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Panja, Manjusha. "Sustainability Integration in the Fashion Retail Industry." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240293.
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Sustainability has gained prominence from past couple of decades, the fashion industry is most polluting industries in the global. This research is to explain the importance of sustainability integration in the fashion industry. The research methodology applied is first, it provides literature review examining books and articles pertaining to environmental and social responsibility in fashion industry from past decade. Secondly, the case study on H&M Group and interviewing end consumers of fashion. The results to demonstrate the importance of sustainability in the fashion industry and how fashion retailers play a key role and responsibility for enabling sustainability in the whole supply chain.
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Hendry, Daniel, Lawrence Silcox, and Nobuko Yokoyama. "Communicating Sustainability through Design within Retail Environments." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2178.
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This thesis uses a systematic understanding of sustainability informed by human needs, learning and design theory to explore ways in which small retail environments can effectively communicate sustainability concepts. The envisioned outcome of successfully communicating and implementing sustainability within retail environments is a lasting change in people’s daily behaviors. The methods of literature review, surveys, human needs investigation and professional validation are used to develop a behavioral change model centered on human needs and learning as well as six communication guidelines. The appendix of this thesis contains a user-friendly pocket guidebook titled The Six Guidelines for Sustainable Retail. The guidebook is designed as a quick-reference tool for retailers, designers and employees. It contains principles, visuals and concepts of sustainability for daily communication and comprehension purposes.
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Fieldson, Rosemary. "Towards a framework for sustainability in UK retail architecture." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/1134.
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The issues of environmental sustainability; fossil fuel use, resource use and pollution have until very recently remained a low priority to the vast majority of retail clients. The traditional barriers of capital cost, lack of precedent and perceived need have been replaced by the more urgent drivers of brand management and business risk. This emerging client need for more sustainable buildings requires that a methodology is adopted to enhance the end product for all stakeholders whilst avoiding possible criticism of "greenwash". However, despite the number of initiatives available, environmental analysis of retail projects in the UK have been limited to site environmental impact assessmenrte quired for planning approval and written sustainability statementss ubmitted as supporting information, and only required for large projects and at the discretion of the planning authority. These documents are rarely referred to once the planning stage has been passed and substitution of materials form routine cost saving measures through the Design and Build procurement route. Moreover, the layered nature of speculative development; where the client is a developer aiming to sell to an investor and the tenant is responsible for their own fit-out and plant, limits the level of innovation and continuity of thought between all stakeholders. This research was therefore conceived to address the need for an appropriate methodology to ensure that sustainability is considered in the design of retail facilities. The aim was to develop a framework methodology for incorporating sustainability in the design, construction and management of retail facilities. The following objectives were pursued: (a) To define the criteria of sustainability in architectureth roughl iteraturer eview; (b) to understandth e specific problemsa ssociated with sustainabilityi n retail architecturet hrough literature review, cases tudy interviews and survey data; (c) to assessth e extent to which existing tools satisfy the criteria for sustainability; (d) to develop a framework using the findings of the research through design and action research strategy and test the resulting framework though industry disseminationa ndh ypotheticacl ases tudies. 3 The results of the research outlined by the objectives above resulted in the development of a framework methodology. Using intuitive discursive analysis as the most readily adaptable process with the use of risk identification and mitigation as a design management technique, the resulting framework provides a matrix based documentation tool to facilitate development of the brief from the design of the facility, through procurement stages and providing a plan for sustainable management at handover of the facility to the client. The research concludes that improving the sustainability of retail facilities is a real possibility but that it is also dependant on client acceptance of responsibility to wider society and the environment. This research supports the need for a structured and integrated approach for design, development and delivery of retail facilities at all scales and how the interface between shell development and retail tenant is critical to real improvements in sustainability. The developed framework methodology requires further testing and refinement in a wider variety of applications to fully explore the potential benefits to be gained.
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Nadella, Bhanuteja. "Sustainability initiatives in the food retail sector : factors for success." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104511.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30).
The world's population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 and this creates an increased demand for food. Food manufacturers and retailers are scrambling to cater to this growth. However, they are also under constant pressure to manage their business operations more sustainably from external stakeholders such as consumers and governments. Consumers are demanding healthier and more ethically produced food products. Governments are strongly regulating the usage of natural resources such as water and land. These pressures have led many large food manufacturers and retailers to launch sustainability oriented projects and initiatives within their firm. These range from new product development and innovations to reducing environmental footprint of their operations. The outcome of these projects depends on different organizational factors. This thesis explores the question - What are the factors that contribute towards the success and failure of sustainability-oriented innovation and practices in the food manufacturing and retailing sector? What are the reasons for the positive outcome of a certain type of program/initiative? Based on literature review and semi-structured interviews with change agents in these firms, the thesis outlines different factors that could contribute towards a potentially successful sustainability project or initiative. Leadership & corporate vision, organizational complexities and incentive structures are identified as key reasons why these projects may succeed or fail.
by Bhanuteja Nadella.
S.M. in Management Studies
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Vogl, Justin Daniel. "Implementing Product Diversification Strategies for Small and Medium Retail Businesses' Sustainability." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5144.
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Small businesses make up about 90% of all business entities and employ about 60% of the total workforce, yet 50% of small businesses fail within their first 5 years. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore how SBOs use the appropriate product diversification strategies to remain sustainable. The sample population were 3 small retail business owners in a large-sized county in the Washington, D. C. metropolitan area who employed fewer than 19 people and have successfully used product diversification strategies to remain sustainable beyond 5 years. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and company document reviews. Data analysis entailed using an alphabetic coding process to identify the frequency and importance of themes. Grounded in the conceptual framework of the model of market orientation, this study revealed 4 themes that could help small business owners use the appropriate product diversification strategies to remain sustainable: customer-centric decision-making, market-trend orientation, resource orientation, and complementary products and services. The implications for positive social change include the potential to give small business owners a decision-making framework to achieve sustainability and growth, which would contribute to healthy economic conditions through consumerism, higher employment rates, and a reduction in poverty. The findings of this study could benefit local, small businesses and communities.
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Park, Michelle. "Labeling Is Out Of Fashion: NFC Technology Towards Sustainability In Fashion Retail." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1525695778821744.
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Bruwer, Juan-Pierre. "Sustainability of South African FMCG SMME retail businesses in the Cape Peninsula." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1724.
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CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, 2010The concept of Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) was created and implemented by the South African Government in an attempt to improve the economy of South Africa, reducing the unemployment rate and eliminating poverty. As a basic objective, SMMEs strive toward sustainability, however in recent years sustainability is at an all time low as substantial a number of these businesses fail to become viable entities. Popular literature show that Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) retail SMMEs make ineffective use of their accounting resources, resulting in them making critical business decisions without understanding and interpreting their financial performance or financial positions. These decisions have a ‘toxic’ affect on their business sustainability and as a result, it is perceived that these SMMEs make inefficient use of financial performance measures. The key objective of this research is to establish what financial performance measures sourced from accounting resources are regarded as being critical for the sustainability of FMCG retail SMMEs during the current dispensation of an economic depression in South Africa. To achieve the above dispensation, applied research will be used using ‘action research’ as the primary research paradigm supported by questionnaires for the purpose of data analysis, results of which were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Recommendations culminate from the research to mitigate the research problem.
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MARTSCHENKO, TATIANA. "Introducing sustainability measures to retail district retrofits : Edmonton’s Westmount Centre Case Study." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-235626.
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Many North American suburban shopping malls have become under-performing retail islands drifting in oceans of asphalt parking lots. This thesis examined three potential future scenarios for the aging retail shopping mall landscape; 1. Maintaining status quo 2. Upgrading the property for a mixed-use neighbourhood centre 3. Implementing strategies for attainable sustainability targets These scenarios were examined using a proposed retrofit of Edmonton, Canada’s Westmount Centre as a case study, to determine if this retrofitting approach could be a pilot for other districts. The principles of 2030 District (2030 District, 2012) guided this thesis, a concept which proposed that by 2030 all newly constructed districts be energy neutral and that existing districts be retrofitted to use less than 50% of the energy that they presently consume. The Spider charts developed by Haas & Troglio (Haas & Troglio, 2011) were used to create strategies that included incorporating existing proven, economically viable technologies to the proposed retrofit. The three resulting scenarios were then evaluated using Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Neighbourhood Design, version 4 (LEED-ND v4), to make a case for raising the threshold for sustainability and mitigation measures when planning new and retrofit projects in North America (USGBC, 2014). The goal of the thesis was to find a solution that holistically meets the goals of LEED-ND, where partnerships between numerous stakeholders provide a business model for urban sustainability, which includes planning, implementation and verification (2030 District, 2012). By examining proven sustainability measures and applying them to the normative scenario, makes the case that strategic implementation during a situation of opportunity, through timely stakeholder interaction, will result in a district that is both sustainable (environmentally, socially and economically) and provides a good return on investment. This thesis is a starting point for the iterative process, a compelling argument and business case for further investigation and action for Westmount Centre and by extension, to other retail districts.
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Solis, Colonel Jaime. "Small Retail Business Owner Strategies Needed to Succeed Beyond 5 Years." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2583.
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Small businesses accounted for 99% of the firms in private industry, provided 38% of the goods and services sold in the United States, and hired 55% of the labor force each year between 2012 and 2015. From 1993 to 2013, small firms accounted for 63% of new work generated while more than 50% of U.S. small businesses failed inside of 5 years and at least 20% failed during the first year. The purpose of this multiunit case study was to explore the strategies small retail businesses used to achieve sustainability beyond 5 years in a purposefully selected county in Virginia. The conceptual framework combination of entrepreneurship theory and spillover knowledge theory served to focus this case study on the exploration of economic strategies owners used to succeed in business. Purposeful sampling was used to identify 4 small retail business owners who had achieved sustainability beyond 5 years. Methodological triangulation combined company financial records, synthesized transcribed interview data and reflective notes. The Van Manen method was used to perform data analysis using responses from face-to-face open-ended questions. Participants concurred with the transcribed summaries via member checking. Manual coding resulted in six themes related to small retail business sustainability including motivation, management practices, application of active leadership principles, sustaining positive energy, owner dedication and passion, and identifying and understanding employee values. Social change may be affected by the contributions to small firm strategies about profitability, sustainability, and success, and could influence enterprise and employee prosperity, improve family economic health, and strengthen local community markets.
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Claeys, Anthony, and Gal August Le. "Sustainable Last Mile Logistics in Urban Food Retail : Case of Axfood, a Swedish Food Retailer." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65793.
