NRF urges retailers to adopt nationwide mask policy

 “The health and safety of associates and customers is retailers’ number one priority and wearing a face covering or mask is scientifically proven to reduce the spread of COVID-19,” said the organization. “NRF applauds the leadership of companies like Walmart, Starbucks, Best Buy, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Apple, Qurate Retail Group, Costco and others that have implemented nationwide mask…

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Lululemon announces new social and environmental goals

In the report, the yogawear maker laid out a multi-year strategy that addresses critical social and environmental issues via 12 goalsคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. These commitments fall under three pillars – ‘Be Human’, ‘Be Well’ and ‘Be Planet’ – and touch upon a range of global issues, includi…

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China’s antitrust regulators weigh levying record fine on Alibaba

The fine could surpass the $975 million that Qualcomm paid in 2015 over anticompetitive practices, the report said. The regulators are also considering whether the Chinese e-commerce giant should divest some assets unrelated to its main online-retailing business.Alibaba declined to respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Founder Jack Ma’s business empire has been put under intense scrut…

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Shippers, online retailers seek way around rising delivery costs

Shippers’ margins are falling or stagnating, despite steady price increases, because homes are roughly three times as expensive to deliver to as business addresses. And retailers cannot pass along the cost, because they must offer free shipping in order to compete.The shared solution: design new, space-saving packages that can help improve package density on delivery trucks. This cuts costs for…

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Sri Lanka- default of twelfth-largest EU, USA apparel supplier

On Tuesday 5 July, a little over three months after the country’s problems began escalating severely, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament that the crisis was likely to be long-lasting, as negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for debt relief were proving especially toughคำพูดจาก Read more

Vestiaire Collective adds Zara, H&M, Gap, Mango, Uniqlo to its fast fashion ban list

The 30 labels now added to the list include some of the most popular fashion names such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, H&M, Mango, Uniqlo, Urban Outfitters, and Zara, among othersIt’s the second year in a three-year rollout of the strategy and follows the initial announcement in November 2022.

Interestingly, the company said after that 2022 kick-off, it saw 70% of members impacted by the …

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Bangladesh police use tear gas, water cannons on protesting garment workers

The government of Bangladesh, the world’s second biggest garment exporter behind China, said on Tuesday it would consider demands for an increase in the minimum wage, after clashes between police and protesters killed one worker and wounded dozens.But the protesters came out again on Wednesday, blocking roads and burning tyres in the Savar industrial district just north of the capital, Dhaka.…

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Business rates burden sees bailiff interventions rising

In the year to the end of March it was revealed that more than 69,000 companies were visited by bailiffs, according to information given to real estate specialist Altus.The news has emerged just a month after a group of prominent retailers wrote to the government to demand action about the burden of business rates, which are basically property taxes, and the impact they’re having on high stre…

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