their customers the opportunity to buy products in the containers they bring along themselves, thus avoiding packaging waste.However, much of the information that informs customers about ingredients, origin or brand is lost ...

01.03.2023 #sustainability #electronic shelf labels (ESL)

Green retail technologies from Hanshow

Interview with Sally Liang, Head of Hanshow Europe

Improving store operations, reducing waste and saving energy are important goals for many companies and retailers. Hanshow presents many technological solutions at EuroShop 2023 in hall 6 at booth F03 that help achieve those ambitions. ...

01.03.2023 #digitization #sustainability

YOUnifying the retail experience with Toshiba

Interview with Andrew McDaniel, Robin Lyon, Catherine Bataille, Stephen Howells, Valérie de Haan

At EuroShop 2023, Toshiba presents a suite of hardware, software and service solutions for retail. Regardless whether you are looking to improve efficiency of staff at the floor, search for self-checkout solutions or ways to improve loss prevention ...

28.02.2023 #sustainability #EuroShop

Refrigeration solutions and sustainability at Arneg

Interview with Tiziana Raiteri

The main theme for Arneg at EuroShop 2023 is “respect” – for food, people, planet, and energy. Tiziana Raiteri, Global Marketing and Communications Director, at Arneg, explains in our video interview what this means for the company ...

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13.02.2023 #sustainability #fashion

Companies create association for the collective management of textile waste in Spain

Spanish branches of ten companies aim to manage textile and footwear waste through a collective system of producer responsibility

Decathlon, H&M, IKEA, Inditex, Kiabi, Mango and Tendam have created the "Association for the Management of Textile Waste", with the aim of managing textile and footwear waste generated in the Spanish market through a "Collective ...

09.02.2023 #lighting systems #sustainability

Light creates the space

Molto Luce provides individual lighting solutions for the retail sector, corporate buildings, hotels & restaurants or private living spaces

MAGNETICS – Flexible lightMoving or adapting: With the tender, yet highly functional lighting system, it is possible to move and to adapt designs easily and without tools. Together with Magnetics, Molto Luce offers lighting inserts protected ...

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07.02.2023 #sustainability #food retail

Australia to spearhead ‘paperization’ of confectionery packaging in Asia-Pacific

According to GlobalData, leading confectionery companies are ready to test paper packaging in Australia in 2023

Leading multinational confectionery makers, Nestlé and Mars Wrigley Australia are set to test-launch their iconic chocolates and candy brands in paper packaging in Australia in 2023. The move, if successful, will trigger the ...

07.02.2023 #e-commerce #retail

White Label World Expo

28.02.2023 - 01.03.2023 | London, United Kingdom

Discover the most trending and innovative productsPacked with event features to grow your business potential, the White Label World Expo – UK will set its agenda to cover nearly all of the retail, e-commerce, and selling/supplying industries. ...

06.02.2023 #sustainability #event

Expo + Event Marketing Dimension at EuroShop 2023

Biggest showcase and ideas exchange for exhibition architecture, design, event and live marketing

135 international exhibitors in the Dimension Expo and Event Marketing – lectures on brand experiences, innovative event formats and cross-media linking on the Expo. New Special on sustainability. Exhibitor Magazine (USA) presents EuroShop ...

30.01.2023 #online trading #sustainability

A lever for the circular economy?

The advantages of a marketplace model

Online retail continues to boom in Germany. The German Retail Association (HDE) forecasts growth of 12.4 per cent for 2022 compared to 2021. However, this brings with it further challenges - for example, the destruction of returns. Not only do they ...

23.01.2023 #sustainability #logistics

Without colour, but with a lot of environmental awareness

Bonprix sets new impulses in sustainability with undyed product line

In 2022, the Otto subsidiary presented "Undyed" styles for the first time, products that do not require any dyeing at all: natural-coloured sweatshirts, nightwear, underwear and socks. How did the idea come about, how was it implemented, ...

22.01.2023 #e-commerce #retail

Attracting young customers with sustainability and metaverse

How ByondXR wants to shape the future of e-commerce

In marketing, standstill leads to regression faster than in many other sectors. Strategies that were the cutting edge ten years ago often no longer work today. "Generation Z" in particular has its own very specific demands with regard to ...

16.12.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Showfields comes to Washington D.C.

Company has opened its fourth lifestyle discovery store at 3077 M Street NW in Georgetown

The NYC-based company Showfields is known for bringing shoppers immersive brand curations and experiential store design. The DC location is a unique display of sustainability – the previous tenant was Brooks Brothers, and the Showfields ...

