U.S. independent natural retailers sold $11.44 billion in 2018--which is a fraction (13.76%) of the $83.2 billion in natural organic sales sold through all eight retail and food-store channels. To help ensure independent retailers get their share and stay competitive, WholeFoods Magazine editor-in-chief Maggie Jaqua and merchandising editor Jay Jacobowitz...
Deerfield, IL--The latest mass chain to enter the CBD market: Walgreens. CNBC reported that Walgreens will sell CBD creams, patches and sprays in Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, South Carolina, Illinois and Indiana. The products will be available in nearly 1,500 stores. Details on which brands will be...
Washington, DC--Outgoing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb shared his thoughts on the the most efficient pathway to legalize CBD while speaking at a talk hosted by the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy and the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy at Brookings Institution. After his talk, Gottlieb was interviewed by...
Anaheim, CA—CBD, cannabidiol, hemp, phytocannabinoids, endocannabinoids, full-spectrum extract, CBD isolate—as WholeFoods previously reported, the debate over which forms to put into products, how to label it, what to say about it (and what not to say) at the retail level grows larger and louder as hemp-based products gain popularity, which...
An overarching trend in the dietary supplement category? Plant-based. This won’t come as a surprise, if you’ve been following the trends at all: as health and environmental research comes out, with all of it pointing towards the importance of plants, demand is rising. And it’s rising in unexpected places. This...
Natural Products Expo West is, of course, a great place to see where the Industry is headed. CBD was everywhere—except in grocery: It is still technically an illegal food additive. There’s no doubt that once the FDA has worked out a regulatory pathway, it’ll be in everything, but in its...
As cannabidiol (CBD) fever sweeps the nation, some states are cracking down. As reported previously, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Illinois are all attempting to negotiate new laws around the sudden legality of CBD, while Oregon requested a clarification from the FDA on just what those laws are. FDA Commissioner Scott...
From moms working a "side hustle" to luxury department stores, natural products retailers face a wide range of competitors in the market of hemp-derived products. Natural products retailers may not consider DSW as a competitor, but the shoe retailer is entering the CBD market. Yahoo! Finance reported that DSW entered into an...
Washington, D.C.--This is the longest shutdown in U.S. history, today being its 25th day. As it goes on, furloughed employees are being deemed “essential,” and called back to work without pay, meaning they’re no longer eligible for unemployment, and can’t use their time to work other temporary jobs, like babysitting...
As WholeFoods Magazine previously reported, Amazon is planning to build and expand Whole Foods stores across the U.S. in the hopes of putting more customers within range of its two-hour delivery service, Prime Now, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). WSJ reported that this would bring Whole Foods to more suburbs, where...
