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Wellnext Announces New Corporate Name: Nutranext
Florida-based Wellnext, a vertically integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of dietary supplements, announced it has changed its corporate name to Nutranext. The new name establishes a more cohesive identity for the company that reflects its growing lineup of consumer brands addressing a multitude of nutritional needs. The company’s recent acquisition of leading collagen supplement brand, ...
NOW Celebrates 50 Years as Family Owned, Independent Natural Products Company
In 2018, NOW (Illinois) will begin celebrating 50 years as a manufacturer dedicated to its mission of providing products and services that empower people to lead healthier lives. A whole year of anniversary events and programs are planned. NOW will have giveaways, special events to thank retailers and will provide special retailer in-store support materials. ...
Target Acquisition Focuses on Same-day Delivery
Target Corp. (Minnesota) announced it has agreed to acquire Alabama-based Shipt, Inc., an online same-day delivery platform, for $550 million in cash. Target will leverage its network of stores and Shipt’s proprietary technology platform and community of shoppers to quickly and efficiently bring same-day delivery to guests across the country. The acquisition significantly accelerates Target’s digital fulfillment ...
BÖRLIND Receives Second Green Brands Quality Seal
ANNEMARIE BÖRLIND, the natural cosmetics producer from Germany’s Black Forest, has been honored with the Green Brand Award for the second time. The 2017/2018 award ceremony took place in Frankfurt on November 13. ANNEMARIE BÖRLIND is made available to the American marketplace through Bioforce USA in New York. The international Green Brands Organization acknowledges the ...
Nestlé Extends Consumer Health Care Portfolio With Garden of Life
On December 5, Nestlé announced that it agreed to acquire privately held Atrium Innovations, a global leader in nutritional health products—including the Garden of Life brand— from a group of investors led by Permira Funds for $2.3 billion in cash. Atrium’s 2017 sales are expected to reach almost $700 million. The move supports Nestlé’s pursuit of growth ...
USDA Awards OTA Nearly $850,000 for 2018 Market Promotion
First-time exposure on a new continent, sponsored activities in five new countries and the creation of a host of new organic exporters – these are some of the benchmarks achieved by the Organic Trade Association’s robust export promotion efforts in 2017. That string of success promises to continue in 2018 with the award of $847,000 ...
Select Vitamin World Stores to Close Nationwide
Store closing sales began on Nov. 22 at select Vitamin World locations – offering shoppers deep discounts on top brand names in health and wellness products and more. Since 1977, Vitamin World has been one of America’s largest retailers of health and wellness products for both men and women. Vitamin World filed for Chapter 11 ...
Trace Minerals Research’s Concentrace Wins Silver Medal for Best Mineral From National Nutrition
Trace Minerals Research (TMR, Utah) announced that ConcenTrace Trace Mineral Drops has been awarded a Silver Medal in the Best Mineral category by National Nutrition, an online retail store located in Orillia, Ontario, Canada with more than 50 team members and over 25 years of experience in the Canadian natural products industry. “It is such ...
Supplement Industry and Anti-Doping Agency Warn Consumers on SARMs
The dietary supplement industry’s leading trade associations and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have joined in support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent actions to protect consumers from body-building products containing selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) illegally marketed as dietary supplements. SARMs are dangerous and illegal, and they pose an immediate risk ...
MegaFood Announces Entire Line of Products Certified Glyphosate Residue Free
New Hampshire-based MegaFood announced that its entire line is now certified glyphosate residue free (GRF). The certification was granted by The Detox Project, an independent research and certification organization, after MegaFood submitted its products to an independent, third-party laboratory for testing and was found to have met The Detox Project’s standards. “We’re honored to be ...
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