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Purpose: The increasing importance given to sustainability issues by governments, companies, consumers, suppliers, researchers, students and the authors of this paper in addition to the scarce empirical studies on the topic of sustainable last mile logistics operations in the food retail industry in Sweden provides relevance to the choice of topic. This paper presents an exploratory single-case study on a Swedish food retailer with a strong sustainability-oriented decision-making body, and will seek to understand how they manage to adopt best sustainable practices and which drivers and most responsible for it. Objective: The aim of this study is to present through an empirical study, how food retailers operate their last mile logistics operations according to the triple bottom line approach, contributing to this young field where a profusion of data to confirm the existing theory remains deficient. Furthermore, the focus is placed on the different drivers for food retailers to adopt sustainable practices in their transportation operations from the distribution warehouse to their stores located in urban areas. Approach: A Swedish food retailer that strives for best practices will be studied in order to obtain key empirical data, which will allow the authors to compare theory and empirical data. The study will focus on the sustainability-oriented operations approach in the Last Mile Logistics of the chosen retailer and observe the different drivers regarding their operations following all aspects of the triple bottom line. A single-case study analysis of a leading company in terms of sustainability-driven operations will provide more insight on how this “category” of food retailers manages to operationalize their environmental-friendly culture and strategy for inbound Last Mile Logistics successfully, without losing their competitive edge and remaining economically sustainable. Findings: After juxtaposing the secondary data issued from the existing theories on sustainable LML in the food retail industry to the primary data obtained from Axfood, a Swedish food retailer, the results have demonstrated that a business cannot neglect economic drivers to be financially sustainable, (cost optimization, enhanced efficiency, etc.) it remains important and cannot be overridden to enable a shift towards optimal sustainability practices in LML operations. However, the drivers that have proven to make the cut in order to succeed in achieving best sustainable practices are; a highly proactive management, stakeholder pressure (particularly consumers and NGOs amongst others) and innovative technology (including those that imply a short-term economic trade-off for long-term greater good to the TBL dimensions). Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainable practices; Last Mile Logistics; Sustainable Last Mile Logistics; Triple Bottom Line; Food Retailers; Food Retail Industry; Drivers.
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Adams, Kathleen. "The Sustainability of Overconsumption? A Discursive Analysis of Walmart's Sustainability Campaign." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5093.
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This study inquires as to whether Walmart's sustainability campaign represents a sincere and holistic change throughout the company's global supply chain or if it is simply a public relations campaign which caters to the growing target market of “next-generation” consumers and justifies further expansion into “emerging markets”. A critical analysis of Walmart's sustainability discourse is presented, using transcribed texts of various corporate and publicity-geared publications. Frequently utilized terms and themes are identified throughout the big-box retailer's sustainability campaign which convey a distinctly Neoliberal ethos—a political economy which lies at the heart of current practices of institutional unsustainability—and emphasize the role of the atomized individual—who may purchase protection from environmental risks via green products. Other themes, which are commonly associated with sustainability research, are glaringly absent: subsidiarity; human rights; steady-state economics; economic inequity; the precautionary principle. This research aims to shed light on the prospects for the sustainability of green overconsumption, which Walmart is leading the way in promoting, and for the continuation of the modern economistic zeitgeist into the twenty-first century.ID: 031001513; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Title from PDF title page (viewed August 8, 2013).; Thesis (M.A.)--University of Central Florida, 2012.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-113).
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Ford, Tanesha Lynett. "Sustainability Strategies for Small Business Survival Beyond 5 Years." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6020.
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Owners of small retail businesses who fail to implement adequate managerial strategies experience reduced profits and sustainability challenges. Small businesses account for 85.3% of the market, and 66% of small businesses fail within the first 5 years due to low sales and personnel issues. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the managerial strategies that owners of successful small retail businesses implemented to sustain their operations for longer than the first 5 years. The population for the study included owners of 3 small retail businesses in the southeastern region of the United States, who successfully implemented managerial strategies and remained in business for longer than 5 years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with the owners and from a review of the company websites and social media pages. Systems theory and the general systems theory was the conceptual framework for the study. Data were analyzed in accordance with Yin's 5-phase data analysis process consisting of pattern matching, explanation building, time-series analysis, program logic models, and cross-case synthesis. Three themes emerged from the data analysis: updating the business model, addressing customer feedback, and enhancing business efficiency. The findings of this study could contribute to positive social change by providing insights for owners of small retail businesses regarding strategy execution for managerial approaches that increase business productivity, which may lead to the improved economic wellbeing of some employees as well as positive contributions to the communities' retail businesses serve.
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Lundgren, Eugene. "GLOBAL REPORT INITIATIVE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING COMPARABILITY : A STUDY OF 3 SWEDISH COMPANIES IN THE RETAIL SECTOR." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-453940.
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This study aims to analyze and explore the issue of inter-firm comparability of sustainability performance focusing on energy, through the qualitative content analysis of 3 GRI sustainability reports of the retail sector firms. The study examines 3 Swedish retail companies based on data from last year's GRI sustainability reports and focuses exclusively on the energy aspect. The current study provides an answer to the following research question: "Can different companies from the retail industry be compared based on the energy indicator data published in the GRI reports?" In the study, the author analyzes three reports of the retail companies, in particular Kappahl, Lindex, and H&M. For this, the author chose the method of qualitative content analysis. The research process was as follows. From the very beginning, eight keywords were chosen. Three out of eight keywords were excluded. The following keywords remained - energy efficiency, energy consumption, energy use, renewable energy, electricity consumption. Then the textual data was quantified, the visible and the obvious in the text was extracted and described (Results), and thereafter qualitative assessment was made (Discussion and Analysis). To answer this research question, the author had to carefully examine each keyword and category (theme) independently and see if the information about a particular keyword and category (theme) could be compared across different reports. The findings of this study indicate the following. Some of the categories (themes) can be compared, however, not all the categories (themes) are possible to compare. Since not all the categories can be compared, this factor does make overall comparability difficult. Hence, in general, it can be inferred that the GRI energy indicator cannot be compared.
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Tran, Thi Tuyet Nhung. "Exploring the Sustainability of Vietnamese Traditional Wet Markets -From the Value Co-Creation Perspective-." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/225374.
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Bell, Daisy, and Emelie Almqvist. "The intention of clearance sales : A comparison between consumers and retailers in a volatile business environment." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16814.
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Low prices in textile fabrics are a phenomenon that can be traced back for centuries. In 2011 a new record was set when 37.7 percent of all items in the fashion commerce were sold at a discounted price. Retailers today on the Swedish market have taught the consumers a new consumption behavior due to the constant flow of new products. It has become difficult to increase a price of a product due to globalization and the hard competition it brings. Economies of scale have made it possible for retail chains to offer products with low prices. Because of the fluctuated demand among consumers today clearance sales have become a natural part of a company’s business strategy.The purpose of the thesis is to define if companies use clearance sales as a strategy in today’s volatile business world and to compare retailers’ approaches with consumers’ attitudes towards clearance sales. This study questions whether clearance sales are necessary today. The purpose is also to clarify if clearance sales can be limited by several factors and how companies will manage clearance sales in the future.The methodology used in this thesis is an inductive approach together with a qualitative and a quantitative research strategy. A case study including interviews with seven different retailers and a survey with 100 participating consumers have been accomplished.The authors of this thesis could not discover a strategy how clearance sales are managed among the participating retailers. They claimed that clearance sales are necessary and that it is a result of faulty forecasting and a decreased willingness to buy among consumers due to the volatile business world. A speeded up system with more collections each year stresses and forces retailers to purchase more products that cannot be sold at regular prices, which in the end lead to even more clearance sales. Clearance sales affect the companies differently depending on their retail construction.The authors have noticed a shift in the society where consumers’ willingness to buy has decreased due to a rise in environmental thinking. Meanwhile, companies are still using clearance sales as a tool with the purpose to attract consumer to low prices. However the authors claim that clearance sales have lost its function. Companies are realizing that they need to understand their consumers and their market so that their forecasts are more correct and thereby they will have less unsold products that will end up at clearance sales.Program: Master programme in Applied Textile Management
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Nilsson, Herman. "Integrating Sustainability in the Food Supply Chain : Two Measures to Reduce the Food Wastage in a Swedish Retail Store." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-194122.
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Due to the growing world population, the environmental impact from the food supply chain is currently increasing in a global perspective, essentially because the global food consumption is increasing in general. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that about one third of the edible portions of the food produced globally is lost or wasted along the way from raw materials to the dinner plate. When food is produced, transported, stored, treated and processed in different ways it consumes a lot of resources and energy and causes large negative impact on the environment due to emissions of pollutants affecting waters, soil and air. When food is wasted somewhere in the food supply chain, it implies unnecessary emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants and also entails a pointless extraction and use of natural resources: each since the production is made in vain. Sustainable development has been generally accepted as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Quite simple, this means that humanity of today needs to conserve the remaining resources on Earth and sharply reduce the anthropogenic environmental impact. In order to attain a state where man can live in equilibrium with the natural world,humanity must pursue sustainability in every activity and every movement. According to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) a reduction of food loss within the food supply chain could facilitate society’s quest to develop in a sustainable manner. The retail store is one place where large numbers of food items are gathered at the same location and where a lot of food is discarded, many times completely in vain. It is thus a suitable place to take actions to reduce the foodloss in a quite effective way. In a Swedish retail store located in Uppsala, two product specific measures have been introduced; a new display table intended to reduce the loss bananas and a new price reduction routine intended to reduce the loss of grilled chicken. This thesis aims to investigate whether the measures put in place actually have resulted in reduced losses or not. The goal of the study was to examine how much unnecessary environmental impact (in terms of contribution to global warming) that hence has been avoided. The research questions are studied through a combination of data analyses, interviews and life-cycle assessments. SWOT analyses have also been conducted in order to evaluate the introduced measures in terms of contribution to sustainable development within the food sector. The results of the study concluded that the measure based on price reduction has reduced the losses of grilled chicken with approximately 200 kg per annum. This implies that an annual climate impact of around 430 kgCO2-equivalents has not been caused in vain, which should be the case if the 200 kg of chickens had instead been discarded. The study however shows that the measure is not particularly effective and could be improved in order to further reduce the daily losses. The data analysis show that the banana waste that arises during the exposure in the store has decreased with 1 200 kg per year, implying that around 1 400 CO2-equivalents has not been caused in vain. However, the study also shows that a rather complex system containing economic routines for handling food waste, most likely is wrongly used. Unfortunately, the routines may affect the registered waste outcome from the new display table due to a relocation of the waste from one waste category to another. The new display table’s effect on the total waste quantity is therefore difficult to evaluate. The conducted SWOT-analyses finally concluded that both introduced measures had strong environmental and economic benefits (and also favorable social benefits in the case of the display table), making them good and useful interdisciplinary solutions in terms of sustainability: thus contributing to a sustainable development within the food sector.
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Scudder, Crescent. "South Africa's cotton supply chain from farm to retail| Applying the triple top line to sustainable apparel supply chains." Thesis, University of Delaware, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1567825.
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Growing concerns over the environmental and social impacts related to the production of clothing and textiles have created a need for more discussion about supply chain practices. Currently, there are no guidelines or strategies for addressing sustainable supply chains in the apparel industry that minimize environmental impacts and uphold socially responsible practices. This exploratory case study traces an apparel supply chain, with a focus on cotton, in South Africa that is under a development strategy to create a sustainable supply chain from farm to retail. In-depth interviews were conducted across the supply chain, including cotton farmers, cotton gins, a cotton yarn manufacturer, a textile mill, an apparel manufacturer, and a retailer. The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of the business decisions at each node of the supply chain that influence the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability by applying the triple top line model (McDonough & Braungart, 2002). This study identifies strengths and weaknesses in sustainable practices that adhere to the triple top line model within each node of the supply chain. Results found economic factors were drivers for good social and environmental practices, with the latter being the smallest segment of the three. The study makes recommendations for improving practices at each node of the supply chain and recommendations for strategies for developing sustainable apparel supply chains.
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R, Rajesh, and Kundu Chanchal Kumar. "Analysis of Challenges in Existing Textile Retail Business for Implementing Sustainable Resilient Supply Chain." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20148.
