Coventry home to new H&B flagship store
The city of Coventry has become home to Holland & Barrett’s (H&B) latest flagship store – a new 2,000 sq ft site featuring hundreds of new lines across VMS, beauty…
H&B launches on Chinese retail platform Tmall
Leading health and wellness retailer chain Holland & Barrett (H&B) has officially launched on Chinese e-commerce site Tmall. The launch of its flagship store on Tmall’s Alibaba-owned site is a…
Superdrug launches its first ever CSR report
Superdrug has launched its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report to coincide with a business-wide CSR campaign, Doing Good Feels Super, which ran through May across its in-store, digital, PR…
Aeon Launches Products With Loop’s Reusable Packaging In 19 Stores Across Japan
The amount of plastic each individual in Japan produces is ranked second largest in the world with the country discarding a total of 9,150,000 tons of plastic waste annually and…
Peter Marsh announces retirement as CEO of Planet Organic
Planet Organic CEO Peter Marsh has announced that later this year he will retire from the position he’s held since 2008. “After 13 very enjoyable years at Planet Organic, I…
Q&A Interview with Laura Ihanainen
Nordic Organic Food Fair Welcome to our second Q&A Interview series in the run up to Eco Life Scandinavia and the Nordic Organic Food Fair which return on 17-18 November…
Thrive Market: Online Organic Pioneer Wants To Become ‘World’s First Climate Positive Grocery Store’ By 2025
Thrive Market, the American membership-based online retailer for natural and organic products, has set its sights on becoming the “world’s first climate positive grocery store” by 2025. In addition to…
Lidl Germany Expands Vegan ‘Vemondo’ Range With Over 450 Carbon-Neutral Products
Supermarket giant Lidl has expanded its vegan offerings in Germany to more than 450 products, sold under its own-label Vemondo. The discount retailer says that all its plant-based food products…
TheVeganKind online supermarket secures £3.5M investment
UK online vegan supermarket and subscription delivery box service TheVeganKind (TVK) has raised £3.5 million in Series A funding from Literacy Capital Plc. Co-founders Scott and Karris McCulloch launched TheVeganKind…
French Supermarkets To Phase Out Plastic Packaging With Refill Stations
French grocery chains will have to begin switching to food refill stations as part of a new environmental bill. The law, which has been passed by the French parliament, will…