Chicago, IL—Consumer sentiment is on the rebound after a difficult 2020 impacted by dual health and financial crises. That's a top takeaway from the IRI's Q1 2021 Consumer Connect survey. Still, IRI reports, consumer sentiment and actual consumer shopping patterns are not in tune. IRI explains that despite a positive outlook,...
Sioux Falls, SD—Researchers from Stanford Study have analyzed data from the mid-1990s through 2019, covering millions of scientists worldwide in all fields of science, and have created a public database of standardized citation metrics for the top scientists in the world. Scientists included have been classified into 22 scientific fields...
Food insecurity—defined by the USDA as a “lack of available financial resources for food for all members of the home”—is on the rise. Six in 10 Americans have experienced food insecurity at some point in their lives, according to research conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Herbalife Nutrition and Feed the Children.
Chicago, IL, and Waterloo, Canada—IRI announced its acquisition of retail consumer insights provider Intelligent Shopper Solutions (ISS), a retail consumer insight provider that enables collaboration between retailers and suppliers. ISS will operate a stand-alone operating subsidiary of IRI in the near term. A press release from IRI notes that ISS...
There is nothing more fulfilling than seeing your child healthy and happy. For over 20 years, ChildLife Essentials® has been committed to making premium natural supplements made for infants and kids by using only top-quality pure ingredients that are gluten-free, sugar-free, and non-GMO. Dr. Murray Clarke, Founder of ChildLife Essentials®,...
Which brands have made the greatest impact on your business in the past year? We asked natural products retailers to recognize the standouts by voting in the annual WholeFoods Natural Choice Awards, and the results are in! For each category, we tallied the votes submitted online and broke ties using...
PLT Health Solutions has named Stephen Cook Director of Supply Chain Operations. Cook will focus on enhancing processes, streamlining operations, managing growth and increasing productivity. Kill Cliff has promoted John Timar to CEO. Timar will lead the team to maximize the brand’s momentum, accelerate ecommerce sales and retail distribution, and...
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.
Since Brent Binder’s first visit to The Healthy Grocer in 2008, the store has been his first choice shop. “The convenience of a small store can’t be topped,” the Pennsylvania-based chiropractor shares. “There’s no big parking lot or warehouse-sized store grocery lines. The Healthy Grocer offers dependable product lines and...
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