Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that its annual conference, The Big Natural, will take place virtually on November 30-December 1. The event will offer industry-driven educational sessions, workshop programming, case studies, interactive discussions, and networking, and will give attendees access to experts in the midst of the COVID-19...
Chicago, IL—IRI has acquired Retail Solutions, Inc. (RSi), a provider of supply chain solutions for CPG manufacturers and retailers, according to a press release. The addition of RSi’s solutions to IRI’s Liquid Data platform will create a comprehensive supply chain solution, the release explains, as well as a large repository...
Vancouver, BC—Social Nature, a product discovery and consumer insights platform, has released its latest report on how natural product consumers are shifting their purchasing behavior through COVID-19, according to a press release. The report surveyed 3,200 online consumers across the U.S. and Canada and found that, despite COVID’s impact on...
Phoenix, AZ—SupplySide East 2021, originally scheduled for April 2021, has been rescheduled as a result of COVID-19. Informa Markets announced that the event will take place June 22-23, 2021, at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ. “While we’re optimistic for the recovery of our country in the wake of...
Oslo, Norway, and Edison, NJ—A new paper published in Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology explained the association between K2 and recovery rates in individuals with COVID-19. A press release explains that vitamin K2 menaquinone-7 (MK-7 is necessary for the activation of matrix Gla protein (MGP), a protein that inhibits the calcification...
Washington, D.C.—For the fourth year in a row, nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) report taking dietary supplements, according to the 2020 CRN Consumer Survey from the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). The latest number do indicate a decrease in usage, at 73% in 2020, down from 77% in 2019, 75% in...
Anaheim, CA—New Hope Network announced that Natural Products Expo West 2021, which had been scheduled for March, is being rescheduled to May 24-27, 2021, due to the uncertainty that continues to be caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the announcement, Group Show Director Lacey Gautier explains, "We hope the additional...
As the COVID-19 pandemic exploded in the U.S. over the spring, weak points in our food supply chain became all too obvious. Bottlenecks and shortages became alarmingly common in the early days of the health crisis, despite the fact that the nation was still awash in food. Many wholesalers who...
Boston, MA—COVID-19 patients with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D—a measure of vitamin D—of at least 30 ng/mL, had a significantly decreased risk for adverse clinical outcomes including becoming unconscious, hypoxia, and death, according to a new study from Boston University School of Medicine. The patients also had lower blood...
Chicago, IL—IRI has announced the launch of the IRI CPG Channel Shift Index and IRI CPG E-Commerce Demand Index as additions to its COVID-19 Insights Dashboard, according to a press release. “The IRI COVID-19 Dashboard has become a trusted, standard resource for understanding the CPG landscape in real time, including...
