TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainable Retailing
AU - Vadakkepatt, Gautham G.
AU - Winterich, Karen Page
AU - Mittal, Vikas
AU - Zinn, Walter
AU - Beitelspacher, Lauren
AU - Aloysius, John
AU - Ginger, Jessica
AU - Reilman, Julie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - As consumers seek products that cause minimal environmental harm and bring about positive social impact, and as awareness of supply chain impact grows, retailers must embrace sustainability. Given their unique position in the supply chain between upstream suppliers and downstream consumers, retailers are key to a circular economy in which products at the initial end-of-life stage are returned to the supply chain for continued use. By serving as a connection between suppliers and consumers, retail initiatives can help to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Furthermore, retailers can leverage their unique position in the supply chain to enable and legitimize a focus on social issues across the supply chain. We discuss such actions, the challenges that need to be overcome to have scalable impact, and the mechanisms retailers can utilize to make such progress.
AB - As consumers seek products that cause minimal environmental harm and bring about positive social impact, and as awareness of supply chain impact grows, retailers must embrace sustainability. Given their unique position in the supply chain between upstream suppliers and downstream consumers, retailers are key to a circular economy in which products at the initial end-of-life stage are returned to the supply chain for continued use. By serving as a connection between suppliers and consumers, retail initiatives can help to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Furthermore, retailers can leverage their unique position in the supply chain to enable and legitimize a focus on social issues across the supply chain. We discuss such actions, the challenges that need to be overcome to have scalable impact, and the mechanisms retailers can utilize to make such progress.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jretai.2020.10.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jretai.2020.10.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097067147
SN - 0022-4359
VL - 97
SP - 62
EP - 80
JO - Journal of Retailing
JF - Journal of Retailing
IS - 1
ER -