Dept. Stores Focus on Sustainability for Valentine's Day Gifts in Japan
Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)--Department stores in Japan are trying to ride a shopping wave for Valentine's Day confectionary gifts with products featuring sustainability.
Takashimaya Co. <8233> sells chocolates containing tea leaves that absorbed aroma in discarded whisky casks and that grew on abandoned agricultural land. The chocolates, named "Truffe SDGs," sell for 2,401 yen.
(2023/01/23-21:23)
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