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Marketers must now pay attention to how—and if—their company is surfacing in AEO and GEO.
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AI, Your Website, and The Great Dietary Awakening

Is AI Your Friend?
June 1, 2026
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

With so much digital noise competing for shopper attention, a simple, uncluttered website with clear messaging and a strong SEO, AEO, & GEO strategy is essential.



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Retail Insights® 2026 Retail Universe for U.S. Premium Natural, Organic Foods, Supplements & Personal Care

Natural foods continue to punch above their weight. Take a deep dive with this analysis.
February 23, 2026
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Natural market share of total food-store sales remained nearly the same as last year. Take a look at performance details.


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Looking Back, and Forward: 2025 - 2026

What better way to understand what happened in natural during 2025 and what will happen in 2026 than to ask those on the front lines? Independents covering the four corners of the country weigh in. Good news abounds!
January 16, 2026
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Independent retailers reflect on 2025 to predict what the new year has in store for the industry. 


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Succession

Three independent natural products retailers take us on their transition journey.
November 20, 2025
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Explore the experiences of three independent natural retailers who have made a successful transfer of ownership. 


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Staffing: Strategies For Success

Who's in the workforce, and how can we optimizing our teams to best serve our customers? Read on for insights.
August 28, 2025
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Is there a way for you to improve retail store staffing levels and worker productivity? Some thoughts.


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Success, Succession, and Holding Steady

The 2024-2025 view from U.S. independents.
June 6, 2025
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Our cross-country survey of independent natural products retailers reveals widespread resilience. Find out what they told us.


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Retail Insights® 2025 Retail Universe for U.S. Premium Natural, Organic Foods, Supplements & Personal Care

Natural organic products add $7 billion in 2024, beating conventional grocery channel % growth.
February 20, 2025
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

With 2024 recording a big sales year for natural organic products, retailers are breaking down the numbers and influencers for last year's figures. 


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Independent Retailers Look Back on 2024 & Ahead to 2025

Our year-end cross-country survey reveals widespread resilience and optimism. Hear what independent natural retailers are thinking and feeling about the year just past, and the year ahead.
January 16, 2025
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

What are independent natural retailers  thinking and feeling about the year that just past, and the year ahead? Find out!


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DSHEA at 30: Trade Group View

How are our industry trade groups and organizations supporting advocacy and helping to move the industry forward? And what actions are needed now? Read on for key insights.
October 24, 2024
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

In this third installment of WholeFoods Magazine's DSHEA at 30 series, we continue our discussion of the Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) with industry groups, who tell us how they are advocating to preserve access to healthful natural products. 


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DSHEA at 30: Supply-Side View

In Part I of this series, independent retailers shared their views. Now, in Part II, we hear from experts throughout the natural products supply chain.
September 3, 2024
Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Thirty years after DSHEA, industry leaders grapple with how to maintain access to natural products in a changing landscape.


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