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The global retail business is extremely dynamic and this brings new issues in front of us and deserves responsibilities to address those issues. The Textile Retail Business is also experiencing this change as the whole retail textile supply chain has already become globalized with the time especially in terms of sourcing of raw materials and production as well. This phenomenon has raised the questions of threats regarding sustainability and resiliency of the supply chain. Today‘s retailers are working closely with these topics in a competition basis to achieve competitive advantages in their supply chain. This dissertation aims to sketch out the possible latent challenges for which the companies prefer to work with a scattered supply chain in terms of different geographical location as it involves lot of time, transportation and risks too and it additionally disputes the total environmental and resilient approach of the supply chain and moreover to validate the inter-relation between ecological sustainability and resiliency of the supply chain. Based on the case study on two companies having different sizes but similar values towards environment which are also located in different geographical region, we have tried to find out the answers. Companies build up supply chain firstly evaluating flexibility and resiliency of their own supply chain only by considering the technology availability, quality and pricing involved with the product and then they want to be sustainable and resilient by addressing other issues. The main challenges for the companies to alter their position are the product specific characteristics, availability of know-how and the suitable process cost involved with product. It has proposed for the companies who are working with numerous supply chains located in different geographical location to do some adjustments among their nearby suppliers for a typical product on experimental basis especially providing technological and logistics support to their suppliers to attain more concrete approach towards their values that they believe.Program: Magisterutbildning i Applied Textile Management
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Kumar, Kundu Chanchal, and Rajesh R. "ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES IN EXISTING TEXTILE RETAIL BUSINESS FOR IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAIN." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20188.
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ABSTRACTThe global retail business is always changing and this change brings new issues in front of us and deserves responsibilities to address these issues. The Textile Retail Business is also experiencing this change as the whole retail textile supply chain has already become globalized with the time especially in terms of sourcing of raw materials and production as well. This phenomenon has raised the questions of threats regarding sustainability and resiliency of the supply chain. Today’s retailers are working closely with these topics in a competition basis to achieve competitive advantages in their supply chain. This dissertation aims to sketch out the possible latent challenges for which the companies prefer to work with a scattered supply chain in terms of different geographical location as it involves lot of time, transportation and business risks. Additionally this scattered supply chain disputes the environmental and resilient approach of the total chain. Moreover, we try to shed light to validate the inter-relation between ecological sustainability and resiliency of the supply chain. Based on the case study on two companies having different sizes but similar values towards environment which are also located in different geographical region, we have tried to find out the answers. Companies build up supply chain firstly evaluating flexibility and resiliency of their own supply chain only by considering the technology availability, quality and pricing involved with the product and then they want to be sustainable and resilient by addressing other issues. The main challenges for the companies to alter their position are the product specific characteristics, availability of knowhow and the suitable process cost involved with product. It has proposed for the companies who are working with numerous supply chains located in different geographical location to do some adjustments among their nearby suppliers for a typical product on experimental basis especially providing technological and logistics support to their suppliers.Program: Magisterutbildning i Applied Textile Management
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Gustavo, Junior Jorge Ubirajara. "Indutores e lacunas da sustentabilidade nos supermercados." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2015. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/5171.
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Este estudo de caso investiga a sustentabilidade na indústria de supermercado. Os resultados revelam indutores (internos e externos) e lacunas. Indutores internos incluem logística, práticas da alta gestão e práticas de recursos humanos. Logística englobam minimização de armazenamento e transporte. Práticas da alta gestão englobam a descentralização das metas, delegação de autoridade, a divulgação dos resultados por meio a metodologia da Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), e avaliação dos gestores com base nas metas partilhados. Práticas de recursos humanos incluem a seleção de trabalhadores, campanhas de sensibilização e prestação de apoio aos trabalhadores que enfrentam situações difíceis em suas vidas. O apoio parece aumentar os resultados devido à reciprocidade dos trabalhadores (se o supermercado cuida de mim, por que não posso ajudá-lo?). Indutores externos unem fornecedores e clientes. Projetos com grandes fornecedores devem concentrar-se na reutilização e reciclagem, fornecedores locais sobre as alternativas para aumentar as vendas. Estratégias para envolver grandes fornecedores incluem o convite, a proposição de um projeto piloto com a probabilidade de sucesso, apoio à implementação, e quantificação dos ganhos. Indutores dos clientes abrangem propagandas nas lojas (sinalizações e degustações de produtos), e a prestação de serviços sociais. serviços sociais aumentam as vendas, devido à reciprocidade dos clientes. Principais lacunas incluem: como melhorar os indicadores sociais ou ambientais sem afetar os resultados financeiros, quando os varejistas devem pressionar os fornecedores para realizar a recolha e eliminação de itens (ou quando aceitar um desconto para realizar esta atividade), como cooperar com os concorrentes e ainda aumentar os lucros, e como anunciar internamente um produto sustentável, sem comprometer as vendas de outros produtos.
This case study investigates sustainability in the supermarket industry. The findings unveil levers (internal and external) and gaps. Internal levers include logistics, top managerial practices and human resource practices. Logistics embraces minimization of storage and transportation. Top managerial practices encompass the goals' centralization, delegation of authority, disclosure of Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI), and evaluation of managers based on the shared goals. Human resources practices include the selection of workers, awareness campaigns, and provision of support to workers facing difficult times in their lives. The support seems to increase results due to the workers’ reciprocity (if the supermarket takes care of me, why do not I help it?). External levers embrace suppliers and customers. Projects with big suppliers must focus on the reuse and recycling, local suppliers on the alternatives to increase sales. Strategies to engage big suppliers include invitation, proposition of a pilot project with likely success, implementation support, and quantification of gains. Customers' levers encompass in-store advertisements (signs and product tastings), and the provision of social services. Social services increase sales due to the customers’ reciprocity. Main gaps include: how to improve the social or environmental indicators without affecting the financial results, when retailers should press the suppliers to perform the collection and disposal of items (or when to accept a discount and to perform this activity), how to cooperate with the competitors and still increase profits, and how to internally advertise a sustainable product without compromising the sales of other products.
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Zutautaite, Irma, and Sara Granlund. "Greenwashing and Codes of Conduct: Actions vs. Claims." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-23512.
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Background: Greenwashing is a constantly growing phenomenon which is known to be an issue created by deceiving marketing strategies. The field of CSR is constantly ex- panding and greenwashing is one of the relatively new and very current issue in today’s society. Therefore the awareness of the issue need to be there for the public to be able to make more informed active decisions. Purpose: This thesis aim to shed light on the current day issue that is greenwashing and its connection to some of the most successful and fastest growing multinational compa- nies within the clothing and retail industry. Method: The thesis is based on a qualitative research approach with consist multiple case study of six multinational clothing and retail companies. The data has been collect- ed through website observations, news articles, media and through a questionnaire based on greenwashing awareness, which was analysed through a interlaced case com- parison. Conclusion: The observation made of six well known clothing brands showed the ex- istence of common trend of companies using a long and complicated way to implement their codes of conduct and therefore making the issue of greenwashing existent. Obvi- ously, this problem has a huge impact on any company’s stakeholders and the actual problem and controversy of this topic is how one could make rational and aware deci- sions if the essential information is difficult to access. Until this issue is highlighted in a public matter, people will stay unaware and inactive to find the information needed to make informed decisions.
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Van, Zyl Fransa. "Growing urban ecosystems : a food market in Menlyn." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30012.
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This study responds to the effect that current food production has on the natural environment, by researching urban systems and ecosystems. In reaction to the findings, a new food production system and the urban buying and retail culture are investigated. A food market and hydroponic production building is designed to serve as an alternative to the supermarket and conventional food production. AFRIKAANS : Hierdie studie reageer op die uitwerking wat huidige voedsel produksie op die natuurlike omgewing het, deur stedelike stelsels en ekostelsels te bestudeer. In reaksie op die bevindings word ‘n nuwe voedsel produksie stelsel en die stedelike koop-enverkoop- kultuur ondersoek. ‘n Varsprodukte mark en hidroponiese produksie-gebou word ontwerp om ‘n alternatief te bied vir die supermark en konvensionele voedselproduksie.Hierdie studie reageer op die uitwerking wat huidige voedsel produksie op die natuurlike omgewing het, deur stedelike stelsels en ekostelsels te bestudeer. In reaksie op die bevindings word ‘n nuwe voedsel produksie stelsel en die stedelike koop-en verkoop- kultuur ondersoek. ‘n Varsproduktemark en hidroponiese produksie-gebou word ontwerp om ‘n alternatief te bied vir die supermark en konvensionele voedselproduksie.
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Zillich, Vanessa, and Ulrike Busshaus. "The Paradox of Sustainable Fashion Brands : A systematic literature review." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-23787.
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Background: The current fashion industry is characterised by its fast-moving nature. Its change over the past decades from two to numerous collections per year has contributed to a take-make-dispose society. This largely contributes to environmental and social sustainability issues as well as the use of non-renewable materials waste. Simultaneously, it is one of the largest employers worldwide. Due to the global dispersion of supply chains actors, sustainable fashion brands need to tackle country specific regulations and overall differences in conceptions of e.g. sustainability. Sustainable fashion brands find themselves in numerous conflicts such as profit and growth versus environmental and social sustainability, trendiness versus consciousness, or linear business models versus circular business models. Purpose: This thesis provides a systematic literature review of a selection among peer-reviewed articles on sustainable fashion brands. The main focus is on the paradox of sustainable fashion brands in academic research. This study aims at gaining a basis for research in the perspective of sustainable retail brands to explore manners in which they can deal with the paradox between being financially viable and acting sustainably. Method: To support the objective of this study, the articles selected for data analysis were collected by using a systematic literature review as research and analytical method. Within the thesis, a narrative analysis was applied to examine the chosen articles. Results: The results gathered through the systematic review show a significant influence on sustainable fashion brands from two major stakeholders: supplier and consumer. Especially the consumers are regarded as most influential since their demand determines whether sustainable fashion is being adopted more widely into the market. Currently consumers lack knowledge of environmental and social concerns related with fashion. Simultaneously, the suppliers lack understanding of such concerns due to cultural and economic differences. Therefore, retailers should educate both consumers and suppliers on relevant issues. This can further enhance transparency which in turn generates more trust between all parties. Moreover, innovative business models can help tackle consumption related sustainability issues in that they offer the extended use of clothing. Conclusion: Sustainable fashion brands have to handle several conflicts related to their market position and existence. In order to create sustainable fashion offerings, they require viable financial means. Economic growth as it is known today contradicts the sustainability of the environment and society. Sustainable fashion brands need to find a proper balance between the two as it is the only way to tackle this paradox. In addition, there is a significant gap in the research on economic sustainability in relation to sustainable fashion brands.
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Matos, Ana Filipa Charrua de. "A integração da responsabilidade social e sustentabilidade na estratégia empresarial: o caso da Auchan Retail Portugal." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29274.
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A presente dissertação traduz em termos práticos um tema bastante debatido por diversos autores da literatura e também pelos governos, e é indiscutível a sua contribuição para o sucesso das organizações. Em termos práticos, procede-se ao estudo do conceito de Responsabilidade Social, nomeadamente a sua evolução e a sua dimensão interna e externa, para que desta forma, seja possível analisar as práticas de Responsabilidade Social desenvolvidas numa grande empresa da distribuição em Portugal nas principais atividades da mesma, ou seja, nas vertentes económica, ambiental e social. Neste âmbito, optou-se por uma metodologia de investigação qualitativa e interpretativa. Em termos práticos, identificou-se a contribuição que a implementação de estratégias de Responsabilidade Social tem na organização, através da interpretação dos dados relacionados com os conceitos teóricos.
