European retailers make decisive shift to responsible sourcing
Retailers in five major European markets are making a decisive shift to environmentally and socially responsible sourcing, a new study shows.
Whole Foods pitches in to find new start-ups
Whole Foods Market is the latest retailer to host a ‘live-pitch’ event to find new start-ups and product ranges.
‘Lazy’ organic movement allowed Big Food too much influence
The organic movement ceded too much power to the big food multinationals, who are now trying to dilute core values to make organic fit their free-market business model. That’s the claim…
Naturally Good captures upbeat mood of Australia’s natural and organic industry
Next month’s Natually Good expo is set to capture the upbeat mood of Australia’s natural and organic industry, which has been receiving a boost from the country’s growing ranks of…
Doing business in valuable Asian markets can start at home, China expert will tell Aussie brand-owners
Reaching the domestic Asian market is an untapped goldmine but taking advantage requires a fresh mindset, according to leading China retail expert David Thomas.
Vitamin Shoppe among first national chains to sell CBD supplements
US health food retailer Vitamin Shoppe has become one of the first national retail chains in the country to sell hemp-based CBD supplements, after Congress legalised the cannabis derivative in…
Australian consumers are increasingly alert to ethical beauty issues – these brand-owners know what makes them tick
Australian consumers are increasingly alert to ethical beauty issues. These brand-owners know what makes them tick.
Profits slump at Blackmores as China’s import law change bites
Blackmores, Australia’s leading natural health supplements company, saw profits drop sharply in the first quarter of 2019.
French organic chain Naturalia opens biggest store yet, targets 200 outlets by 2020
French organic and natural retail chain Naturali this month opened its biggest store that date in the Paris suburb of Brétigny-sur-Orge.
Around the natural and organic world in 80 headlines – 2019 global trends survey posted
A surging plant-based food sector, solid world-wide growth in organic and resurgent traditional medicine industries in Asia are among key findings of a new survey of Global Trends in Natural…
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