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This chapter is excerpted from 'Sustainability For Retail'. This book, by Vilma Barr and Ken Nisch, AIA, is an important international overview of the role of retail in the worldwide climate crisis. The focus is on apparel and related products brought to the retail marketplace, from supply chain to selling floor displays. These classifications are quoted as responsible for 10 percent of the world's carbon emissions, one of the top three industries responsible for polluting the environment. While it will take the combined efforts of the world's largest and most industrialized nations to control the practices that have led up to this situation affecting the global population, Sustainability for Retail presents the successes that have been achieved in the private sector. The book presents interviews with leaders of firms ranging from multinational operators of retail stores to owners of specialty boutiques, from widely distributed brands to purveyors of limited collections, to reports on the technologies creating fabrics from natural products and reprocessed waste. Behind each story and report described is an example of the strong determination of an individual or the commitment of organizational management to establish and uphold practices that cut the energy used in production, support providers of raw materials with living wages and lifestyles, and mount campaigns to educate the consumer on supporting products that are part of the circular economy. Resale, reuse, and remake comprise a widespread and escalating movement that didn't exist even a decade ago to extend the life cycle of products that previously had a high potential of becoming landfill. It has become big business, sanctioned with promotions across the retail board, from mass merchandisers to small local workshops. The combined depth of the co-author's experiences brings the reader a comprehensive guide to the forces driving the advancements in the sustainability movement and its growth, virtually daily, throughout private sectors of the retail universe. Sustainability for Retail offers businesses and consumers alike, an insight into making their most beneficial decisions, for themselves and for the greater good.