The Vitamin Shoppe, Secaucus, NJ opened two new franchise stores in Paraguay. These franchise stores are operated by Vitamin Shoppe’s newest international franchisees Vigor S.A., a sister company of London Import S.A. a family owned and operated business in Paraguay. The stores are located in the greater Asunción area, the...
Jay Jacobowitz, owner of Retail Insights, Brattleboro, VT and WholeFoods’ merchandising editor was awarded with South East Natural Products Association’s (SENPA) President’s Award at this year’s SOHO Expo in Orlando, FL. He was presented the award, which honors individuals who have dedicated 10+ years to the natural products industry. Jacobowitz...
The American Botanical Council (ABC), Austin, TX recognizes Naturopathica, East Hampton, NY, a natural health and wellness company, for being the first company to support the Adopt-an-Herb program and adopt arnica (Arnica montana). Naturopathica is one of 40 companies that provides support to ABC’s HerbMedPro database, a comprehensive interactive online...
San Francisco Salt Company has partnered with Oriel Sea Salt, which is now accredited under the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), the most prestigious EU food quality register. It is Ireland’s second product to receive the accreditation, and it is used to craft San Francisco Salt Company's Whiskey Smoked Irish...
Step 1: Define Your Target Customer When I talk to new entrepreneurs, one of the most common oversights they make is being unable to link their product idea to actual consumers interested in buying it. When it comes to determining your market segment, some of the biggest mistakes new entrepreneurs...
Denver, Co. — The acquisition of WhiteWave Food Co. by French Danone SA has been delayed. WhiteWave anticipates the deal — which is estimated at $12.5 million including debt, and was expected to close at the end of this year — will be completed within the first quarter of 2017,...
Phoenix, AZ — Sprouts Farmers Market announced the resignation of Doug Sanders, executive chairman for the Sprouts Board of Directors. Sanders, who recently became the chief executive officer of a technology company, plans to focus his efforts on that. “Doug has been an integral part of Sprouts since our inception...
Bourne, MA — According to a white paper published by Onset, based here and authored by Greg Lowitz, founder and CEO of Buildera, based in Redwood City, CA, poor indoor air quality (IAQ) elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can cause occupant discomfort and productivity loss. Not only that but it cites...
Kissimmee, FL— SOHO Expo, the largest independent tradeshow, is celebrating its 45th anniversary at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center from December 1-4, 2016 by hosting 20 education programs for retail attendees. “We are very excited about the speaker line up for this year’s SOHO Expo,” said Frances Drennen, President...
Kearny, NJ—Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc., based here, has announced that it is moving away from measuring colony forming units (CFUs) in its probiotic formulas, instead utilizing flow cytometry which the firm says more accurately and quickly measures the viable cells in probiotics. This is a process that according to Alexis Collins,...
