Get the latest delivered to your inbox
Privacy Policy

Retail

News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the retail industry.

    Top WBENC Consumer Companies Join Together for the First Time in Collective Initiative to Source from Women-Owned Businesses Image

    POSTED 

    03-30-17

    Top WBENC Consumer Companies Join Together for the First Time in Collective Initiative to Source from Women-Owned Businesses

    Walmart announced today that they are one of nine corporations joining in a collaborative effort to track and report sourcing from self-identified and certified women-owned businesses (WOBs) over the next five years. This marks the first time the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBEN...

    Arrow Electronics’ SAM Car Ranked Top Car Innovation of 2016 Image

    POSTED 

    03-28-17

    Arrow Electronics’ SAM Car Ranked Top Car Innovation of 2016

    The Semi-autonomous Motorcar, or SAM Car, that Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) built for a former racecar driver paralyzed from the neck down, was named the best car innovation of 2016 by Business Ins...

    WTRMLN WTR Partners with Whole Planet Foundation® to Alleviate Poverty Image

    POSTED 

    03-24-17

    WTRMLN WTR Partners with Whole Planet Foundation® to Alleviate Poverty

    WTRMLN WTR, the pioneer in cold-pressed juiced watermelon, announces today that it has teamed up with Whole Foods Market’s nonprofit Whole Planet Foundation to alleviate poverty. A percentage of sales from all WTRMLN WTR BLNDS products (including GNGR, CHRRY, and LME) will benefit Whole Planet Fo...

    Subaru 2016 Share the Love® Event Generates More Than $24 Million in Charitable Donations Image

    POSTED 

    03-17-17

    Subaru 2016 Share the Love® Event Generates More Than $24 Million in Charitable Donations

    Subaru of America, Inc. today announced it has donated more than $23.4 million to national and local charities during its annual Share the Love event in 2016, bringing the total donated throughout the life of the program to more than $94 million. Held at the end of each year, Subaru donates $250 ...

    Arrow Electronics Shares DigiTruck Success at Posner Center Leadership Event Image

    POSTED 

    03-16-17

    Arrow Electronics Shares DigiTruck Success at Posner Center Leadership Event

    The Denver-based Posner Center for International Development’s mission is to build a community of innovators who grow lasting solutions to global poverty.

    Arrow Electronics CSR Manager Alex West was recently invited to speak at the Cen...

    Kesko’s Annual Report Tells About Kesko’s Strategy Implementation and Renewal Image

    POSTED 

    03-10-17

    Kesko’s Annual Report Tells About Kesko’s Strategy Implementation and Renewal

    Kesko’s Annual Report 2016 describes the recent steps that Kesko has taken to strengthen the customer experience for consumers and businesses, both in-store and in digital channels. In addition to the progress of Kesko’s strategy and sustainability work, the report presents a comprehensiv...

    Arrow Electronics’ Engineer Noel Marshall Named a Women Worth Watching in STEM Image

    POSTED 

    02-28-17

    Arrow Electronics’ Engineer Noel Marshall Named a Women Worth Watching in STEM

    Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) today announced that Senior Applications Engineer Noel Marshall was named a Women Worth Watching® in STEM by the Profiles in Diversity Journal®.

    Marshall wa...

    Yum! Brands, KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Expand Parental Time-Off Policy and Family Benefits for U.S. Corporate Employees Image

    POSTED 

    02-27-17

    Yum! Brands, KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Expand Parental Time-Off Policy and Family Benefits for U.S. Corporate Employees

    Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) today announced an expanded parental time-off policy as part of the Company’s ongoing commitment to its people-first culture and investment in its employees. The expanded parental time-off policy offers birth mothers 18 weeks of fully paid time away from work, including si...

    Walmart and the Walmart Foundation Announce $200,000 Towards Tornado Relief and Recovery Image

    POSTED 

    01-25-17

    Walmart and the Walmart Foundation Announce $200,000 Towards Tornado Relief and Recovery

    Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have made a commitment to provide support through cash and product donations of $200,000 to organizations helping in response to the severe weather that impacted Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. As a part of this commitment, Walmart is working closel...

    Walmart Outlines 2017 Goals for American Job Growth and Community Investment Image

    POSTED 

    01-18-17

    Walmart Outlines 2017 Goals for American Job Growth and Community Investment

     Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer with nearly 1.5 million associates in the U.S., today will discuss company plans to create American jobs and invest in local communities across the country. The investments in the coming year will support an estimated 34,000 jobs through continued e...

    Join today and get the latest delivered to your inbox