Retail
December 9, 2020
Berea broom craft student, Jocelyn Oats, braiding a broom. Image credit: GOODEE
By Nora Howe
The retail industry can ignite systemic change by empowering people to produce and consume with positive social impact, according to participants in The Fashion and Race Database Conversation Series sponsored by Canadian department store Holt Renfrew.
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