A escolha do tema está relacionada com o facto da Auchan Retail Portugal ser uma insígnia detentora há mais de 14 anos da norma SA 8000 no setor da distribuição. O caráter responsável e sustentável que é espelhado pela empresa serve de guia, pois vai para além da divulgação organizacional, transcendendo a orientação para os lucros preocupando-se com a Responsabilidade Social; Abstract:
The Integration of Social Responsibility and Sustainability in Business Strategy: The Case of Auchan Retail Portugal
This dissertation translates into practical terms a topic that has been widely debated by several authors of the literature and also by governments, and its contribution to the success of organizations is indisputable. In practical terms, the concept of Social Responsibility is studied, namely its evolution and its internal and external dimension, so that in this way, it is possible to analyze the Social Responsibility practices developed in a large distribution company in Portugal in the main activities, that is, in the economic, environmental and social aspects. In this context, a qualitative and interpretative research methodology was chosen. In practical terms, it was identified the contribution that the implementation of Social Responsibility strategies has in the organization, through the interpretation of data related to theoretical concepts.
The choice of theme is related to the fact that Auchan Retail Portugal has been an insignia holder for over 14 years of the SA 8000 standard in the distribution sector. The responsible and sustainable character that is mirrored by the company serves as a guide, as it goes beyond organizational disclosure, transcending the profit orientation by being concerned with Social Responsibility.
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Sievers, Amanda. "Selecting sustainability management tools for medium sized companies : Development of a structured method for companies in the retail and energy industrial sectors." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-221840.
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Inom området hållbarhetsledning så finns det många verktyg som har utvecklats för att hjälpa företag att adressera och hantera olika delar av hållbarhet. Mängden verktyg som finns tillgängliga innebär att det är en utmaning i sig att välja det bästa möjliga verktyget för ett givet företag. För små och medelstora företag finns ytterligare svårigheter inom de flesta delar av hållbarhetsledning, framför allt på grund av begränsade resurser. En av dessa utmaningar är att hitta och implementera lämpliga och användbara hållbarhetsledningsverktyg. Många hållbarhetsledningsverktyg fokuserar på olika områden av hållbarhet, indelade i indikatorer. Olika industrier har olika verktyg som är utvecklade för och passar dem, och lägger olika vikt vid indikatorer baserat på vilken påverkan industrin har inom hållbarhetsområdet. Utöver detta har företag olika krav på hållbarhetsledningsverktyg, baserat på deras unika omständigheter, påverkan, resurser och existerade hållbarhetsarbete. En metod för att hantera valet av verktyg är därför att matcha verktyg och företag baserat på indikatorer och faktorerna beskrivna ovan. Detta projekt försöker förenkla processen att välja verktyg genom att skapa en strukturerad modell för urvalsprocessen, baserad på hållbarhetsindikatorer, och att testa den genom att skapa en verktygslåda med kombinationer av verktyg för två fallstudieföretag. Verktygslådan framtagen i projektet innehåller verktyg företaget använder i nuläget, verktyg som föreslås som komplement, och verktyg som är onödiga att fokusera på då använda verktyg täcker ekvivalenta indikatorer. I det här projektet utfördes två jämförande kartläggningar av verktyg och indikatorer för att testa modellen. Detta baserades på information om verktyg och vilka indikatorer de täcker, tillsammans med information om nuläge och hållbarhetsarbete hos två medelstora svenska företag. De båda företagen är Houdini, som arbetar med produktion och försäljning av kläder, och Jämtkraft, från energisektorn. Den utvecklade modellen kunde användas för att generera förslag på verktygslådor för de båda fallen. Dock visade dessa verktygslådor även modellens begränsningar och brister, såsom exkluderingen av verktyg som inte använder indikatorer, och antagandena att verktygen passar medelstora företag lika bra och producerar lika bra resultat om de täcker samma indikatorer. Projektets slutsats är därför att det är möjligt att använda den här modellen för att välja verktyg baserat på indikatorer, men dess användning begränsas av vad som exkluderas. Dock bör fortsatt vidareutveckling av modellen kunna lösa dessa problem.Within sustainability management, there are several sustainability management tools which have been developed to help companies address disparate aspects of sustainability. This multitude of options means that selecting the best possible tool for companies is a challenge in and of itself. In the case of small- and medium sized companies, there are additional difficulties in regard to most aspects of sustainability management, primarily due to a lack of resources. Among these challenges are finding and implementing suitable and useful sustainability management tools. This project attempts to simplify the tool selection process, by creating a structured tool selection model based on sustainability key performance indicators. A large number of sustainability management tools are focused on different areas of sustainability, often divided into some form of indicators. Different industries have different tools available and suitable for them, and different priorities among sustainability performance indicators, based on which impacts and effects the industry has on sustainability. Individual companies have differing requirements on sustainability management tools as well, based on unique circumstances, impacts, available resources, and existing sustainability measures. One way to handle tool selection is thus to match tools to companies, based on indicators and the factors described above. The intention for this project is to create a model for simplifying tool selection, and to test it by creating suggested combination of tools, a “toolbox”, to use for two case companies. The toolbox includes which tools are currently used, suggestions for which additional tools should be implemented to cover indicator gaps, and which tools are unnecessary to focus on, since used tools cover equivalent indicators. In this project, two mappings of tools and indicators were performed to test the model. This was based on information gathered about the tools and which indicators they cover, combined with information about the conditions and sustainability work from two Swedish medium sized companies. The selected companies were Houdini, from the Swedish clothing retail industry, and Jämtkraft, from the Swedish energy sector. The model can be used to generate toolbox suggestion for these cases. However, there are several limitations to this model, such as the exclusion of non-indicator focused tools, and the assumptions that these sustainability tools produce equal results and are useful for medium sized companies. The conclusion is reached that a decision-making process based on indicators is possible, but there are several important considerations not included within this specific model which limits its potential use. Further development of this model can be done to remedy these shortcomings.
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Manne, Gabriel, and Henrik Bergström. "När galleriorna tystnar : En analys av köpcentrums framtid i en digital värld." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278552.
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Städer har i århundraden bildats kring handelsplatser men i och med att världen blir mer och mer digital ser vi en förändring i hur konsumenter beter sig. Idag har handelsplatserna flyttat in hemmet, till våra datorer, vilket har gjort att den fysiska handeln har minskat och enligt prognoser är detta en trend som kommer fortsätta. I media har begreppet “butiksdöden” diskuterats länge men på senaste tiden har också begreppet “galleriadöden” figurerat som en indikator på att e-handeln nu utmanar köpcentrumhandeln. Med detta som utgångsläge är syftet med denna rapport att undersöka hur köpcentrum kommer utvecklas i en framtid med en minskad andel fysisk handel. Arbetet är avgränsat till köpcentrum i Sverige och utreder bara den utveckling, eller de åtgärder som sker inom köpcentrumfastigheten eller av fastighetsägare, butiksägare eller andra med ett intresse för köpcentret. Underlaget till rapporten är hämtat från intervjuer med aktörer inom fastighetsbranschen, handelsbranschen och inom intresseorganisationer. För att analysera resultatet används tidigare forskning och teorier inom stadsplanering och handel. Resultat är komplext men visar att Sveriges köpcentrum står inför en strukturomvandling. Studien tyder på att många köpcentrum kommer utvecklas men också på att de centrum som inte gör det riskerar att gå i konkurs och då rivas. Detta kommer ske eftersom köpcentrum är väldigt specialiserade och monofunktionella byggnader vilket gör det inte är lönsamt med någon annan användning än handel. För att ett köpcentrum ska klara sig i konkurrens mot e-handeln måste de bli flexibla, emotionella, lokala och bättre anpassade till staden omkring.For hundred of years, cities have been formed around places of trade but in a more digital world, consumer behavior is changing. Today, people are shopping online which has led to a decline in physical retail and according to recent studies this is a trend that will continue. For a long time the media has discussed the “death of stores” but recently the debate has shifted to “the death of malls” as a result of online shopping growing more popular. This report is based on the premise of a continued decline in physical retail and the aim is to evaluate and analyse the future of the shopping mall. The report is limited to the future of swedish malls and will only evaluate what can be done on the property of the mall or by the property owner, store owner or other people with an interest in the mall. The report is based on interviews with people from the real estate business, retail business and from organizations connected to malls or retail. To analyze the result of the interviews previous research and theory of urban planning and retail has been used. The result of the study is complex but is shows that shopping malls will undergo a structural change. It shows that some shopping malls will evolve but it also shows that the ones that doesn’t will face bankruptcy and then be demolished. This will happen since malls are highly specialised and monofunctional buildings which makes it uneconomical to use them for other purposes than consumption. To make malls competitive against internet shopping, they have to become more flexible, emotional, local and better adapted to the city surrounding them.
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Kolacz, Michelle S. Park. "Unpackaging Online Retail: Impact of Message Framing and Reference PoInts on Consumers' Choice of (Reduced) Packaging and Brand Attitude." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1587337288243754.
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Bäckstrand, Annie, and Filippa Sjögren. "No retailer is an island in the sea of CSR : A multiple case study of how buyers and suppliers co-create CSR in the retail supply chain." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95884.
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In recent years, the concept of sustainability has increased of importance and customers today are more aware of the implications of not being sustainable. As of the increased awareness, customers are demanding more sustainable practices from retailers, which leads to them communicating this further down the supply chain. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis has been to examine and understand how retailers together with their suppliers in the furniture and interior retail industry co-create a more sustainable supply chain through the Corporate Social Responsibility framework, and to identify what kind of facilitators and barriers that appear in co-creation of CSR between buyers and suppliers. The empirical findings were obtained using a qualitative multiple case study of seven furniture and interior retailers originated from Sweden through semi-structured interviews. The findings were then analyzed and discussed with the presented literature to identify how they were similar or different. The conclusion of this thesis shows that buyers somewhat are engaged in co-creation with their suppliers, although there is no unified answer for how, as the level of involvement, why involved and in which function they are involved are highly different among the cases. A common theme throughout the findings indicated that the more responsible the company is, the more developed they are in their buyer-supplier relationships. Although, the co-creation level of a relationship was found to be ambiguous due to its unexplored nature of the B2B market. Furthermore, the thesis identified both some general and more specific facilitators and barriers that could be used as a guide for future co-creating activities for the implemewntation of CSR in the retail supply chain.
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Elder, Sara Dawn Whitfield. "Assessing the impacts of retail supply chains on food security and agricultural sustainability in the global South : the case of Walmart in Nicaragua." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/59490.
