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Canada Goose turns dressing room into freezer

Bloomberg Canada Goose Holdings Inc. wants its customers to know what real cold feels like—from the comfort of a $1,000 parka. The company is adding frigid rooms to some of its stores where shoppers can test the luxury coats in temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius. A Montreal location is the fifth to include the fancy freezer, and Beijing ...

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Greenpeace targets Oreo maker to save orangutans

Bloomberg The maker of Oreo cookies has become the latest target by Greenpeace in its campaign to stop the destruction of rainforests for palm oil. The environmental group accused palm oil suppliers to snack giant Mondelez International Inc., which makes the famous black and white cookie as well as Cadbury chocolate bars, of deforestation and destroying orangutan habitats in Indonesia. ...

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German rival aims at Amazon with tech-advanced warehouse

Bloomberg In an industrial park outside Cologne, German grocer Rewe Group is fighting back against Amazon.com Inc. with what it describes as the most technologically sophisticated online-shopping facility in Europe. The closely held retailer’s building, the size of 2 1/2 soccer fields, holds 20,000 items from drinks to diapers, twice as many as a typical supermarket. Products are stored in ...

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