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Shoppers Shift Back to Brick & Mortar

May 24, 2022

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...

Who Are You In The Marketplace?

March 24, 2022

Jay Jacobowitz

What’s your elevator speech? You know, the simple sound bite that describes your business in a way a 10-year-old can understand? Fortunately, a few successful retailers have given us some useful examples to ponder. Dunkin’ CEO Dave Hoffmann recently remarked that his company has been working to make Dunkin’ even...

Reviva Labs Supports Independent Retailers with Free Sampling Promotion

March 23, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Haddonfield, NJ—Reviva Labs is looking to help solve problems for independent retailers and consumers. The problem: COVID-19 put a stop to in-store demos and forced shelf-based product testers to be removed. Reviva paused its brand ambassador in-store demo program in mid-March 2020 and supported the removal of in-store shelf-based testers...

Cheers to All the Small Businesses Doing Big Things!

March 18, 2021

Maggie Jaqua

Natural Products Expo West, Plant Based World Expo, IFT21, Organic Produce Summit, Summer Fancy Food Show, KeHE’s 2021 Holiday Show...the list of industry events that have been forced to reschedule or switch to virtual formats continues to grow as concerns and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic linger. You can find...

Retail Insights® 2021 Retail Universe for Premium Natural Organic Food, Supplement & Personal Care Sales

February 19, 2021

Jay Jacobowitz

The lesson from the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is this: natural products are essential. As the pandemic broke out in early 2020, freaked-out consumers—both existing and those new to natural products—swarmed retailers in all eight U.S. channels we track, snapping up natural immune-support products, and driving robust sales increases in stores...

The Natural View: Talking Immunity, Diversity, Sustainability & More

January 22, 2021

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Immunity, diversity, community, sustainability, food security...Todd Pauli of 24 Stories Marketing and WholeFoods Editor-in-Chief Maggie Jaqua look back on 2020 and discuss key focuses for the industry as we move into 2021. For expanded coverage of these topics and more, check out the January issue of WholeFoods. https://youtu.be/kKMnUswVLRw...

2020 Year in Review Part 2: Retailers Weigh In

December 18, 2020

Jay Jacobowitz

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Part 1 of this story, 2020 Year In Review Plus What's New and What's Next for 2021, is available here. This coming March, WholeFoods Magazine will publish the results of its 43rd Annual Retailer Survey of U.S. independent natural organic retailers. We are crunching those numbers now, but wanted to...

What’s a Website For?

November 18, 2020

Jay Jacobowitz

Independent natural products retailers seem to intuitively know the daily work they do to help others get and stay well is more important than having a website. Yet a website is a necessary piece of advertising. What sort of website makes the most sense, and what sort should you avoid?...

See It Here. Buy It Here. Keep It Here.

September 20, 2017

Laurie Petersen

The call came in from “someone with a story idea” within minutes after our weekly email newsletter went out carrying a lead item about Day One price cuts at the new Whole Foods + Amazon. As the first editor this independent health store owner tried to reach, I got the...

Wellness Was the Total Store Experience

September 12, 2017

Nancy Trent

Wellness was top of mind and the hot topic at the recent NACDS (National Association of Chain Drug Stores) Total Store Experience in San Diego, August 20 - 22. The industry as a whole is really “cleaning up” its act. Nielsen reports indicate clean label foods and beverages account for...