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Multinational food retailers are expanding in size and reach, gaining buyer-driven power to govern global agrifood production and consumption. Alongside a rise in private governance is a growing belief by governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be effective at achieving rural development goals for smallholder farmers and their families in the global South. This dissertation investigates the on-the-ground impacts of rising corporate governance for household food security and agricultural sustainability, and how and why the particular terms of farmer engagement in retail-led supply chains mediate these impacts, through the case of Walmart in Nicaragua. The analysis is based on nine months of original fieldwork in Nicaragua in 2013, including 65 interviews with produce sector stakeholders and a survey of 250 smallholder vegetable farmers, and draws on theoretical traditions in the private governance and development studies literatures. The results show that CSR is ineffective at advancing food security and agricultural sustainability in Nicaragua. Walmart’s CSR program is designed to achieve business not development goals, and farmers are exiting the Walmart supply chain due to business practices they perceive as unfair, leaving Walmart unable to exert control over its supply chains. Cooperative organization is not sufficient for improving the terms of farmer engagement in Walmart supply chains, particularly for the most resource-poor farmers, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are in some cases worsening farmer vulnerability by linking them to buyers unwilling to adapt to local needs. Instead, voluntary public standards appear to be filling a gap that private standards do not address in supporting local farmers to improve their agricultural practices. The evidence presented in the dissertation extends understanding of why corporate social responsibility is not in many cases an effective development strategy. The findings challenge theories of private governance effectiveness, showing that multinational retail CSR programs in some cases fail to increase control over suppliers, and highlighting the agency and dynamism of smallholder farmers and governments in the global South. The findings also point to practical considerations in the design of policy to promote food security and agricultural sustainability in rural areas.Science, Faculty of
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Larsson, Rebecca, and Linnea Månsson. "Understanding the Implications of Sustainability Inclusion : A Case Study of the Role of the Financial Advisor and Sustainability." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-300150.
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The role of the financial advisor is subject to fiduciary duty, which means that the advisor always should act in the best interest of the client and has traditionally referred to the financial aspects. Finance is now experiencing a revolution, where the concept of sustainable finance is on the agenda of many actors when the sustainability amendments to MiFID II entered into force, as part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance. The new regulations will add to the already intensified information load characterizing the financial advisory landscape. Moreover, this new dimension of sustainability is very different from the strictly financial one, which in itself is subject to both conceptually and operational complexity. This study aims to investigate what difficulties and complexities are arising from the growing amount of sustainability demands and information and how these affect the financial advisor and its role. This was done as a qualitative case study where nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with financial advisors working in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, together with two interviews with employees working with sustainability at a central level in a Nordic bank. The analysis is based on the interviews combined with current literature and together lays the foundation for the findings. The key findings of the study are that there are five identified difficulties stemming from different areas that are seen as important for understanding what the inclusion of sustainability preferences into financial advisory might mean going forward, and what effects that it will have on the financial advisor: (i) regulatory changes and compliance, (ii) sustainability preferences, (iii) the information-intensive landscape, (iv) advisors’ required awareness and knowledge, and (v) the perceived advisor’s role. When adding these identified difficulties together, the conclusion is that the concept of sustainable finance is not as uncomplicated as perhaps portrayed, and this holds extra true for the studied inclusion of sustainability in the advisory process.Den finansiella rådgivarens roll är föremål för fiduciary duty, vilket innebär att rådgivaren alltid ska agera i kundens bästa och traditionellt har hänvisat till de ekonomiska aspekterna. Finans upplever nu en revolution, där begreppet hållbar ekonomi står på dagordningen för många aktörer när hållbarhetsändringarna till MiFID II trädde i kraft, som en del av EU: s handlingsplan för finansiering av hållbar tillväxt. De nya reglerna kommer att öka den redan intensifierade informationsbelastningen som kännetecknar det finansiella rådgivande landskapet. Dessutom skiljer sig denna nya hållbarhetsdimension mycket från den strikt ekonomiska, som i sig är föremål för både konceptuell och operativ komplexitet. Studien syftar till att undersöka vilka svårigheter och komplexiteter som uppstår till följd av den ökande mängden hållbarhetskrav och information och hur dessa påverkar den finansiella rådgivaren och dess roll. Detta gjordes som en kvalitativ fallstudie där nio semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med finansiella rådgivare som arbetade i Danmark, Finland och Sverige, tillsammans med två intervjuer med anställda som arbetade med hållbarhet på en central nivå i en nordisk bank. Analysen baseras på intervjuerna i kombination med aktuell litteratur och lägger tillsammans grunden för resultaten. De viktigaste resultaten i studien är att det finns fem identifierade svårigheter som härrör från olika områden som ses som viktiga för att förstå vad införandet av hållbarhetspreferenser i finansiell rådgivning kan innebära framöver och vilka effekter det kommer att få för finansiella rådgivare: (i) regeländringar och efterlevnad, (ii) hållbarhetspreferenser, (iii) det informationsintensiva landskapet, (iv) rådgivarnas medvetenhet och kunskap och (v) den upplevda rådgivarens roll. När man sammanställer dessa identifierade svårigheter är slutsatsen att begreppet hållbar ekonomi inte är så okomplicerat som det kanske framställs, och detta gäller extra för den studerade inkluderingen av hållbarhet i rådgivningsprocessen.
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Macedo, Luiz Carlos de. "O papel da comunicação no processo de sustentabilidade nas empresas varejistas de grande porte do Estado de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27154/tde-16072015-152610/.
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Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar de que forma o processo de comunicação apoia as práticas de sustentabilidade em empresas varejistas. Para alcançar este propósito, primeiramente foi realizada uma pesquisa secundária por meio de uma revisão de literatura sobre os temas sustentabilidade, comunicação e varejo, que ofereceu subsídios para a fase de coleta de dados. Em seguida foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa de campo para coletar dados primários com 12 empresas varejistas de grande porte do Estado de São Paulo dos setores de supermercados, móveis e eletrodomésticos, farmácias, moda e materiais de construção. A análise da pesquisa contou com o apoio de duas abordagens teóricas complementares, o Continuum da Colaboração de Austin (2001) e os modelos de Comunicação elaborados por Grunig (1992). Os resultados da pesquisa apontam para cinco evidências na relação entre o processo de comunicação e as práticas sustentáveis das grandes empresas varejistas: 1) a dimensão ambiental é prioridade na prática de sustentabilidade nas empresas varejistas; 2) no processo de comunicação das empresas varejistas existe predominância de campanhas publicitárias para divulgação de produtos e serviços; 3) as grandes empresas varejistas ainda têm muito que evoluir em relação às suas práticas de sustentabilidade; 4) existem diferenças na prática de sustentabilidade entre os setores varejistas pesquisados; 5) a sinergia entre comunicação e sustentabilidade nas grandes empresas varejistas é influenciada pelo porte das empresas e acontece somente naquelas que foram identificadas no estágio integrativo de Austin (2001) e no paradigma comportamental de Grunig (1992).This study aims to identify how the communication process supports sustainability practices in retail companies. To achieve this purpose, first we conducted a secondary search through a literature review on sustainability issues, communication and retail, which offered subsidies to the stage of data collection. Then we developed a field survey to collect primary data with 12 large retailers in the state of São Paulo (Brazil) in the supermarket, furniture and appliances, pharmacies, fashion and construction materials sectors companies. The analysis of the research was supported by two complementary theoretical approaches, the Continuum of Collaboration Austin (2001) and models of communication developed by Grunig (1992). The survey results point to five evidence on the relationship between the process of communication and sustainable practices of large retailers: 1) the environmental dimension is a priority in the practice of sustainability in retail companies; 2) the communication process of retailers is predominantly advertising campaigns to advertise products and services; 3) the large retailers still have a lot to evolve in relation to their sustainability practices; 4) there are differences in the practice of sustainability among retailers surveyed sectors, 5) the synergy between communication and sustainability in major retailers is influenced by company size, and happens only in those that were identified in the integrative stage of Austin (2001) and the behavioral paradigm Grunig (1992).
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Pooe, Boitumelo. "Development of an effective and sustainable supply-chain-management model for South African fashion designers in the retail clothing industry." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3119.
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Thesis (Master of Retail Business Management)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2020Like many other suppliers, South African fashion-clothing designers have dealt with a very competitive environment within the retail industry. Thus, this research study explored the most suitable supply-chain-management model for South African fashion designers to achieve efficiency and economic sustainability within the retail environment. In today’s complex markets, the susceptibility of the supply chain is viewed as an ongoing issue for several industries and it is no different for fashion designers. As a result, in the past, the visibility of South African fashion designers in the retail environment appeared to be minimal. Matching the appropriate supplychain-management model with South African fashion designers in retail was the purpose and core focus of this research study, as the “one size fits all” approach appeared questionable and perhaps unrelatable to SMMEs. This research study explored the relationships between fashion designers and clothing retailers, together with supporting stakeholders such as government institutions, fashion councils, educational institutions, and the different consultants or agents. This was done to establish how the different parts could potentially function individually or collaboratively in order to develop an effective and sustainable supply-chain-management model for South African fashion designers in the retail environment. The primary focus and aim of the study was to assess the different functions within the supply-chain-management model and propose a more relevant model for South African fashion designers supplying the retail clothing environment. To reach the objectives of this research study, the empirical information was collected through the qualitative approach, by making use of in-depth semi-structured interviews, as that allowed the participants to answer the questions unreservedly based on their own personal and professional experience. The problem this research study identified was that a significant number of South African fashion-designer brands struggled to maintain longevity and success within the retail environment, due to the supply-chain changes South African fashion designers experienced when supplying retail. Through empirical research, it was identified that the supply-chain-management models available for retail clothing suppliers were designed for larger businesses and not specifically for fashiondesigner businesses which were classified as small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs). The findings revealed that, for the fashion and retail clothing industry to realise an effective and sustainable supply-chain-management model for South African designers, the supply chain required good communication and support. The study recommended the establishment of close-proximity hubs, with fashion clothing supply chain functions, in major South African metropolitan cities, which could possibly be achieved through specialised and regulated education and the formation of a national fashion council.
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Cintra, Flávia Pascoal. "O discurso verde chega ao tempo do consumo: a construção de sentido no discurso institucional da Wal-Mart." Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing, 2008. http://tede2.espm.br/handle/tede/206.
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Consumption is regarded as a social encoder, a setting where identities are formed and reaffirmed. As such, the study herein intends to investigate the cultural and economic ramifications of the consumption phenomenon, with specific focus on the retail. The major goal was to analyze the consistency or inconsistency of the discursive approach upheld by retailing chain Wal-Mart, which is based on the principles of sustainability. Thus, the core theme of the study herein is the institutional discourse of retailing chain Wal-Mart in terms of its discursive approach towards sustainable consumption. Having the retail industry’s discursive practices as the object of study, and with Wal-Mart standing as one of the icons of consumption, we have strived to question the possibility of a real and concrete stake in sustainability, since the retail is so marked by the idea of programmed obsolescence. The study herein strived to find out to what extent Wal-Mart’s discourse, waging on sustainable consumption, may be viable, since the very nature of that chain, as well as its past relationships with its employees, suppliers and communities, all point to a different direction.
O consumo é apontado como um codificador social, terreno onde as identidades são constituídas e afirmadas. Dessa forma, pretendemos investigar neste estudo, como se dão os desdobramentos culturais e econômicos do fenômeno do consumo, com um foco específico para o varejo. O objetivo principal foi analisar a coerência ou incoerência da aposta discursiva da rede varejista Wal-Mart, que se baseia nos princípios da sustentabilidade. Portanto, o tema deste estudo é o discurso institucional da rede varejista Wal-Mart no que diz respeito à sua aposta discursiva no consumo sustentável. Tendo como objeto de estudo as práticas discursivas do varejo e sendo a Wal-Mart um dos ícones do consumo, buscamos questionar a possibilidade de haver uma aposta real e concreta na sustentabilidade, por ser o varejo tão marcado pela idéia da obsolescência programada. Este estudo buscou saber em que medida o discurso da Wal-Mart, de aposta no consumo sustentável, pode ser viável quando a própria natureza desta rede, bem como a sua história de relacionamento com seus empregados, fornecedores e comunidade apontam para outro sentido.
