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  • A singular honor for Food Lion associate

    An associate at Food Lion has been honored by the Environmental Protection Agency for his efforts to reduce the chain’s refrigerant emissions.

    Nick Cordasci has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2014 Distinguished Partner Achievement Award, one of the agency's individual honors for commercial refrigeration achievements, by the GreenChill Partnership.

  • Lumber Liquidators pleads guilty, pays fine

    A federal investigation related to Lumber Liquidator’s illegal timber trafficking has ended with a guilty plea and some damning statements by prosecutors.

  • Target rolls out 8 new sustainability goals

    Amid a slew of news from Target HQ on Monday, the retailer also announced that, as part of the White House’s Climate Pledge, it would be working toward eight new sustainability commitments. The company has had success so far when it comes to sustainability, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 9% since 2012 and eliminating more than half a million metric tons of carbon dioxide from its buildings.

    The commitments are for the company to achieve the following benchmarks by 2020:

  • Restoration Hardware gives shoppers a view of the Rockies

    RH (Restoration Hardware Holdings) has unveiled the latest iteration of the brand’s next-generation design galleries concept at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, in Denver.

  • Top retailers back Obama climate change pledge

    Ikea and Best Buy are among the top retailers supporting a U.S.-sponsored pledge to act on combating climate change.

    President Barack Obama met with a group of business leaders Monday at the White House to announce the signatories of the American Business Act on Climate Pledge.

    "The perception is that this is an environmental issue, it's for tree-huggers, and that hard-headed business people either don't care about it or see it as a conflict with their bottom lines," Obama said.

  • The hipster hardware store that has Home Depot scared

    An Austin, Tex.-based hardware store has the big boxes taking notice.

    Who else has a Container zStore founder, an exclusive deal with Tesla, and fans who like its earth-friendly mission to be the Whole Foods of the DIY set.

    Read more about TreeHouse by clicking here.

     

  • Restoration Hardware’s new gallery format in Denver offers view of the Rockies

    RH (Restoration Hardware Holdings) has unveiled the latest iteration of the brand’s next-generation design galleries concept at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, in Denver.

    The format integrates an even greater assortment of RH collections, including all of the brand’s current concepts and upcoming new businesses. At nearly 70,000 total interior and exterior sq. ft., the store includes major presentations of RH’s newest business concepts, RH Modern and RH TEEN.

  • Survey: Most U.S. shoppers hate Black Friday

    Most U.S. shoppers dislike Black Friday, but a third of them say they're planning to spend more than $500 that weekend anyway, according to a new survey.

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