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Nordstrom takes 15 Percent Pledge

American department store chain Nordstrom has become the first retailer to sign a 10-year agreement with Aurora James 15 Percent Pledge, the organization founded to address racial inequality in the retail industry. The department store chain has committed to a tenfold increase in purchases from and partnerships with Black-owned and Black-founded...

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15 Percent Pledge calls on retailers to support black-owned businesses

London - Over the past week, following the senseless killing of George Floyd by police in the US, the fashion industry alongside the wider public not only in America but across the world have been asking how they can help to amplify the Black Lives Matter human rights movement to take a stand against racial injustice and police violence. Well,...