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Ertelt, Sophie-Marie, Ecaterina Guzun, and Mirja Scott. "From Product to Service : Developing and testing a retail PSS utilising direct to garment printing tocustomise fashion garments." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-15308.
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Background - Consumer individualisation is a growing challenge in the fashion industry, yet it is also an area of great potential as well as a way to dampen over-consumption. The potential lays in how fashion brands can find ways to steer consumption towards a circular economy and utilise their platform to create meaningful connections with its consumers. Today the fashion industry is looking at options to the traditional take-make-dispose model where non-renewable resources are used at an ever-increasing rate. The Swedish fashion retailer Monki together with Re:textile decided to investigate if servitization could turn the above mentioned linear model into a more sustainable, circular model. They set out to develop an in-store concept where customers could customise their garments instantaneously and this formed the basis of a project brief and a Business Model Canvas which both served as the foundation and starting point of the presented research. Purpose - The purpose of the research is to develop and test a product extension service business model that utilises a direct to garment printer to mass customise jeans in-store. The said purpose is divided into three perspectives: the design-, service provider - and customer perspective , covering four cornerstones of the Business Model Canvas. The different perspectives with their separate, but related, research questions will be unified again in the conclusion. Methodology - To fulfill the purpose, the thesis research is relying on abductive reasoning through systematic combining, while implementing a mixed methods approach. Systematic combining works well in extensive and diversified research where the researchers shift from one type of research activity to another in a quest to match empirical observations with theory, thus, the ultimate objective of systematic combining is matching theory with reality until both come close enough to form a functional outcome. Throughout the study, both qualitative and quantitative studies are conducted through action research, a customer case study as well as experimental research in order to fulfill the purpose of the thesis. Findings and Discussion - The conclusions and recommendations that are presented in the form of an updated Business Model Canvas all derive from the research conducted incorporating the three perspectives that have guided the thesis through all of its stages namely the design, service provider and customer perspective. A product service extension business model is proposed as a solution to the project brief that serves as a foundation for the research. The results of the research all point to the conclusion that it is indeed possible to implement the product service extension successfully. Tests relating to the customer as well as the service provider perspective have proven themselves implementable due to low overall printing costs and fast print time enhancing the customer shopping experience. Together with an indication of product satisfaction as well as creating a strong customer-product connection through the co-design experience it contributes to a circular economy. Furthermore, the overall consistent printing costs, as well as the insignificant time differences in the experiments total time, support the implementation of a PSS in a retail setting. Research Limitations - This research is confined to, and based on, the Monki and Re:textilebrief as well as a Business Model Canvas so therefore, no other ideas than the ones stated in the brief have been explored. The research´s inferences are limited to the given conditions as well as a laboratory setting. Further, the experimental research study will only test pocket shaped artwork on 100 percent cotton denim jeans using a Brother GTX 4 printer as a chosen direct to garment printer. The scope of the customer case study can be described as surveying as well as observing 40 of the visitors of the 2018 Fashion days and Exit at the Swedish School of Textiles while they test the proposed PSS in a mock-up retail store setting without an actual sales transaction. Further Research - The next logical step would be to run the tests in a real-life retail store as opposed to the laboratory setting. After the proposed product service extension is implemented at scale POS data could be gathered in order to establish the customers’ true willingness to participate in the customisation experience in-store. Additionally, a longitudinal continuation of the study would give answers to some of the indications arising from the case study, such as whether the mass customisation could truly serve as a brand strengthening activity or lead to an extended garment lifecycle in reality.
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Johansson, Amina, and Rebecka Stubb. "Closing the Loop : Integrating Circularity within the Fashion Industry's Post-Retail Activities." Thesis, Jönköping University, HLK, Globala studier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-53771.
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The fashion industry has historically been seen as synonymous with many unsustainable practices, such as overproduction, pollution, and mass-consumption. Today, many fashion brands are putting more attention to sustainability and are engaging in activities aimed at making the industry more environmentally friendly. This study investigates three Swedish fashion businesses, H&M, Lindex, and Gina Tricot, with the purpose of examining and analyzing how they integrate circular strategies within their post-retail initiatives. Additionally, the aim is to investigate what strengths and weaknesses can be identified as related to these strategies in terms of reducing the fashion industry’s negative environmental impacts. The study is based on a content analysis of websites, documents, and policies of the fashion businesses as well as a qualitative semi-structured interview with a circular sustainability expert. By using a theoretical framework related to circular post-retail strategies as a tool of analysis, the results showed various levels of implementation of circular strategies among the businesses. Prolonging the lifespan of clothing by reusing, repairing, or re-designing, rather than repurposing and recycling, is seen as more effective in terms of environmental sustainability. Moreover, all businesses aim to inspire its consumers to make mindful choices, though the inspiration needs to be connected to an actual service if behaviors are to change. Concludingly, fashion businesses need to embrace circularity by finding new ways to profit from already existing garments through rental, repair, and re-design services to make the industry more environmentally sustainable.Modeindustrin har historiskt setts som synonymt med många ohållbara fenomen, såsom överproduktion, föroreningar och masskonsumtion. Idag ägnar många modeföretag mer uppmärksamhet på hållbarhet och engagerar sig i aktiviteter som syftar till att göra industrin mer miljömässigt hållbar. Denna studie granskar tre svenska modeföretag, H&M, Lindex och Gina Tricot, i syfte att undersöka och analysera hur dessa integrerar cirkulära strategier i post-retail-fasen. Syftet är dessutom att identifiera och undersöka styrkor och svagheter relaterade till dessa strategier gällande dess potential att minska modeindustrins negativa miljöpåverkan. Studien bygger på en innehållsanalys av webbplatser, dokument och policys från dessa modeföretag samt en kvalitativ semistrukturerad intervju med en cirkulär hållbarhetsexpert. Genom användningen av ett teoretiskt ramverk relaterat till cirkulära post-retail strategier som ett analytiskt verktyg visar resultatet på varierande genomförandegrad av cirkulära strategier hos de olika modeföretagen. Att förlänga livslängden på kläder genom att återanvända, reparera eller designa om ses som mer effektivt när det gäller miljömässig hållbarhet snarare än att återvinna. Samtliga företag syftar även till att inspirera sina kunder till att göra hållbara val, dock måste inspirationen vara kopplad till verkliga tjänster om konsumenters beteenden ska förändras. Sammanfattningsvis måste modeföretag hitta nya sätt att profitera från redan befintliga plagg genom omdesign-, reparations- eller uthyrningstjänster för att göra industrin mer miljömässigt hållbar.
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Thompson, Ashlynn E. "Brick and Mortar 2.0: The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Fashion Retail." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1587136943219588.
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Amorim, José Miguel Dias. "Ecohabitat; A sustentabilidade dos bairros municipais em Lisboa. Uma nova concepção de mercado no Bairro Padre Cruz." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Arquitetura de Lisboa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/5844.
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Brodersen, Pauline, Johanna Håkansson, and Rodrigues Coelho Viktor Pombal. "Circular Economy, the future economy model for retailers : A qualitative study on retailers understanding of Circular Economy and their sustainability work progress." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95338.
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This thesis is about Circular Economy and sustainability through a retailer’s perspective. There has also been a focus on researching and trying to find out if the size of the retailer matters in a sustainability perspective and to achieve a Circular Economy. The research that has been made is done with a deductive approach and a qualitative method. Interviews have been held over a timeframe of a week in May 2020. Because of the pandemic, Covid-19, all of the interviews were held over telephone or email to ensure safety for all respondents, including the safety for the authors. The theory chapter has been conducted through peer-reviewed articles and literature. This chapter has then been divided into smaller parts chapters, as Circular Economy, Sustainability and Supply chain, and Triple bottom line. After the theory chapter the method in how the research have been done and why specific methods have been preferred over others. Following chapter is the empirical findings bundled together with analysis, each interview comes first separately and divided in the same way as the theory and are then compared in an analysis. The conclusion is that retailers need to continue working to become more sustainable. A way for retailers to present their work towards Circular Economy and sustainability is to be transparent and will reach consumers’ which can lead to higher reliability. There is a difference between larger and smaller retailers, it is in how the larger retailers have worked more towards incorporate Circular Economy model and sustainability in comparison to the smaller retailers.
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Salisu, Nadezda, and Lina Olsson. "Towards environmentally sustainable development in the food retail industry : A case study of Lidl Sweden." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-25384.
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Research question: What initiatives does Lidl Sweden implement in the area of environmental sustainability? Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate what initiatives Lidl has developed and how the company implemented its corporate social responsibility in the direction of environmental sustainability. The purpose is also to compare the company’s activities with the guidelines of the EU Environment Commission and theoretical frameworks developed by previous research, and, as the result, to provide recommendations to the Lidl management. As well the purpose is to review the general improvement patterns within the food retail industry. Method: The research is made by using a qualitative method with a deductive approach. In order to present quality information in the study, a case design was chosen. The empirical analysis includes four interview transcriptions, secondary data and documentation, as well as a comparison to the theoretical concepts in the descriptive analysis. Conclusion: The responsibility and awareness of the improvement of the environmental sustainability is vital in the food retail industry. Indeed, it was found that aspects such as product and supplier’s control, the use of resources, transportation and distribution, as well as waste management and information communication to the employees and customers are considered as important aspects of the contribution for the environmental impact reduction. Lidl Sweden has developed and implemented some initiatives towards environmental sustainability, as well regarding the corporate social responsibility. However, there are some suggested actions that can be taken in order to excel the development.
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Mafud, Marina Darahem. "Influência do Movimento Verde na seleção de fornecedores de alimentos dos grandes varejistas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96132/tde-06122010-114911/.
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O interesse e a preocupação por questões ambientais evoluíram nas últimas décadas em diferentes caminhos, sendo intensificados nos últimos anos, e despertando a atenção de diversos setores da sociedade. Os impactos do acelerado crescimento demográfico, industrial e, consequentemente, de consumo, geraram novos hábitos nas pessoas, em busca de consumo consciente, que gerasse sustentabilidade ambiental. Assim, consumidores e organizações passaram a considerar a compatibilidade ambiental dos bens que fazem parte de sua rotina. Dentre os produtos que têm recebido atenção da filosofia verde, estão inclusos os alimentos. O sistema alimentar é a maior fonte de degradação de recursos naturais, como água, terra, florestas e recursos pesqueiros. Nesse contexto, os varejistas de alimentos estão em uma posição privilegiada para criar um sistema de alimentos mais verdes, saudáveis e justos por meio de sua influência no comportamento do consumidor e na cadeia de suprimentos. Considerando que alguns dos maiores varejistas de alimentos estão no Reino Unido, e que este é um dos maiores importadores de alguns alimentos brasileiros, é importante entender se essa filosofia ambiental interfere na seleção de fornecedores de alimentos desses varejistas. Dessa forma, este trabalho teve como objetivo estudar se existe algum tipo de influência do movimento verde na seleção de fornecedores de alimentos de grandes varejistas do Reino Unido, abordando a importância da sustentabilidade ambiental e o fornecimento sustentável para o varejo do Reino Unido. Foi observado que existe influência do movimento verde na seleção de fornecedores de alimentos desses varejistas. O crescimento do mercado de produtos verdes e éticos nos últimos anos, no Reino Unido; as mudanças e proposição de uma nova legislação, que estimula o consumo de produtos verdes no país; e os relatórios publicados por grandes empresas de pesquisa de mercado, produto e consumo global, apontam para um novo comportamento em relação ao suprimento de alimentos. Por fim, foram feitas recomendações para os produtores brasileiros tornarem sua produção mais sustentável, por meio do estabelecimento de um design verde para o ciclo de produção.The interest and concern with environmental issues had evolved in the last decades in different ways, but it intensified in the last few years, calling attention of several sectors of the society. The impacts of the fast demographic, industrial and, in consequence, the consumption increase, brought new habits to society, who wishes to find a conscious type of consumption that will allow an environmental sustainability. Moreover, consumers and organizations started to consider environmental compatibility from the products which already were part of their routine. Food is included among the products that have received attention from the consumers because its importance to the organism. The food system is the biggest source of environmental degradation, such as water, earth, native forests and fishing resources. In this context, the food retailers are in a better position to create greener food system, healthier and fairer due to their influence on the consumer behavior and on the food supply chain. Considering the fact that some of the biggest food sellers are in the United Kingdom, and this country is one of the biggest importer of Brazilian food, such as fruits, it is important to understand if this environment philosophy interfere in the strategy of buying food from the retail food sellers, and if it also interfere with the strategy related to the food that is bought from Brazil. With all that said, this researchs main focus was to study if there is any type of influence of the Green Living on the selection of food suppliers from the United Kingdom`s food retailers, addressing the importance of environmental sustainability and sustainable supply to retailers in the UK. It was noted that there is influence the green living on the selection of food suppliers of these retailers. The growing market of green and ethical products in recent years, in the United Kingdom; the changes and propositions of new laws, which encourages consumption of green products in the country; and the reports published by leading market research firms, product and overall consumption, suggest a new behavior in relation to the food supply. Finally, there were made recommendations for Brazilian producers make their production more sustainable, by establishing a green design to the production cycle.
