Articles by James Gormley
Washington and the Natural Products Industry
The Panel: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, https://betsyhealth.com Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Jonathan Emord, President & Principal, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, https://emord.com Karen Howard, CEO, Executive Director, Organic & Natural Health Association, Washington, D.C., https://organicandnatural.org Mark LeDoux, Chairman & CEO, Natural Alternatives International, Carlsbad, CA, ...
Quick-Take From StayHealthy’s Marge Roman
Vitamin Retailer reached out to Marge Roman, Manager of Stay Healthy! in Las Vegas (stayhealthylasvegas.com) for her quick thoughts about challenges at retail. VR: From your perspective as a retailer, what are the industry’s challenges right now? Roman: I think our biggest challenge is getting back the customers we lost to online shopping as COVID ...
The Natural Products Industry—A Look Back and View Forward
Panelists: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Cal Bewicke, CEO, Ethical Naturals Inc., Novato, CA, www.ethicalnaturals.com Jonathan W. Emord, President and Principal, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, www.emord.com Dan Fabricant, Ph.D., President & CEO, Natural Products Association, Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Abhishek Gurnani, Partner (Chicago Office), Abhishek Gurnani, Amin Talati Wasserman LLP, ...
Talking Superfoods With Matt Marturano
Vitamin Retailer reached out to Matt Marturano, Chief Science Officer, Vibrant Health, Shelton, CT vibranthealth.com VR: What you consider to be the most exciting superfoods’ research today? Martunaro: “Some of the most exciting research in superfoods today is looking at the health benefits of various constituents in combination. For example, a 28-day clinical trial looking ...
Talking Joint Health With Richard Passwater, Jr.
Vitamin Retailer (VR) reached out to Richard Passwater, Jr., Product Education Director for Monroe, Washington-based BioMinerals (naturalfactors.com) to discuss the joint health supplement category. VR: What is the current state of the market for joint health products? Passwater: In my opinion the joint health market is continuing to become more holistic health oriented. Researchers as ...
Superfoods—A New Generation of Superhero Nutrients
More than just “drink this green powder and call me in the morning”—superfoods are the ultimate “more bang for your buck” products. Panelists: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com JR Ortiz, President, MacroLife Naturals, Culver City, CA, www.macrolifenaturals.com Dan Lifton, CEO, Quality of Life Labs, Port Chester, NY, www.qualityoflife.net Matt Marturano, ...
Bone and Joint Health
Whether new entrants or old standbys, this market is defying expectations. Panelists: Abdul Alkayali, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Longevity by Nature, Temecula, CA, www.longevitybynature.biz Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Spring, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Annie Eng, CEO, HP Ingredients, Bradenton, FL, www.hpingredients.com Amanda Jepson, Senior Director, Marketing & International Sales, Biova, Johnston, IA, ...
Inflection Point: Washington, D.C. and the State of the Natural Products Industry … Continued
Vitamin Retailer Magazine spoke with Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), in Washington, D.C., www.crnusa.org, and asked him the following question: VR: What should and can the industry do to combat bills that purport to be pro-consumer but are, in fact, anti-consumer, anti-retailer and are designed, it seems, to ...
Inflection Point: Washington, D.C. and the State of the Natural Products Industry
Panelists: Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Jonathan Emord, President, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, https://emord.com Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director, Organic and Natural Health Association (ONHA), Washington, D.C., www.organicandnatural.org Mark LeDoux, CEO and Chairman, Natural Alternatives International (NAI), Carlsbad, CA, www.nai-online.com Dan Lifton, CEO, Quality of Life Labs, Purchase, NY, ...
What’s Driving Digestive Un-health?
Vitamin Retailer interviewed Dr. Mark Drucker, advisor for Torrance, CA-based Sun Chlorella (sunchlorellausa.com), and we asked him: With reportedly 60 million Americans with heartburn and another 4 million with frequent constipation, very briefly what are the main drivers of digestive un-health today — poor diet, medications, stress, ingredients in food, or other factors? Drucker: There ...
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