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Estée Lauder Forces Out Exec for Racist Instagram Post

Retail TouchPoints

John Demsey, an Estée Lauder Executive Group President responsible for some of the company’s biggest brands, has agreed to retire following the discovery of a racist meme on his personal Instagram account. In a letter sent to employees on Feb. 28, Executive Chairman William P.

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5 Ways COVID-19 has Reshaped Consumer Behavior

Retail TouchPoints

Businesses must also account for generational preferences. Blended solutions — that is, virtual activations in physical spaces or virtually enabled at-home experiences — will feel natural to consumers and drive sales. For the 2021 Consumer, Physical and Virtual are Inseparable.

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Ultra-fast fashion is undermining efforts to make the industry more sustainable

Inside Retail

Instead they are producing garments at breakneck speeds and self-generating microtrends such as balletcore, Barbiecore and even mermaidcore. At the same time there is limited transparency or accountability around clothing supply chains. Cheap clothing at what cost? And let’s not forget the power of consumers.

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From Calories to Carbon: Where Food Labeling Meets Sustainability

Retail TouchPoints

This fosters accountability and drives the food and beverage industry to place greater emphasis on sustainability in their sourcing strategies. Between 2004 and 2008, the number of new products labeled with terms like “sustainable,” “sustainability,” “environmentally friendly,” or “eco-friendly” registered with the U.S.

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Three Reasons why COVID-19 Will Make Retailers Stronger

Retail TouchPoints

At the start of the pandemic, retailers did the hard work of rethinking and redesigning their underlying IT infrastructure to ensure these initiatives could be rolled out in a timely and effective manner. But unbeknownst to customers, there was something else going on behind the scenes that was enabling all this to happen.

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What to know about Woolworths’ appointment of its first female CEO in 100 years

Inside Retail

In Australia, women remain under-represented in key decision-making roles across industries, accounting for 22.3 While Banducci has confirmed that he will remain in the role through the Senate inquiries, some question the fairness of appointing Bardwell to the top job at a time of crisis for the company. per cent of CEOs, 35.1

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6 Keys to Empowering Store Associates During the Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

retailers will add 410,000 seasonal positions this year, which is the lowest number of jobs added in the quarter since 2008. Results from Retail TouchPoints’ 2023 Store Operations Survey indicate that hiring and retaining associates, at 70% , and high employee turnover rates, at 67% , are their top challenges.