Global travel retail turns green to keep pace with consumer values – Market Intel

Operators in global travel retail face inherent challenges to become more sustainable. They operate stores in highly regulated, third-party owned settings such as airports, airlines, cruise ships, ferries and downtown stores, so have limited power to reduce their consumption of energy and tackle waste. Added to that, retailers do not operate the manufacturing facilities of the vendor companies that make the products they sell in their shops - a major source of emissions. Yet, within these confines, travel retailers are making great efforts to reduce their carbon footprints as consumer concern