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2025 Success Toolkit

2025 Challenges & Opportunities

In this special section, find the insights you need to support the health of your business, and the industry overall, in the year ahead.

January 16, 2025

WholeFoods Magazine Contributor

What are the most pressing issues impacting the natural products industry today, and what actions are needed to help sure a healthier future?

Read valuable perspectives from leading industry experts representing CRN, CHPA, Organic & Natural Health, INFRA, SENPA, WIN, GOED, U.S. Hemp Roundtable, ITC + GPA, and MAHO. You'll find the updates, insights, and action steps you need to help support the wellbeing of your business, and the industry overall, in the year ahead.

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CRN Adopts Guidelines for Supplements and Functional Food Sold on E-Commerce Platforms

The guidelines are designed to assure that online customers have access to the same product information available to those who shop in store.

March 6, 2024

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

CRN's recommendations call on brand marketers and online retailers to provide consumers with essential product information for dietary supplements and functional food.

Shoppers Shift Back to Brick & Mortar

May 24, 2022

Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

When the pandemic struck two years ago, consumers went online and away from risky in-store shopping as lockdowns, social distancing, and work-from-home trends took effect. Easy, but above all safe, online commerce looked set to displace brick-and-mortar shopping forever. But it turns out, maybe not. The U.S. Census Bureau reports...

Nielsen Report Considers Impact of New Customers on E-Commerce Trends

December 18, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

COVID-19 has prompted an enormous shift to e-commerce, according to Nielsen. The company’s recent global e-commerce syndicated study found that 30% of surveyed shoppers claim to be new to e-commerce this year with the other 70% saying they shopped online prior to the onset of the pandemic. In the U.S.

SPINS, Innit Enable Personalized Shopping Experience

June 18, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Chicago, IL— SPINS, in collaboration with Innit, has launched a new tool for retailers interested in streamlining the e-commerce experience for consumers. Retailers can use this product to make better product recommendations, enable recipe- and nutrition-driven shopping, personalized e-commerce, and provide step-by-step cooking assistance, according to a press release from SPINS.

Shop Local, Shop Online

June 12, 2020

Rachel Appleton

The cornerstone of the Natural Product industry is passion and customer service—it’s one of the reasons why some retailers hesitate when considering adding e-commerce to their store’s services. Yet the numbers show consumers are taking an interest in online grocery shopping, so the question emerges again: Should you invest in...

New Online Store Solution Available for Independent Retailers

May 20, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Boulder, CO—Better Nutrition Magazine has announced the launch of its free e-commerce solution for independent natural products retailers. "We’ve been working diligently on this program for a year now, and we are excited to see it come together at such a critical and challenging time for our industry,” said Rob...

Organic Market Grows Worldwide During COVID-19 Crisis

April 17, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

London—There has been worldwide surge in demand for organic and sustainable foods during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Ecovia Intelligence (formerly known as Organic Monitor). Ecovia reports that retailers are seeing "hefty" sales increases for organic products, and that the boost is expected to continue. With COVID-19 changing the way...

E-commerce Strategies for COVID-19 & Beyond

April 1, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

As the nation adjusts to shelter-in-place orders necessitated by the rise in COVID-19 infections across the country, brands in the natural products industry are working hard to ensure that consumers have access to the products that can help them maintain a healthy lifestyle. Several webinars and podcasts have taken place...

Amazon Kicks Off Two-Hour Delivery in 4 Cities

February 9, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Amazon is now offering its Prime members in four cities free, two-hour delivery from Whole Foods stores. And customers could get rewards for their participation as well. This week, Stephenie Landry, vice president of Prime Now, Amazon Fresh and Amazon Restaurants, announced that customers of the $99-a-year Amazon Prime delivery...