Bring your customers’ hair back from the brink of loss and damage. Hair thinning and loss for both men and women happen for different reasons depending on the individual; some feel their fate is out of their hands as they see generations of family members before them develop shiny heads...
A guide to finding the right balance for mineral intake.Kids are taught how to balance, whether it’s learning to walk, carrying dinner plates to the sink or keeping the momentum on a seesaw without falling off. Most Americans are not applying what they learned on the playground to their eating...
It’s just as important to protect your skin as it is to relax on a summer’s day.Skin cancer is a scary possible consequence of spending too much time in the sun, with the scariest and most severe form being melanoma. Melanoma is caused by changes in melanocyte cells that are...
Mushrooms are spreading into the supplement section.Mushrooms are sold in every produce department, but are they in your supplement aisles? Medicinal mushrooms should be right there as options for keeping your customers strong and healthy. The mushrooms most Asian cultures have been using for thousands of years are currently growing...
Bragg Live Foods Celebrates 100 Years This year marks the extraordinary 100th anniversary of Bragg Live Foods, located in Santa Barbara, CA. In those 100 years, Bragg has dominated even the smallest of health food stores’ shelves with their books and food products and is still continuing to develop new...
Do you have what she needs?When it comes to feminine hygiene, some stores only carry what they feel are the basics: standard throwaway pads and tampons. Savvy shop-owners, however, know there’s much more to monthly protection. Allergies, discomfort and concern over their environmental impact can all affect what women face...
What’s Selling is our monthly review of products that retailers from all over the country say are selling well in their stores. This issue we debut our What’s Selling Quarterly Analysis, which will pick up on new sales trends or activity. Here, we’ve compiled all of the data since the...
Red, hot chili pepper supplements could be the burning answer to your customers’ pain and weight management problems. Who would have thought one of the hottest foods could also be the most soothing? Capsaicin, the compound in hot peppers that gives them their kick and pepper spray its burn, has...
“Dark chocolate is good for your heart! It’s good for your brain! It energizes you!” Too often we hear about the health benefits of dark chocolate without much explanation of why it is good. These reports are not just a way to make us feel better about the sweets we...
No one likes to be kept waiting, especially a customer. Checking-out is an experience just as important as a customer entering your store; you want to make great first and last impressions so your customers keep coming back. Whole Food Supermarkets uses an incredibly efficient system of queue management in...
