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Competing With Online Sales at Your Brick-and-Mortar Store
This past year has certainly been challenging for brick-and-mortar locations, to say the least. However, as things open up here and there around the country, customers are still looking to retailers that they know and trust. Online retail—unless it is part of your own store’s strategy—can be difficult to compete against, unless you’ve already established ...
Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, NOW Foods
Jim Emme, CEO NOW Health Group NOW Foods Bloomingdale, IL [email protected] www.nowfoods.com Jim Emme has been a member of the NOW management team since 1995, initially as chief of operations and then as president of NOW Foods. He was promoted to chief executive officer of NOW Health Group (NHG) in 2014. Emme has been a ...
Research Update on the Many Uses of Astaxanthin
In May of 2012, I wrote an article for Vitamin Retailer called “Astaxanthin: An Extraordinary Antioxidant.” Since that time, there have been quite a few new studies published on astaxanthin, so it is time for a research update. Let’s start with a brief background overview about astaxanthin. Background Overview Astaxanthin is a pinkish-reddish carotenoid commercially ...
Inflammatory Lung Diseases: Breathing Easier
There is not much worse in the world than the sensation of not getting enough air. I almost drowned once at a lake in southern Michigan and was going down for the third time when a friend pulled me to shallow water and helped me to shore. Even though that was years ago, I can ...
Overcoming Obstacles in a Time of Change
Normally, when we talk about “overcoming obstacles” we think about educating customers about the benefits of certain nutrients, while reassuring them that, although the supplements in our stores might cost more initially, the results are well worth the difference. Or, overcoming obstacles might just have to do with generating more store traffic in an already ...
Catherine Kwik-Uribe, PhD, Global R&D-Scientific & Regulatory
Catherine Kwik-Uribe, PhD, is global R&D-scientific & regulatory affairs director, Mars Symbioscience, a business within the Mars Edge segment of New Jersey-based Mars, Incorporated. Mars Edge is dedicated to human health and wellness through targeted nutrition, including scientific research on the health and biomedical potential of cocoa flavanols. Kwik-Uribe received her doctorate degree in human ...
CBD & Sports Nutrition: Partners in Performance and Recovery
According to Grand View Research, the global sports nutrition market is expected to reach $31 billion by 2027. Add to this a global dietary supplement market worth $115 billion, a huge increase in consumer awareness, and ongoing research into the importance of nutrition and its effects on performance, and it’s extremely realistic to see how ...
Fig Fruit Extract for Natural Control of Blood Sugar
For me, diabetes is personal. I have family members who are diabetic, and two uncles as well as one of my cousins died from diabetic-related complications. I wrote a book about complementary treatments for diabetes,1 and I am always looking for new strategies to treat diabetes. This article is about such a strategy that I ...
Zinc in Modern Times
Zinc is a chemical element that’s been identified since the 18th century—it has made quite an impact over the years, including in the natural products industry for its plethora of benefits. “Zinc is functionally involved in hundreds of enzymatic functions in the body and considered an essential mineral that is second only to iron in ...
Mindy Barrows, Pecan Grove Acupuncture and Wellness Clinic
Mindy Barrows, Owner Pecan Grove Acupuncture and Wellness Clinic Richmond, TX [email protected] Mindy Barrows, BSc in biology, MAOM, DACM, has more than 30 years of experience in the health and nutrition field and both a master’s degree and doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese medicine. In her clinical practice, she specializes in neuro-acupuncture. Barrows’ passion for ...
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