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Store Success in Difficult Times: Merging Brick and Mortar With Online Retail
One of the biggest challenges to retail business has been the development of online sales— especially in the midst of COVID-19. With restrictions on store capacity and your local shopper’s own uncertainty, you may have wondered about whether—and how—to incorporate online sales as an adjunct to your own brick-and-mortar business. It may not seem obvious ...
Greg Cumberford, Vice President Science & Regulatory, Natures Crops International
Greg Cumberford Vice President Science & Regulatory Natures Crops International P.O. Box 248 12682 Route 6, Kensington, PE, Canada, C0B 1M0 Phone: (902) 836-3332 Toll Free: (844) 404-4244 Greg Cumberford is vice president science & regulatory with Natures Crops International. He has a 30-plus year career in co-evolved botanical natural wellness products research, innovation and ...
The Endocannabinoid System & Phytocannabinoids
The popularity of CBD, or cannabidiol, has exploded and CBD sales are rapidly growing year after year. In fact, a report from the Brightfield Group predicts that the CBD market will hit $22 billion by 2022. Whether or not this turns out to be an exaggeration, there is no question about the unprecedented growth of ...
The Pandemic: Driving Growth of Plant-based Products
As 2020 comes to a close, we can reflect back on a year that has been challenging for us all. The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed the way we work, live and socialize. It’s also changing the way we think about nutrition. Nearly one-quarter of all Americans are going more plant-based. Every week it seems ...
Gold and Diamonds, or Energy?
Let me start by saying I like the sparkly stuff as much as the next person. But I would trade every piece of jewelry I own in a heartbeat for limitless energy. Imagine getting up in the morning with energy and optimism and the physical endurance to do anything you want to do. Head for ...
Detoxification Support Nutraceuticals
In her 1962 groundbreaking book, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson wrote: “For the first time in the history of the world every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.”1 Of course humans have always been exposed to potentially harmful chemicals from plants and other sources, but ...
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 ...
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