Video Pick Page. 50/50: Hackathon NYC. 50/50: Make or Break from 5050good on Vimeo. I've been back in Europe for a while sorting out life logisitcs and visas and that. This is unlikely to be of much interest to you but it reminded me that the world out there is, well, out there. The American newsmedia is famously solipsistic - international affairs rarely take centre stage, or get mentioned at all, unless the affairs in question directly involve American actions. You like to think that the media doesn't effect how you think. Everyone does. But it does. Not necessarily in the big-scary-shouty-telling-you-what-to-think-political-agenda-OBEY way. But in the subtle-insidious-things-that-aren't-in-focus-for-too-long-slip-out-of-consciousness-without-you-even-realizing way. It turns out East Africa is starving to death due to drought. [Had you heard? Millions of people in Somalia, Ethopia and Kenya. Something in the region of 12million people are going to starve.
It's too big isn't it? I quote you Bertrand Russell: And that's the problem. Don't Buy Patagonia Stuff New Unless You Really Need It | Climbing. Don't Buy Patagonia Stuff New Unless You Really Need It By Gear Shed Tonight, Patagonia and eBay announced a new partnership, the Common Threads Initiative. Together, they asked owners of fleece and Gore-Tex everywhere to pledge to reduce consumption, reuse old gear, recycle, repair what's broken, and reimagine a world where people don't stress the earth with purchases. Yes, you read correctly. Patagonia is asking us not to buy their stuff, or any stuff, unless we really need it. And then they're asking us to buy used stuff when we can. And they're asking us to sell those still warm puffys and barely frayed packs gathering dust in the back of our closets on eBay, to a troller who will buy an old jacket instead of buying a new one.
To show they really mean it, Patagonia and eBay have partnered on a Patagonia-specific resale site powered by eBay that you can access from Patagonia's website. Patagonia wants 50,000 pledgers this year. -Berne Broudyberneb.
Best Buy CEO: Sustainability All About People. Best Buy’s in a tough business. The electronics giant ($50 billion in revenues in 2010) competes with Amazon, the best of the online retailers, and Walmart, the world’s biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer. The company’s shares have fallen lately. What’s Best Buy’s competitive advantage? It’s the people in the blue shirts, says Brian Dunn, Best Buy’s chief executive. “Our business is utterly dependent upon getting those 180,000 people aligned and moving forward,” he says. This is why sustainability is important to Best Buy, the 51-year-old chief executive says. Brian gave the keynote speech this morning at the Boston College Corporate Citizenship Conference, which is being held in Minneapolis, Best Buy’s home town.
Providing an inspiring, engaging workplace is “the No. 1 element of Best Buy’s sustainability strategy,” Brian said. Of course, all CEOs mouth platitudes about how people are their company’s most valuable asset. There’s another benefit no one expected. Innovations - Toyota la marque philanthrope? Check-in Publié le 14 avril 2014 On les croyait en perte de vitesse devant le succès du commerce en ligne. Reconnus désormais comme lieu privilégié de contact avec la marque, les produits, mais aussi comme lieu de convivialité, les centres commerciaux « nouvelle génération » retrouvent un avenir grâce à de nouveaux concepts.
Démonstration. Devant la montée du e-commerce, on avait prédit leur déclin. Le concept de centre commercial paraissait presque « has been ». La digitale attraction Et pour attirer le chaland et le faire consommer, chacun rivalise d’ingéniosité. Pourquoi cet engouement pour le digital ? La tendance du Web to Store « Ce contact physique irremplaçable qu’apportent les centres commerciaux, certains pure players l’ont bien compris et ils franchissent aisément la frontière de plus en plus perméable entre commerce en ligne et ventes physiques », commente Nathalie Bataille, directrice de la communication du groupe Klépierre. La montée du click & collect Anika Michalowska.