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Mendes, Flávia Cristina Martins. "Sustentabilidade no varejo: as práticas ambientais e suas implicações na consolidação da marca institucional." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27154/tde-01082012-103710/.
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Esta dissertação de mestrado procurou compreender como a marca institucional de empresas do setor supermercadista brasileiro varejo de alimentos foi impactada pela sustentabilidade, especificamente por práticas ambientais. A pesquisa analisou como as três maiores empresas do setor adaptaram-se às pressões por um varejo mais sustentável e como ocorreu a comunicação institucional do Grupo Pão de Açúcar, do Carrefour Brasil e do Walmart Brasil ao utilizarem as práticas sustentáveis ambientais na construção e consolidação de suas respectivas marcas institucionais. As práticas ambientais verificadas foram classificadas em: comercialização de produtos verdes, gestão de resíduos, construções sustentáveis e preservação do meio ambiente. Devido às alterações no cenário econômico e social do século XX surgiram tendências que pressionaram o sistema capitalista regente para uma gestão socioeconômica mais sustentável. A compreensão das mudanças, suas implicações e consequências na marca institucional das três principais empresas do setor é o objetivo principal desta pesquisa acadêmica.This dissertation sought to understand how the corporate brand of companies in the Brazilian supermarket sector food retailing was impacted by sustainability, specifically by environmental practices. The research examined how the three largest companies of this sector was adapted to the pressures for a more sustainable retail and how occurred the corporate communication of Pão de Açúcar Group, Carrefour Brazil, Walmart Brazil when sustainable environmental practices are used in the construction and consolidation of their corporate brands. The environmental practices observed were classified as: marketing of green products, waste management, sustainable construction and environmental preservation. Due to changes in the economic and social scene of the twentieth century, trends came to press the ruling capitalist system to a more sustainable socio-economic management. The understanding of all changes, their implications and consequences in corporate brand of the three main companies in the sector is the main objective of this academic research
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Eriksson, Stina, and Olga Khroustova. "Hur ett globalt detaljhandelsföretag framställer sig som ett hållbart företag : Longitudinell diskursanalys av H&M:s hållbarhetsrapporter år 2002 och 2018." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-19591.
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Diskurser kan ses som samhälleliga diskussioner där sociala fenomen definieras. I kontexten hållbarhetsrapportering innebär detta att diskurser formar bilden av hur sociala aktörer uppfattar vad som är ett hållbart företag. Därmed blir det betydelsefullt hur ett globalt företag konstruerar bilden av sig själv som ett hållbart företag. Hållbarhetsfrågorna har hamnat alltmer i fokus. Hållbarhetsrapportering är ett sätt för företag att kommunicera sitt hållbarhetsarbete till intressenter. Detaljhandelsföretag kännetecknas av att produktionen är främst förlagd till utvecklingsländer och hålls ofta ansvariga för hur deras leverantörer agerar. Syftet med denna studie är att visa vilka diskurser ett globalt detaljhandelsföretag använder i sina hållbarhetsrapporter för att konstruera bilden av sig själv som ett hållbart företag samt hur dessa diskurser förändrats över tid. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats med fallstudie som undersökningsform. Det empiriska materialet består av H&M:s hållbarhetsrapporter för år 2002 och 2018. Diskursanalys är studiens analysmetod. Resultatet av studien visar att H&M:s sätt att framställa sig som ett hållbart företag har förändrats över tid. Ambitionen att leda modebranschen i hållbarhetsarbetet samt att lämna ett positivt bidrag till världens miljö- och socioekonomiska utmaningar kan stå för den tydligaste diskursförändringen. Studiens bidrag är att visa hur H&M framställer sig som ett hållbart företag över tid. Eftersom diskurser i företags hållbarhetsrapporter konstruerar bilden av vad sociala aktörer uppfattar som ett hållbart företag, har det betydelse vilka diskurser detaljhandelsjätten H&M använder.Discourses are societal discussions where social phenomena are being defined. In the context of sustainability reporting it means that discourses shape the image of what people percieve as a sustainable company. Consequently it is important how a global company constructs the image of a sustainable company. Issues of sustainability get increasingly more attention. Sustainability reporting is a tool for companies to communicate their sustainability performance to their stakeholders. Retail companies with production outsourced to developing countries are often held responsible for the actions of their suppliers. The aim of this study is to show the discourses used by a global retail company in the sustainability reports in order to construct the image of a sustainable company, as well as to show how these discourses change over time. The study has a qualitative approach designed as a case study. The empirical material consists of H&M’s sustainability reports covering 2002 and 2018. The method is discourse analysis. The result of the study shows that H&M’s way to construct the image of a sustainable company has changed over time. The most distinct discourse change is the ambition to lead the fashion industry to sustainability and to give a positive contribution to the environmental and socio-economical challenges the planet faces. The study provides knowledge of how H&M constructs the image of a sustainable company over time. Discourses in sustainability reports shape the image of a sustainable company and thereby influence the way people percieve what a sustainable company is. That is why it is important to analyse the discourses the global retail company H&M uses.
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Ribeiro, Claudete Fogliato. "EMPREENDEDORISMO E MEIO AMBIENTE DO PRAGMATISMO À DIALÉTICA." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2009. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/8102.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThe contemporary challenge of developing entrepreneurship with the responsible use of resources is also present at the food retail sector. The search for competitiveness leads entrepreneurs to postpone environmental policy inclusion in their entrepreneurial activities. In this sense relating entrepreneurship and environmental matters in SME s in Brazil is convenient and recent, once the majority of existing researches deal with industries or big size enterprises. Despite their operational limitations the SME s contribute for income and job generation and are able to introduce innovations due to their flexibility. Considering this extremely relevance context for the sector development this study goal is to establish guidelines for the introduction of environmental policy trough entrepreneurial dialectics in the food retail sector. This is a study of qualitative, exploratory and descriptive nature, having as its basis SINDIGÊNEROS enterprises in Santa Maria, RS. Results suggest that the majority of local entrepreneurs understand the importance of environmental preservation, on the other hand ignore the meaningful impacts resulting from activities practiced by the sector, as well as they don t know the ways to reduce or eliminate this impacts. Aiming at contributing for the improvement of the situation, it is proposed that the environmental policy is inserted in the entrepreneurial management process, leading to entrepreneurial actions. The inter-relation complexity between entrepreneurship and environment, when applied to SME s reality in the food retail sector, represents peculiar and simple actions whose implementation can promote the sector development.
O desafio contemporâneo em desenvolver o empreendedorismo aliado a utilização responsável dos recursos também está presente no setor de varejo alimentício. A busca da competitividade leva os empreendedores a protelar a inclusão da política ambiental em suas atividades empresariais. Nesse sentido, relacionar empreendedorismo e a questão ambiental em MPEs no Brasil é oportuno e recente, pois a maioria das pesquisas existentes trata das indústrias ou de empresas de grande porte. Apesar de suas limitações operacionais as MPEs contribuem para geração de emprego e renda e são capazes de introduzir inovações devido a sua flexibilidade. Considerando esse contexto extremamente relevante para o desenvolvimento do setor, o objetivo deste estudo é estabelecer diretrizes para a introdução da política ambiental, por meio da dialética empreendedora, no setor de varejo alimentício. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativa, exploratória e descritiva, tendo como base as empresas vinculadas ao SINDIGÊNEROS em Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Os resultados sugerem que a maioria dos empreendedores locais compreendem a importância da preservação ambiental, no entanto ignoram os impactos significativos resultantes das atividades praticadas pelo setor, assim como, desconhecem meios que venham a reduzir ou eliminar esses impactos. Visando contribuir para a melhoria dessa situação, propõe-se que seja inserida a política ambiental no processo de gestão empresarial norteando as ações empreendedoras. A complexidade da inter-relação entre empreendedorismo e meio ambiente quando aplicada a realidade das MPEs do setor de varejo alimentício traduziu-se em ações simples e peculiares, cuja implementação pode proporcionar o desenvolvimento desse setor.
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George, Mirza, and Vivianne Hawsho. "Ansvarsfullt företagande bortom landets gränser : En studie om svenska företags internationella CSR-arbete." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-19308.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate how Swedish retail companies work with CSR internationally.The study also sought to explore the opportunities and challenges that exist, and the stakeholders that motivate companies CSR commitment.The theoretical framework is composed of international CSR guidelines of the OECD and the UN, Carroll's CSR pyramid and three-stage model and Freeman's stakeholder theory. Furthermore a qualitative research approach was applied where four in-depth interviews were conducted with representatives from Axfood, Löfbergs Lila, Oriflame and CSR Sweden. Finally, the study demonstrated the conclusion that the companies CSR strategies are structured in a similar way regardless of the market. CSR attract and retain workers, create a good reputation for brands and results in working conditions, living standards and environmental improvements. Difficulties, however, are the complexity of being able to control each partner and manage differences in language, laws and culture between countries. Finally there are a number of stakeholders that motivate companies to work with CSR, of which shareholders are considered the most important.
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Faro, Omar El. "Avaliação de critérios socioambientais na seleção de fornecedores de produtos marcas próprias no varejo: um estudo qualitativo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96132/tde-15012014-162425/.
