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Cambridge University launches free fashion tech innovation programme

The University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership is calling on fashion start-ups and entrepreneurs based in England to apply for its ‘Innovators for Sustainable Fashion’ free accelerator programme. The six-week virtual accelerator programme, which will take 2 – 3 hours per week, has been designed to bring together a select...

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'Take-back Tuesday' set to be busiest day for online shopping returns

London - Today, Tuesday January 3, has not only been highlighted as the first full working day of the year - it is also set to become the busiest return days of the year according to the Royal Mail. The mail delivery service predicts the number of returns of unwanted online purchases or gifts to increase by over 50 percent on Tuesday in...

Retail

Buyer regret costs UK consumers billions

Buyers regret could be costing UK consumers up to 25 billion pounds a year, according to a study by Cambridge University. The survey conducted by Cambridge University researchers Alexandra Skelton and Julian M. Allwood and published in the scientific journal Ecological Economics, reveals that 82 percent of adults in the UK have regretted a...