Retail

SidelineSwap, the world’s largest online marketplace for new and used sporting goods, announced a series of trade-in events in 2022 in partnership with DICK’S Sporting Goods that kicks-off in the Dallas area in February.

M·A·C Cosmetics teamed up with The Estée Lauder Companies’ Network of Black Leaders & Executives employee resource group to co-host an event paying tribute to beauty & style trends pioneered by Black entertainers & musicians over the decades.

James "Shack" Harris and Doug Williams, two of the co-founders of the Black College Football Hall of Fame, wanted to address a major issue: football players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) not being drafted by NFL teams.

For the fourth consecutive year, Arrow Electronics earned a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index, a benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality.

Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving children’s nutrition and wellness, has opened its annual Garden Grant window to offer financial support to schools that wish to start or expand edible education spaces.

Timberland sets out to honor Black History Month 2022 with From the Root, a powerful campaign focused on cultural unity and connections with nature.

Arrow Electronics is funding the donation of five  prosthetic arms over two years to support the Unlimited Tomorrow Global Initiative’s (UTGI) mission to make prosthetic limbs more accessible to those in need.

Yum! Brands, the University of Louisville and Howard University launch the Yum! Franchise Accelerator, a one-of-a-kind MBA elective opportunity supporting underrepresented people of color and women interested in the franchise restaurant industry.

Arrow Electronics was named to FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies list, topping the “Wholesalers: Electronics and Office Equipment” category for the ninth consecutive year. Their overall score included a #1 ranking in social responsibility & innovation.

M·A·C Cosmetics is joining forces with the Make It BLACK campaign to celebrate the beauty of being Black and support the next generation of Black founders by donating $150,000 to the Pull Up For Change Small Business Impact Fund.