"Sweden’s Secondhand Shopping Mall Shows Sustainable Retail Can Be Profitable"#Sweden #Shopping #Retail
Sweden's Secondhand Shopping Mall Shows Sustainable Retail Can Be Profitable | Happy Eco NewsThe world's first secondhand shopping mall, ReTuna Återbruksgalleria in Sweden, generated $1.3 million in sales by selling only recycled and upcycled items. Opened in 2015, the mall created over 50 jobs and hosts sustainability workshops. Residents donate unwanted items to an on-site depot where staff repair and restore them for resale.
Colorful 60-year-old #fashion #retail chain restructuring decades after peak, #CEO steps down, closing 500 stores, ditching hundreds of employees and past production sites in