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Retail Question Time: Climate change and the consumer

By George MacDonald and Stephen Eddie2021-08-26T05:00:00+01:00

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Climate change and sustainability have rocketed up the retail agenda and will be in the spotlight even more in the run-up to the COP26 conference later this year. Dixons Carphone group sustainability director Moira Thomas and sustainable business strategic adviser Mike Barry, former director of sustainable business at Marks & Spencer, discuss the implications for shoppers and retailers. 

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