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Empresas multinacionais têm se deparado com a necessidade de adotar práticas sustentáveis, ocorrendo o mesmo com grandes redes varejistas. Estas empresas, assim como toda sua rede de fornecimento, devem estar em sintonia com a responsabilidade social e ambiental. Os produtos marcas próprias, sendo de responsabilidade dos varejistas, poderiam se adequar aos padrões sustentáveis. Esta pesquisa contribui com a literatura do varejo, pois há poucos estudos envolvendo marcas próprias e seus aspectos socioambientais. Tem como objetivo investigar como e quais são os aspectos socioambientais contemplados pelo varejo em relação aos fornecedores de marcas próprias. Mais que isso, pretende entender quais certificações e indicadores são utilizados para assegurar se os padrões sustentáveis têm sido respeitados. Para isso, o método de pesquisa adotado foi o qualitativo, tendo como forma de coleta de dados entrevistas semiestruturadas com os três principais varejistas do Brasil, três fornecedores de marcas próprias e a Abmapro, além de consulta a documentos. A análise dos dados foi feita com a técnica de análise de conteúdo, sendo os dados agrupados em categorias temáticas. Como resultado, foi possível encontrar que as certificações BRC e FSC estão presentes nos contratos entre varejistas e fornecedores de marcas próprias. E que a verificação do cumprimento desses quesitos é realizada por empresas terceirizadas (SGS e Bureau Veritas) que auditam os fornecedores periodicamente.Multinational companies are facing the necessity of adopting sustainable practices. The big retailers suffer with the same problem. They, besides of all supply network must be tuned with social and environmental sustainability. The private label products, which are by retailer\'s responsibility, could fit with the sustainable patterns. This research contributes with the retail literature, because there are no many papers about private label and environmental and social sustainability thematic. The objective is to investigate how and which environmental and social criteria are important are important for retailer in relation with private label products supplier\'s - is innovator. Besides this, this research intends to comprehend what are the certifications and indicators that are used to assure if sustainable patterns have been followed. For this, the adopted research method is qualitative study, and collecting data are semi-structured interviews with the three main retailers of Brazil, three private label product supplier\'s and Abmapro, besides document consulting. The data analyses are done with content analyses technique, being the data grouped into thematic categories. As a result, it was possible to identify that BRC and FSC certifications are in the contract between retailers and private label supplier\'s. And that accomplish of these requirements is done outside enterprises (by SGS and Bureau Veritas) that inspect often suppliers.
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Bäckman, Daniella. "How can Swedish food retailers create incentives for sustainable consumption?" Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-246068.
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Sustainable consumption is becoming more and more important when aiming to achieve a sustainable food industry in the future. A sustainable movement requires actions from diverse actors on the market such as politicians, organizations, retailers, consumers etc. This research focuses mainly on retailers and partly consumers. Past research examines consumer behaviour when it comes to sustainable consumption and companies’ incorporation of Corporate Sustainability. This research seeks to complement prior research by investigating two major retailers in the Swedish food industry, Axfood and ICA. Through semi-structured interviews, with Sustainability Managers working at these companies, the research collects qualitative data that contributes to a better understanding of the Swedish food retailing industry and how they address sustainability issues. The research highlight current trends on today’s market and identify crucial focus areas for the future.
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Sokol, Vadym, and Kristijan Jordanov. "Site selection for small retail stores using sustainable and location-driven indicators : Case study: Starbucks coffee shops in Los Angeles." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-20053.
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Site selection decisions remains a complex yet crucial process for strong business performance. Despite the extensive number of publications in this field, the emergence of new data collection technique, improved location analytics, and changes in consumers’ preferences call for testing of new models and hypothesis. This study compares traditional site selection indicators (e.g. property size, proximities, competition, and demographic profiles) with novel site-selection indicators (e.g. environmental sustainability performance and socio-demographic characteristics from Tapestry data). By investigating a case study of Starbucks coffee stores in Los Angeles, we argue that environmental sustainability performance and socio-demographic Tapestry segments correlate with business performance indicators of small retail shops in two ways. First, higher sustainability scores result in increased foot traffic, and by extension increased business performance. Second, Tapestry segmentation stands as significant indicator of business performance in site selection modeling – specifically, by demonstrating the significant correlation between socio-demographic consumers’ segments and the number of visitors per location. The output of this study offers an alternative location-driven site selection method, important for businesses and key industry-players in sharpening location-allocation decision-making processes.
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Pozzatti, Gabriela Valente Caçola. "Diretrizes para projetos de pontos de venda baseadas em sistemas de avaliação ambiental de varejo." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2017. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/6765.
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A evolução do mundo pode ser sentida em vários aspectos do nosso dia a dia. A forma como a venda de mercadorias acontece hoje exigiu que a arquitetura acompanhasse essa transformação. Este trabalho aborda a sustentabilidade nos pontos de venda varejistas, tendo sido necessário buscar conhecimento para compreender a transformação que a arquitetura teve ao longo dos anos junto às formas de comércio. Fez-se necessário tomar conhecimento sobre a atual situação, no Brasil e no mundo, em relação à arquitetura comercial sustentável e, em seguida, agrupar conceitos de sustentabilidade e características de um projeto sustentável. Além disso, o trabalho busca identificar os sistemas de avaliação ambiental para varejo mais utilizados e assim analisar como a metodologia, a aplicabilidade, os critérios avaliados e a forma de pontuação dos mesmos são empregadas. A partir desse apanhado de informações, foi necessário comparar e analisar os diferentes parâmetros usados nos sistemas de certificação, buscando entender aqueles que têm maior relevância e popularidade. Como resultado final, foi possível gerar 35 diretrizes sustentáveis divididas em 5 grupos que são: energia, conforto do usuário, água, materiais e manutenção. Essas diretrizes auxiliam os lojistas a aplicarem estratégias menos prejudiciais ao meio ambiente nos pontos de venda. Foi realizado um estudo de caso de dois empreendimentos varejistas já certificados no Brasil, tendo sido observado e comparado como as diretrizes propostas pelo trabalho se comportam em projetos reais. Foi possível perceber que a maioria das diretrizes propostas no trabalho foi pontuada e auxiliaram os empreendimentos analisados a conseguirem suas certificações. Assim percebe-se que é exigido muito conhecimento e responsabilidade para se conseguir uma certificação, mas também foi possível perceber que muitos pontos são atingidos com pequenas estratégias durante a fase de projeto ou até mesmo após a loja em funcionamento. Por fim, como forma de repassar aos lojistas as diretrizes desenvolvidas no trabalho, uma cartilha foi montada para ser entregue nos pontos de venda.
The evolution of the world can be felt in many aspects of our day to day life. The way merchandise sales happen today has required architecture to accompany this transformation. This work deals with sustainability in retail outlets, and it was necessary to seek knowledge to understand the transformation that architecture has had over the years along with the forms of commerce. It was necessary to learn about the current situation in Brazil and the world in relation to sustainable commercial architecture and then to group concepts of sustainability and characteristics of a sustainable project. In addition, the paper seeks to identify the most used environmental assessment systems for retail and thus to analyze how the methodology, the applicability, the evaluated criteria and the way of scoring of them are employed. From this information collection, it was necessary to compare and analyze the different parameters used in the certification systems, seeking to understand those that have greater relevance and popularity. As a final result, it was possible to generate 35 sustainable guidelines divided into 5 groups: energy, user comfort, water, materials and maintenance. These guidelines help tenants to apply less environmentally harmful strategies at points of sale. A case study of two retail enterprises already certified in Brazil was carried out, and it was observed and compared how the guidelines proposed by the work behave in real projects. It was possible to notice that most of the directives proposed in the study were scored and helped the ventures analyzed to obtain their certifications. Thus it is realized that a lot of knowledge and responsibility is required to obtain a certification, but it was also possible to realize that many points are reached with small strategies during the design phase or even after the shop in operation. Finally, as a way of passing on to the shopkeepers the guidelines developed at work, a booklet was set up to be delivered at points of sale.
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Lima, Eriko Kimura. "Sustentabilidade e controladoria: um estudo em uma empresa de varejo de moda e eletroeletrônicos." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2014. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/951.
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Previous issue date: 2014-05-21The main objective of this study was to investigate the perception and contribution of the managers of Controller s Department to sustainability in a retail, fashion and consumer electronics industry. The research fits into the business environment in which sustainability is increasingly present in the strategic agenda of corporate executives due to greater stakeholder engagement regarding socially responsible organizations attitude as a theme. In this intent, we posed the following research question: how is the adoption of sustainability based on the triple bottom line model influencing the practices of the Controller s Department of the company? Thus, for conducting this research, it has been assumed that the economic view is the prevailing one in the functions of the Controller s Department and managers are still unclear about the contribution of the management in the social and environmental aspects. Therefore, to achieve the research objectives, we proceeded with analysis of the literature on the topic of sustainability and Controllership. The typology of this research is exploratory with qualitative approach because it aimed to investigate how sustainability is influencing the Controller s Department and the contribution of managers by adopting the theme. The method used was case study. The sample was selected by the criterion of accessibility and processing of data was done through content analysis. The research findings indicate that sustainability issue still needs further understanding of the managers of Controller s Department in their conceptual, procedural and organizational aspects; which is the economic view that prevails in the functions and activities of managers.
Objetivo principal do presente estudo é investigar a percepção e contribuição dos gestores de Controladoria quanto ao tema sustentabilidade em uma empresa de varejo do setor de moda e eletroeletrônicos. A pesquisa se insere no ambiente de negócios onde a sustentabilidade é um tema cada vez mais presente na agenda estratégica dos executivos de empresas devido ao maior engajamento de stakeholders quanto às atitudes socialmente responsáveis das organizações. Dessa forma, propõe-se a seguinte questão de pesquisa: como a adoção da sustentabilidade baseada no modelo triple bottom line está influenciando as práticas da Controladoria da empresa? Assim, para condução desta pesquisa, partiu-se do pressuposto que a visão econômica é a que prevalece nas funções dos gestores de Controladoria e ainda não está clara a contribuição destes gestores nos aspectos social e ambiental. Para atingir os objetivos de pesquisa, procedeu-se com análise da literatura sobre o tema sustentabilidade e Controladoria. Enquanto tipologia, esta pesquisa se enquadra em seus os objetivos como exploratória de abordagem qualitativa, pois teve como principal objetivo investigar como a sustentabilidade está influenciando as práticas de Controladoria e a contribuição dos gestores para a adoção do tema. O método utilizado foi estudo de caso. A amostra foi selecionada pelo critério de acessibilidade e o tratamento de dados foi feito por meio de análise de conteúdo. Os achados da pesquisa indicam que o tema sustentabilidade ainda carece de maior compreensão dos gestores de Controladoria em seus aspectos conceituais, procedimentais e organizacionais, pois é a visão econômica que prevalece nas funções e atividades dos gestores.
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Köhler, Maria. "Reusing Garments : An investigation of influencers to return used garments." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-14708.
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Background: A sustainable economy becomes more and more important for most parts of the society. Especially the fashion industry is being criticized for wasting resources and being non-sustainable. Therefore, some textile producers started to implement programs that are aiming on a reuse of garments. Aims of research: The purpose of this research is to discover how customers can be motivated to return unwanted garments, also considering possible hindering factors. To gather this information it is necessary to build a theoretical framework with customer-based theories. The thesis explored how a second hand multi-brand retailer can take active action in encouraging customers to return unwanted textiles. Method: This research was conducted as an inductive qualitative research. The data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with several second hand retailers. The analysis was carried out following the Giogia method. Results: The thesis revealed that the garment disposal behavior is affected by various influences. Influences on the disposal behavior of garment consumers are personal values and believes. The dispose of unwanted garments is often influenced by an ease of handling and the same behavior is followed over the years simply because individuals are used to a certain garment disposal behavior. The largest hindering factors why customers do not return garments to retailers are caused by a lack of information as well as insufficient transparency. This behavior can be affected by second hand retailers by providing improved communication and a motivation to return garments by offering benefits for the customer. The size of the company does not play a major role.