My Jewish father was an old country lawyer who believed deeply in fairness and justice for all living people, so I was curious what he thought about the Nazis. It was spring of 1977, and the American Nazi Party had announced their intention to hold a July 4th rally in...
Echinacea is truly the most-inquired about herb ever, and for good reason. Although many herbs have hit the media with blazing fire, and many do amazingly well, echinacea has consistently stayed in the eye of consumers. Echinacea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family and a common ingredient in natural cold...
Why do some independents succeed while others struggle? There’s no single success formula, but clues emerge as we scan the retail landscape. An Outmoded Business Model When thinking about business models, it’s useful to take a generational view. GNC and The Vitamin Shoppe, the two largest U.S. pure-play vitamin chain...
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.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On August 9, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a 3,000-page report that experts says offers an “unprecedented degree of clarity” about the future of our planet. Hundreds of top scientists contributed to the report, and called it a “code red for humanity.” IPCC pointed out...
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While better than some sectors, as an industry, dietary supplements have never achieved total trust from all of our constituents, including consumers, media, and regulators. Some of this mistrust is warranted, but there’s no question that we get a bad rap. In December 2019, in this column, we introduced the concept of The Dietary...
About three decades ago, I was one of the food-and-drug attorneys involved in defending various persons and companies who for some time had been distributing an amino acid called GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), which although sold as a dietary supplement, had three remarkable characteristics: It helped users quickly fall asleep; It...
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.
We're back at it. SupplySide East is back at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus from August 24-25, 2021, and a few weeks later we’ll be making our way to the beautiful city of Philadelphia for Expo East, taking place September 22-25, 2021. Team WholeFoods Magazine will be at both...
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