Seattle, WA -- Amazon’s latest management move combining all its retail operations, along with Whole Foods Market, under SVP Steve Kessel gives it the flexibility to experiment seamlessly with the most efficient ways to deliver groceries to consumers and optimize the brick-and-mortar to digital connection and data. Kessel’s background using...
San Francisco, CA — Brandless, the online startup providing unbranded essentials, has introduced its vitamin and supplement lineup, all offering 30-count supplies for $3. Greens and antioxidant blend and melatonin appear to be the most popular items as both were sold out within a week of the site emailing customers...
Bentonville, AR — In an effort to steer customers to its brick-and-mortar stores and lift online profitability, Walmart is starting to charge customers more to buy certain products online, reports The Wall Street Journal. A new merchandising system in some cases lists products on Walmart.com with an online price and a...
Washington, D.C. — On October 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to four companies which sell hemp oils marketed as having cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in hemp that is considered to have a variety of health benefits. Unfortunately, these benefits are not...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Things are heating up between the Natural Products Association (NPA) and its former affiliate SENPA with NPA sending a cease and desist letter to SENPA citing trademark infringement and unfair competition. SENPA (formerly the Southeast Natural Products Association) opened its membership nationally last December and has seen...
Seattle, WA- Amazon has announced to businesses that it will be taking less commission from the sales of non-perishable grocery items priced at $15 or less from 15% to 8% for the next year. While Amazon has declined to comment on their rationale, analysts speculate the reasoning behind their actions...
Jacksonville, Fla.— The rise of “hydroponic,” or greenhouse-grown vegetable farming, has caused back-lash from traditional, organic vegetable farmers. A group of organic farmers, led by Dave Chapman, a vegetable farmer in East Thetford, VT, orchestrated a protest at a meeting of The National Organic Standards Board in Jacksonville, Florida in...
The healthier beverage industry was in the M&A spotlight this week. Unilever has acquired Tazo Tea from Starbucks for $384 million and Nestle USA said it is buying Chameleon Cold-Brew, the leading organic cold brew brand in the U.S., for an undisclosed amount. The Tazo brand is sold as packaged...
Camden, NJ — As it continues to change its face in response to consumer demand for more healthy foods, Campbell Soup Co. is joining the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), the nation’s only trade group representing the fast-growing, plant-based foods sector. It is the first major food company to join the...
Washington, DC — Pain researcher and clinician Jacob Teitelbaum, MD., believes the solution to the country’s opioid epidemic is finding an alternative to addictive narcotics for managing pain. President Trump this week declared the country’s opioid crisis a “national emergency,” putting it on the same level of severity as natural disasters,...
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