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Digital innovation: European perspective at the Co-op Retail Conference

How are co-ops in Italy, Denmark, Slovkia and the Czech Republic using tech to drive engagement?

Fair finance: How should retail co-ops work with credit unions?

Co-operative ideas to tackle financial exclusion were discussed at the Co-op Retail Conference

Co-op Retail Conference: Co-operating in challenging times

Debbie Robinson of OurCoop, Ben Stimson of Southern Co-op and Martin Rogers of the Co-op Group…

Grocery sector insights at the Co-op Retail Conference

Graham MacLean from the Institute of Grocery Distribution shared insights into changing shopper habits, economic pressures…

Future Co-ops conference looks at ways to reclaim community power

The results were announced in the early hours of 27 February: the UK’s Green Party had…

Why the world needs co-op law: ICA webinar launches research project

The International Cooperative Alliance heard from its sectoral offices as it embarks on phase 2 of…

Future Co-ops conference to explore reclaiming power for communities

At the end of February, the UK’s 2026 Future Co-ops Conference will explore ways the co-op…

New markets, new products: Scotland’s agri co-ops face the future

Report on the recent conference of the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society, held in Crieff

Global Innovation Coop Summit positions co-ops as innovators

The event looked at how co-ops are innovating in sectors like renewable energy, care and technology

AI will change the world. Can co-ops give control to the people?

Report from the recent Platform Cooperativism Consortium conference in Istanbul

International Year closes at World Summit for Social Development

Co-ops were recognised as leaders of the social and solidarity economy, and the UN is considering…

Co-ops gather ahead of Doha to launch tools to ‘build a better world’

'We are ready to partner with governments to scale solutions rooted in fairness, democracy and sustainability'