We reviewed the nominations and weighed several obvious names before deciding upon the 2018 Person of the Year. It’s you! We honor you independent “local heroes” who have poured lots of sweat equity and love into serving your communities and your customers. In the face of increased competition from everywhere,...
CBD and Children dominated Expo East. It was impossible to turn a corner without encountering yet another hemp-derived product containing CBD or a food, beverage, supplement or SOMETHING created just for children. Add to this the C of Confusion because the legal status of non-psychoactive CBD remains open to state...
My favorite part of this job is talking to retailers, especially in their stores. So it was a delight and privilege to be in Boston a few weeks back attending the grand opening celebration for Cambridge Naturals’ second location in Boston Landing, an emerging neighborhood in the Brighton section. Only...
Starting with the Boomers and Matures back in June, we walked you through the voice of each generation by talking to real people and getting into their heads to glean insights for you about what they think about the industry. Real effort went into finding people from around the country...
It would be a failure to depict a mother and child on our cover and to report what the research points to about the lifelong importance of those earliest years, yet not address the ongoing events in this country regarding immigration policy and the separation of children from their parents.
The 11th hour email deluge that helped preserve the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, is just the beginning of what will be a vigorous fight. As Bette Davis famously said in movie classic All About Eve, “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” On the eve of...
Excuse me if I get a little personal this month. Writing the feature on boomers (I am one) reminded me of my dad (a mature) who I lost last July. This will be my first Father’s Day without him. It’s also coming up on a year since I started editing...
Lots of care went into the production of this year’s edition of the WholeFoods Magazine Source Directory. Containing nearly 3,000 companies, cross-indexed in multiple ways, it is the product of much work and attention from the entire team. Leading this year’s effort was former associate editor Sebastian Krawiec. His industry...
Yes, Expo West was big. According to the organizers, more than 85,000 attendees swarmed the Anaheim Convention Center, including the new North Halls, with 3,521 natural products and services companies exhibiting — more than 600 of them first-timers looking for that big break. While Whole Foods Market Amazon kept its...
Many moving parts go into the production of a magazine and that is multiplied this month by the 40th Annual WholeFoods Magazine Retailer Survey conducted in conjunction with Readex Research. When accompanied by Retail Insights’ proprietary Retail Universe, it shows that independent organic and health food stores garnered $11.48 billion...
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