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H&M Backs Fabric Made From Cow Manure

H&M has pledged to use 100-percent recycled or sustainably sourced materials by 2030 in its latest sustainability report.

Amazon Rival Boxed Sees Narrow Inventory as an Edge

Chieh Huang has borrowed a lot from Amazon.com Inc. to expand his e-commerce startup Boxed Wholesale, which sells bulk packages of paper towels, granola bars and maxi pads, including free delivery within two days on most orders and an inexpensive house brand of products. And, like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Huang started the company in his garage in 2013.

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Companies Not Complying With Bangladesh Garment Plan, Report Says

Dozens of global clothing companies are not complying with a plan to ensure better safety in Bangladesh garment factories following the deadly collapse of a building four years ago, a rights group says.

Drop Shipping Could Be Key to Generation Z

Brands and retailers have been hyper focused on Millennials for years now. But while they've been busy trying to figure out what Millennials want, Generation Z, a maturing and ever more digitized and global generation, is emerging with its formidable buying power.

This Sweater Company Is Breaking a Cashmere Cartel

In 2012, Matt Scanlan, the founder and chief executive officer of Naadam Cashmere, was just a young New York University alumnus with an unsatisfying job at a venture capital firm. "After a couple years of working as an analyst - which is a pretty thankless job - I left," he says. "A week after I quit, I booked a flight" to Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, to visit a college friend who lived in the region. The two of them met a newspaper reporter who hailed from Scanlan's hometown of Westport, Conn., and soon happened to hit it off with a couple of the reporter's sources, nomadic goat herders."

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Tesco Reduces Food Packaging Waste, Increases Recyclability

British retail grocery giant Tesco Plc will offer fresh food packaging for meat and poultry from 95-percent food-safe recycled content, which is typically recovered from plastic (PET) water bottles from household waste. The packaging, dubbed "Rfresh Elite," is from LINPAC; Tesco is working with its key supplier, Hilton Food Group, to bring the meat and poultry to market in the recycled packaging.

Instant Fulfillment: The New Meaning of Fast Fashion

How fast is fast enough when it comes to clothes and gratification? How much do you really need that dress or bag or platform sandal?

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Wal-Mart Wants Suppliers to Eliminate a Gigaton of Greenhouse Gases by 2030

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., long known for squeezing its suppliers on prices, is now pressuring companies including Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive Co. to help the world's biggest retailer remove a billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by 2030.

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United Airlines and Lufthansa Announce Cargo Joint Venture Agreement

United Airlines (UAL) and Lufthansa Cargo have signed a joint venture agreement for cargo cooperation on routes between the U.S. and Europe. The partners say they plan to provide a range of benefits to customers by cooperating on capacity and aligning booking and handling processes.

Target Agrees to Phase Out Use of Polystyrene Packaging

Target has announced it will begin to phase out use of polystyrene foam packing in its e-commerce operations.

Wal-Mart Brings Price War to Groceries, Boosting Pressure on Big Food Retailers

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s fight to defend its low-cost reputation is helping to extend the longest food-price decline in decades.

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