Impact Retail: 15+ articles and great podcasts - curated by GoodCarts - Issue #6

(Must read article from last year.) For small fashion brands, it may be surprising to discover how difficult it is to enter the market of overseas production.

What are consumer insights? Thomas Carlyle says it best: “nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.” Well, maybe not nothing, but you get the idea.

What role does product information play when consumers shop online? A new study of 4,000 US and UK shoppers reveals the importance and positive impact on sales via accurate product information when buying online, and the negative impact felt by shoppers when retailers get it wrong.

In episode 103 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Dean Cycon, founder of Dean’s Beans, on how to create a profitable and ethical business rooted in respect for the earth, the farmer, and the consumer.

In episode 102 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, we speak with Rahama Wright, Founder of Shea Yeleen, on using fair trade skin care to empower women in West Africa and the United States through the production, sale, and use of shea butter products.

Starting your own company may seem daunting, but with the right tools, resources and mentality, you might be surprised at how achievable it can be. Just ask the founders of Bathen, a women-owned fashion brand that creates ethically handmade “after-bath wear.

ASBC-SVC hosted a in conversation with Jeffrey Hollender (CEO, ASBC, Co-Founder, Seventh Generation) on his new book, Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America. In 1937, the famed writer and activist Upton Sinclair published a novel bearing the subtitle A Story of Ford-America.

Today I’m talking to Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify.

Every week, the phones of more than two dozen current and former Shopify employees ping with alerts for a new group chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app. The chat—dubbed Shopify Angels by its participants—has become a gathering spot for a new generation of investors connected through …

Israeli businesses need to wake up to the world’s increasing focus on the environment and climate change if they want to remain competitive, the first conference on sustainable investing to be organized by business leaders here heard Tuesday.

When people think of the economy, creativity and artwork aren’t often top of mind.

But a lawsuit filed against the company on May 20 claims that Vital Farms’ marketing has misled consumers and investors into believing they’re supporting a company that is more ethical and humane than it actually is.

The apparel and lifestyle-products industries, in their traditional forms, are built on a foundation of opacity: Who made that T-shirt you’re wearing? How were the workers treated in the factory that produced your sneakers? What was the environmental toll of crafting the handbag you carry each day

Google’s recent announcement that it won’t allow cookie-based tracking in Chrome is the latest admission by big tech that consumers take their privacy seriously. Much of the discussion since then has focused on ways in which to do cookieless advertising.

Seashells form naturally from carbon dioxide in the water. Now scientists are trying to mimic the process.

Only 17% of electronic waste is recycled. That’s because devices aren’t designed to be recycled. They’re full of tiny, toxic materials that are hard and expensive to break down. But if extracted safely, those materials could mean big money for e-recyclers like Sims Lifecycle Services. We visit