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Who Will Be 2026’s Top Natural Products Retailer?

What makes a top natural products retailer? The question isn’t who had a good year—it’s who is shaping what success looks like next.

April 25, 2026

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The best in natural products retail: Share your nomination for the 2026 WholeFoods Magazine Retailer of the Year!

Creativity and strategy are secrets to success.

Emerging Leaders

Authenticity & Value: Strategies for Greater Success

Industry experts share the know-how that can make the winning difference.

March 28, 2026

Brian Mosser, Owner of Get Healthy / SENPA Emerging Leaders Chair

For natural products retailers, if your community would truly feel your absence, that’s a strong indicator you’re doing something right.

2026 Natural Choice Awards

The results of the annual WholeFoods Magazine Natural Choice Awards are in!

March 27, 2026

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Now, the results of the annual WholeFoods Magazine Natural Choice Awards are in!

Legal Tips

How to Value Retail Health-Food Store Businesses

Understanding valuation helps with negotiations, financing, strategic planning, and exit planning and succession.

March 27, 2026

Scott C. Tips

There will come a day when you need to know the value of your natural-products business. Here's help.

Emerging Leaders

Competition & Modernization: Strategies for Greater Success

Industry experts share the know-how that can make the winning difference.

March 27, 2026

Brian Mosser, Owner of Get Healthy / SENPA Emerging Leaders Chair

The biggest threat is margin compression from mass retailers offering natural-adjacent products.

Merchandising Insights

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.

Merchandising Insights

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.

What's Selling: November/December 2025

What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling natural and organic products determined from unit sales at natural products stores across the U.S.

November 19, 2025

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

What natural products are driving sales from coast to coast? Find out!

A stethoscope on an American flag symbolizing healthcare in the USA.

An Opportunity Awaits: Redefining Healthy Before It’s Too Late

How must an industry committed to wellness through a healthy diet, clean air and water, and dietary supplementation respond to 50+ disparate strategies being imposed on more than 341 million citizens?

November 5, 2025

Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director of Organic & Natural Health Association

Members of the natural products industry can, and must, support legislators in their efforts to improve health outcomes in measurable and meaningful ways. Read on for key insights.

What's Selling: October 2025

What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling natural and organic products determined from unit sales at natural products stores across the U.S.

September 25, 2025

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

What natural products are driving sales from coast to coast? Find out!