It's been a year since Naturally Informed hosted Mental Wellness: Mastering the Market in January 2021, but the global conditions that made the virtual event so timely haven’t changed much. The stress and sadness that burdened so many during the trying times of the past 24 months continue to hold...
We’re asking customers to share what they love about their local natural products store. This month, the spotlight shines on one shopper’s experience at Mana Foods in Maui, HI. Health and Fitness enthusiast Michelle Keldgord, Co-founder of BakingHow, does her best to lead a healthy lifestyle each and every day.
Piper nigrum, also called black pepper and “The King of Spices,” has been used for thousands of years, and modern science now supports many benefits of this plant. Native to southern and southeast Asia, it is common in Ayurveda as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Piper nigrum is a...
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.
The diagnosis “pre-diabetes” doesn’t really sound all that ominous, does it? It’s kind of like getting a warning ticket for going through a yellow light. Your doctor explains that you don’t actually have diabetes—just some early signs of it, nothing to worry about. And many doctors deliver that news with little more than a gentle reminder that it’s important to...
We’ve long had a history in this industry of unscrupulous and sometimes downright shady operators being able to blend in on store shelves and with consumers. These companies take advantage of clever marketing and positioning opportunities, as well as a lack of needed transparency. This makes it extremely difficult to...
We’re asking customers to share what they love about their local natural products store. This month, the spotlight shines on one shopper’s experience at Eats Natural Foods, in Blacksburg, VA. In business since 1974, "community hub" Eats Natural Foods offers a selection of organic, natural and gourmet foods—both local and...
Call me crazy, but I’ve never been confused into thinking that peanut butter, cashew butter, almond butter, or even an olive-oil spread called “butter” was the same thing as dairy butter. Nor have I ever met another person who has confused a vegan butter product with real butter. Yet, there...
If you were to poll a large audience of people today and ask about safety of drugs versus natural herbal remedies, you would most likely get a larger amount of people who feel that natural also means harmless. For the most part, natural remedies are commonly very safe. That said,...
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.
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