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Given the unstable nature of the world economy at the moment, how will the latest corporate trend, Corporate Social Responsibility, fair as companies tighten their belts and look to cut costs? All major retailers have Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) statements proudly displayed on their web sites, and being green and being seen to be green, ...

  Tesco opens up another front on the green supermarket war today, by announcing that products will now be labelled with their individual carbon footprint.  Tesco are hot on the heels of Marks and Spencer who stole a march on their rivals to lead the sector on green credentials, by being the first to charge for carrier bags.   ...

5p for Carrier bags, good for the environment and good for business... Today, Marks & Spencer begin charging 5p for food carrier bags.  That's good for the environment because alongside the reduction in plastic that will be sent to landfill, the profit from the sale of the bags will go to Groundwork, an environmental charity which ...

Conchango recently hosted a Retail Business Intelligence Seminar, which was attended by many of the UK's leading retailers.  The format of the day was a number of presentations and some round table discussions on topics that had been selected by the attendees in advance by way of a questionnaire.  The Butler group presented on the ...