15.12.2022 #sustainability #marketing

EuroShop 2023: Closer integration of retail practice and teaching

Retail tradefair and Department of International Management/ Retail Management at Worms University of Applied Sciences cooperate

On the one hand, the aim is to give students the opportunity to directly experience the innovative power of the industry in all eight experience dimensions of the trade fair on the world's most important platform for the retail sector and thus ...

14.12.2022 #customer satisfaction #retail

L'Oréal USA rolls out new product labeling system

Company wants to educate consumers about the environmental impact of its products

L'Oréal USA has announced the roll out of L'Oréal's Product Impact Labeling system in the United States. The initiative, first launched in France in 2020, gives consumers the relative environmental impact of their product ...

12.12.2022 #e-commerce #sustainability

E-commerce: For better, but also for worse!

How to optimally reach the clientele in current times of crisis

Inflation, rising energy costs, Covid - these crises currently have Germany firmly in their grip and are consequently influencing consumer behaviour in the country in the long term. Due to rising living costs, German consumers are currently holding ...

30.11.2022 #digitization #sustainability

"Please board, doors close automatically"

The "CargoSurfer" project aims to get parcels to their destination sustainably by public transport

Whether by bus, train, suburban railway or underground – public transport should be used more. But why only by us people? That's what the brains behind the CargoSurfer project were asking themselves. Prof. André Ludwig from ...

25.11.2022 #sustainability #shop building

Dimension "Materials & Surfaces" at EuroShop 2023

New Dimension shows the impact design can have in difficult times

Aluminium foam, translucent concrete surfaces or sheer gossamer structures that seem to balance the weight of massive boulders – visual “wows” are popular for staging the customer journey. The Materials & Surfaces Dimension at ...

14.11.2022 #online trading #e-commerce

With mailing bags against cardboard shortage & packaging waste

Interview: Hamburg-based start-up Boomerang tries to solve two problems of online trade with one stone thanks to an innovative idea

Since the pandemic, online trade is booming like never before. But what sounds like a blessing can also become a burden. Packaging waste is increasing rapidly and polluting the environment. At the same time, the global crises are causing a shortage ...

11.11.2022 #brick and mortar retail #retail

First retailers announced for Royalmount shopping centre

Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Tiffany & Co. and RH with new presence in Montreal's new Midtown destination

Royalmount, Montreal's future destination for over 170 stores including 60 restaurants and experiential attractions, has announced that Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., RH, Sandro and Maje have been confirmed for the major new retail and ...

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04.11.2022 #retail #sustainability

Retail sustainability strategies lag as inflation threatens to pause investment

Bain & Company urges retailers to nudge consumers towards more sustainable behaviors and focus more on circular consumption models that reduce waste

Higher inflation is intensifying pressure on already thin margins throughout the supply chain. But recent shocks also highlight the need for supply chains to be reinvented to be more agile, more resilient, more efficient and more sustainable. ...

17.10.2022 #e-commerce #retail

EuroShop 2023 – iXtenso special

We are on site: The latest retail solutions and trends for the industry

At EuroShop 2023 from February 26 to March 2, the World's No. 1 Retail Trade Fair, we will be looking at current issues that are affecting the retail industry now and in the future.

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30.09.2022 #sustainability #Tech in Retail

Macy’s announces sustainable initiatives to drive a more circular future

Through its social purpose platform, Mission Every One, Macy’s, Inc. is committed to creating a brighter future for all

Macy’s, Inc. has provided an update detailing its achievements towards its long-term sustainability goals – including initiatives that promote circularity throughout its value chain. ...

12.09.2022 #e-commerce #sustainability

Fully automated stores: Pepper for your fulfillment service

How to provide your clientele with a convenient omnichannel shopping experience

Your customers are still hungry for their favorite snack late at night, but they are standing in front of closed doors at your branch because your staff has already gone home? Your product range is very diverse, but you still want your customers to ...

06.09.2022 #retail #digitization

EuroShop 2023 – Prime time event of the global retail industry

Hot topics that move retail now and in the future – from 26 February to 2 March 2023

Despite a turbulent climate EuroShop 2020 proved a resounding success. 94,339 visitors from 142 countries travelled to the Rhine to learn from 2,287 exhibitors from 56 nations about all aspects, innovations and trends in the global retail world. And ...

03.09.2022 #e-commerce #sustainability

Omnichannel: The right herbal mix of online and offline

Convenient shopping and service experience across all channels

Shopping today is more diverse than ever, and customers expect a comprehensive experience, not only at home or on the go when shopping online, but also directly in the store. The boundaries between offline and online are becoming increasingly ...

