Consumers Will Spend More than $3 Billion on Single-Use Outfits This Summer, Alone

Consumers Will Spend More than $3 Billion on Single-Use Outfits This Summer, Alone

Single-use plastics, or disposable plastics – such a straws, coffee lids, and water bottles, which are used only once before they are thrown away or recycled – have been a topic of increased discussion amongst national and local governments, as well as non-profit organizations – and individuals –…

Customers Value Sustainability — Brands And Retailers Must, Too!

Customers Value Sustainability — Brands And Retailers Must, Too!

Is it just us, or is the conversation about retail social and environmental impact getting louder? My colleague Luis and I are certainly hearing a lot more about it.These are not new topics, of course, but there is a renewed fervor and tone: from documentaries on plastic in the ocean and calls from…

Dearborn plans strategies for growth, sustainability in 2019

Dearborn plans strategies for growth, sustainability in 2019

The City of Dearborn and its partners were considerably busy in 2018. They worked to implement a new marketing strategy, continued to push for major economic development, added several new businesses, and further defined themselves as a Healthy Dearborn community that everyone can live, work, study, visit and play in.