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What Can Independents Learn From Other Retailers?

10 key takeaways for natural products retailers.

August 23, 2023

Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Independent natural retailers looking to stay in business can benefit from knowing what retailers in the other seven U.S. retail food channels are doing with natural products. Read on for 10 key insights.

Organic Fresh Produce Sales and Volume Edge Up in Q2

Geographically, organic performance was a mixed bag. Take a look at the results.

August 16, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Organic fresh produce grew slightly in sales dollars and volume in the second quarter of 2023, reversing a trend of volume loss seen in 2021 and 2022.

What's Selling: March 2023

Find out the latest sales trends across your region and more.

March 14, 2023

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Find out the latest sales trends across your region and more.

Retail Insights® 2023 Retail Universe

for U.S. Premium Natural Organic Food, Supplement & Personal Care Sales

March 1, 2023

Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Industry grows 4.08%, adds $3.887 billion, reaches $99.3 billion total sales

A Look Inside the Millennial Mind

July 23, 2018

Sebastian Krawiec

Brands and retailers know millennial dollars are important to capture to ensure the future of the enterprise. According to The Brookings Institution, their generation accounts for more than $1 trillion of consumer spending power and will make up more than 75% of the American workforce by 2025 (1). In fact,...

Albertsons E-commerce Success While Investors Skeptical of Rite Aid Merger

July 19, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

At an earnings call on Monday, Albertsons reported a $17.7 million net loss which, compared to last year’s $204.9 million loss for the same period, is a major improvement. According to Food Dive, Albertsons’ net sales are up 1% to $18.7 million. Same-store sales are up .2% and expected to...

At the Table with Generation X

June 27, 2018

Laurie Petersen

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Erica HooperLee, 47, was living the city life in San Francisco, CA, when she and her now-husband Charles, 34, decided it was time for a healthier lifestyle. Two years ago, they made a move to Grants Pass, OR, and set out to be healthier. “One of the things you don’t...

Don’t Call Us Old! Reaching Boomers Where They’re At

May 21, 2018

Laurie Petersen

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]No one generation thinks alike. Let’s just say that from the get-go. This four-part series aims to help retailers and those who are developing new products and services glean insights into how behaviors are shifting generationally and learn how to capitalize where opportunity is biggest. [caption id="attachment_58344" align="alignright" width="382"] Figure...

What's Selling: June 2018

May 21, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling products determined from unit sales at six natural products stores rotated from a base of selected stores. The intention is to provide indications of sales trends.

[REPLAY] 40th Annual Independent Retailer Survey and Outlook Webinar

April 26, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]WholeFoods Magazine editor-in-chief Laurie Petersen along with Jay Jacobowitz, WholeFoods merchandising editor and president/founder of Retail Insights discuss the annual retailer survey and the outlook for natural product retailers with the continued growth of ecommerce and other disruptions in the industry.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/jN4mEpsL45A"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...