| Global retail industry news |  | | |  | - Expert explains how sustainability programmes make sense
 SAP's Jim Sullivan, who led the EPA's Climate Leaders programme, offers insight into how businesses can develop a sustainability programme from scratch and why such programmes make financial sense. He also discusses what consumers think about the green efforts of retailers, the best way to get employees invested in sustainability programmes and which retail brands are making the biggest strides in their environmental efforts. NRF Blog (27 Sep.)      - New Zealand welcomes plus-size City Chic stores
City Chic, a women's fashion retailer based in Australia, started opening stores featuring plus-size fashions in New Zealand to test the concept. Marc Miller, general manager, said the tests received "phenomenal" response. "That gave us the confidence to spread our wings in New Zealand," Miller said. The New Zealand Herald (26 Sep.)  | Stop waiting for checks that are "in the mail."
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 - Waitrose vows to match Tesco's prices on 1,000 products
Waitrose has announced that it is going up against Tesco by matching its competitor's prices on 1,000 branded products. The effort will cost Waitrose about £26 million annually. Waitrose has launched a back-to-basics advertising campaign to promote the effort and will monitor prices twice a week to ensure it is keeping its commitment. MarketingMagazine.co.uk (U.K.) (27 Sep.)  | Recruiters from Microsoft, Starbucks, Facebook & more
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 - Rio Tinto signs deal with diamond retailer Chow Tai Fook
Chinese consumers may soon be able to buy Australian pink diamonds from Chow Tai Fook, a diamond jewellery retailer, after an agreement with Rio Tinto. Rio will exhibit a specially made collection of objets d'art and jewellery as part of its sales pitch to affluent Chinese shoppers. "We are delighted to be partnering with Chow Tai Fook in these market development initiatives," said Jean-Marc Lieberherr, general manager of marketing at Rio Tinto Diamonds. The Australian (27 Sep.)  | HBR's Must-Reads on Leadership
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 | E-commerce Spotlight |  | | | - UK's online retail sales to grow steadily until 2014
Verdict, a retail research firm, released a new report that shows average growth of online sales between 2009 and 2014 will hit about 12% annually, down from an average of 35% each year over the previous decade. After 2014, however, online sales growth will cool dramatically as competition increases and the channel matures, according to the study. Telegraph (London) (25 Sep.) - John Lewis extends "never knowingly undersold" vow to Internet
John Lewis' "never knowingly undersold" creed was adopted generations ago and long before the Internet revolutionised the way people shop. Online retailing complicated John Lewis' principle, but the UK retailer is extending that pledge to online sales. The company is planning to double its online sales by 2014. Telegraph (London) (26 Sep.) | Technology Solutions | | | | - Consumers can use smartphones to read bar codes on TV
Bar codes have become ubiquitous, found in magazines, on some billboards and now on televisions. Shoppers can use their smartphones to scan bar codes embedded in television commercials to obtain information about specific products. Bluefly, an online fashion retailer, is testing the retail strategy. "We see this as a great way to expand our audience in a measurable way," said Bradford Matson, chief marketing officer at Bluefly. "This is new for us, but we expect our page views to double." The New York Times (free registration) (26 Sep.) | NRF News | | | | - The data you need to expand internationally
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