24.08.2022 #sustainability #Tech in Retail

Tesco electrifies deliveries to more than 400 stores

Introduction of new electric truck will help improve air quality and reduce emissions

In an industry first, Tesco has become the first retailer to launch a zero-emission electric lorry to make deliveries from its distribution centres to stores in city centres. ...

16.08.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

UpWest makes impact in New York with local non-profit GrowNYC

Purpose driven brand on a mission to provide comfort for people and planet by donating 1% of sales to non-profits across the US

This year, UpWest has opened two stores in the greater New York area with locations in Williamsburg and Roosevelt Field Mall. Both locations partner with GrowNYC whose mission is to improve New York's quality of life through environmental ...

11.08.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Apple Brompton Road celebrates creativity with vibrant design

The new London store offers advancements in sustainable design as well as community events and resources

Apple has previewed Apple Brompton Road, its newest store in London, located in the city’s bustling Knightsbridge neighborhood. A stone’s throw from Hyde Park, Apple Brompton Road features design inspiration drawn from local flora, along ...

05.08.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

First "Refill Station" at Tops market Westgate

Tops highlights its sustainability store concept by partnering with Unilever Thailand and SCGC

Today, the world has more plastic waste than it can handle, partly because we are used to the convenience that plastic brings, but do not manage plastic waste properly. Most of the plastic waste is single-use plastic and more and more ends up in ...

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03.08.2022 #sustainability #supply chain management

Implementation of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act in industry and trade

Creating transparency and acting more efficiently

On 1 January 2023, the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz – LkSG) will come into force, affecting both manufacturing and retail sectors. Sapio Research conducted a study of the LkSG’s implementation on ...

27.07.2022 #online trading #e-commerce

DHL invests €560M in UK e-commerce operation to support growth

More than 4,000 jobs will be created through the investment focused on sustainable growth

DHL eCommerce Solutions has announced plans to invest €560m across its UK ecommerce operation, DHL Parcel UK. The investment comes following a 40% volume uplift since the start of 2020 and soaring demand for its ecommerce and B2B services. The ...

22.07.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Klarna unveils US retail pop-up shop “Klarna Oasis” in Los Angeles

Supporting mission-driven brands for sustainability efforts

Klarna announced the opening of its US retail pop-up, “Klarna Oasis,” an immersive shopping experience in Los Angeles focused on supporting its various mission-driven merchant partners.From Saturday, July 23 to Sunday, July 24, consumers ...

19.07.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Morrisons launches lower environmental impact store

Including less carbon emissions, zero waste, local and loose products

Morrisons is has opened a lower environmental impact store in Little Clacton, the latest initiative on its journey to becoming a more sustainable business. The new store design, which has been built from scratch, for the first time incorporates ...

06.07.2022 #digitization #sustainability

Brave new last mile

A dilemma of digital transformation versus sustainability?

The pandemic has given an additional boost to online retail with its record volumes already recorded in previous years. As a result, last-mile delivery is bursting at the seams, especially in metropolitan areas. There are limits to the capacity of ...

06.07.2022 #sustainability #food retail

Food-packaging system reduces health risks and saves food

Antimicrobial food wrap could reduce food waste and foodborne illness

As food costs continue to rise and a global food crisis looms on the horizon, it’s staggering to think that some 30-40% of America’s food supply ends up in landfills, mostly due to spoilage. At the same time, the World Health ...

04.07.2022 #retail #digitization

Sustainability means holism

Microsoft supports retailers in becoming climate-neutral

Climate neutrality, sustainability, environmental awareness - all these terms are buzzing around and prompting the industry to take action. But what can actually be done. Microsoft and EHI Retail Institute have jointly published the new white paper ...

01.07.2022 #e-commerce #sustainability

In-store marketing: The salt in the soup of sales promotion

How to positively influence the shopping experience of your clientele

Soft music in the background, delicious scent, pleasant lighting – Sounds like dinner at your favorite restaurant? Almost. Because atmospheric design elements are also important ingredients for the perfect in-store shopping experience in ...

29.06.2022 #retail #sustainability

Energy efficiency and carbon reduction in retail

Guide to energy efficiency and carbon reduction in the retail industry published as part of the BRC Climate Action Roadmap

BRC has published a new “Step-by-Step Guide to Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction in the Retail Industry”, produced as part of the BRC Climate Action Roadmap.Figures from the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy ...

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