7 Eleven Runs Trial For Futuristic Store

Convenience stores that rely on technology instead of cashiers to keep things ticking over might sound like a futuristic notion, but there are a number of such concepts being tested around the world. 7-Eleven is the latest to enter the fray, today announcing a trial of a new store in Texas that will be unstaffed with customers left to their […]

4 Ways Manufacturing Is Going Green

The manufacturing industry doesn’t exactly have a reputation for their sustainable efforts. Luckily, a modern push for environmentally friendly alternatives to wasteful or harmful practices has begun to change this. Keep reading to learn four ways that manufacturing is going green. 1. Ditching Old-Fashioned Factories When you think of sustainability, the last thing you might think of is oversized, loud, […]

Circular Economy Exclusive

Brands that don’t embrace the circular economy will go out of business, according to Dutch designer Richard Hutten. Speaking at the Warsaw Home fair in Poland last week, Hutten said that consumers are demanding sustainable products. Companies that don’t respond will fail, he said. “If you don’t have a circular business, you won’t have a business,” he said. “If companies […]

Prawn Aquaculture Could Provide Income

Killing up to 200,000 people annually, schistosomiasis is one of the most deadly parasitic diseases in the world, second only to malaria. Soon, however, prawn aquaculture could be used to control the snails that spread it – and to provide revenue for people in developing nations. Freshwater river prawns are already widely grown as food, starting out in hatcheries and […]

Harrods Is Now World’s Most Successful Luxury Departmental Store

Harrods has beaten the likes of Selfridges and Liberty to be named the world’s best-performing luxury department store. According to research compiled by industry analysts at GlobalData along with architects Sybarite, the 170-year-old retailer owned by Qatari royal family is the strongest performer by sales per square foot. Harrods raked in sales of £2.1 billion in the year ended February 2018, […]