Walmart partners with organic fast food start-up Grown
US supermarket giant Walmart is partnering with start-up organic fast food restaurant business Grown.
US retailer Treehouse wants to ‘reinvent home improvement’
US retailer home improvement Treehouse has opened a second store, in Dallas, and a third is already in the planning.
US retailer Treehouse wants to 'reinvent home improvement'
US retailer home improvement Treehouse has opened a second store, in Dallas, and a third is already in the planning.
Will the $3 Brandless model be a natural products disruptor?
Last month a bold new US retail player – Brandless, where everything sells for $3 – exploded onto the online scene. Already, natural products industry insiders are asking if it…
MOM’s Organic Market, Alexandria – now with added beekeeping paraphernalia
When family-owned US organic food retailer MOM’s Organic Market recently revamped its Alexandria (Virginia) store it added a whole new category into the store mix – beekeeping tools and paraphernalia.
Amazon/Whole Foods – early reaction
Financial commentators, retail analysts and industry insiders have been reacting to last Friday’s bombshell announcement that online retail giant Amazon is set to acquire Whole Foods Market for US$13.7 billion.
Amazon set to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7bn
Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer, is buying Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at approximately $13.7bn, including Whole Foods Market’s net debt.
Whole Foods appoints new CFO in board shake-up
Whole Foods Market has appointed Keith Manbeck as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO).
UAE businesswoman’s Organic Oasis in the desert
Michael Wale meets Sheikha Muhairy, the 26-year-old owner of an organic farm in the desert on the edge in Dubai which supplies the Spinneys supermarket chain as part of a…
Second Spar Natural store opens on Gran Canaria
SPAR Mogán , a partner of Dutch multinational supermarket chain Spar, has opened a second store on Gran Canaria under its Spar Natural brand.