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NPA Asks U.S. Court of Appeals to Maintain Stay of COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Rule
The Natural Products Association (NPA) on Dec. 7, 2021 asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to uphold a stay for the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing rule. Previously, NPA petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals to declare the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate unlawful, warning that it will have an immediate adverse impact […]
The Natural Products Industry and COVID-19: 2021 Update
Panelists: Ramona Billingslea, Marketing Manager, Betsy’s Health Foods, Houston, TX, www.betsyhealth.com Bill Giebler, Content and Insights Director, New Hope, Boulder, CO, www.newhope.com Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director, Organic and Natural Health Association, Washington, DC, www.organicandnatural.org Edward Jones, Founder, Nutrition World, Chattanooga, TN, www.nutritionw.com Dan Lifton, CEO, Quality of Life Labs, Purchase, NY, www.qualityoflife.net Steve […]
Vitamin Retailer’s Most Popular Stories of 2020
2020 has been a tumultuous year for people around the world, especially due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes as no surprise that many of Vitamin Retailer magazine’s most popular stories this year have to do with the subject of the pandemic and its effects on the natural products industry. Another popular […]
GNC Offers At-home COVID-19 Saliva Test
GNC Holdings, LLC, has announced the availability of self-administered testing kits for COVID-19 online. This announcement is a result of GNC4U’s ongoing partnership with 1health, the leading testing as a service (TaaS) company that is increasing access to COVID-19 testing across America while also providing personalized wellness, exercise and nutrition plans through its consumer brand, […]
Consumers Fear Vitamin D Deficiency During Lockdown, Lycored Survey Shows
Israel-based Lycored has spotlighted the role of vitamin D supplementation during the coronavirus pandemic, with two in three consumers concerned they are not getting enough of the micronutrient. Vitamin D helps regulate levels of calcium and phosphate, which are needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. Along with factors such as age and poor […]
2020 CRN Survey Reveals Focus on Vitamins and Minerals
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued results of the 2020 CRN Consumer Survey revealing that for the fourth year in a row, nearly three-quarters of Americans report taking dietary supplements. Though this year’s percentage, 73 percent, does indicate a decrease in usage by four percentage points from the high-point in 2019, it is still […]
Gaia Herbs & United Way Donate Hand Sanitizer to 13,500 K-12 Students
Gaia Herbs, a North Carolina-based natural herbal products brand, has partnered with United Way of Henderson County in North Carolina to donate 13,500 2-oz. bottles of CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)-approved hand sanitizer to students in the Henderson County Public Schools District (HCPS). The hand sanitizers will be included in a health and safety […]
Expo West 2021 Rescheduled to May 24-27
In a “community message,” Lacey Gautier, group director with Informa Markets, the company that organizes New Hope Network’s Natural Products Expo West, announced that the show’s 2021 installment in Anaheim, CA has now been pushed back an additional 12 weeks from March 2-6, 2021 to May 24-27, 2021. According to Gautier, “The health and safety […]
NRF Launches “New Holiday Traditions” Campaign
By any measure, this holiday season will be unlike any other, and the National Retail Federation (NRF) is launching a nationwide consumer education campaign called “New Holiday Traditions” to encourage consumers to shop safe and shop early amidst the coronavirus pandemic. “This is going to be a historic holiday season and while some memorable traditions […]
SENPA Board Announces SOHO Expo 2020 Is On
SENPA, a non-profit trade organization and its Board of Directors, has announced that the 50th annual SOHO Expo will be held as planned on Dec. 10-13, 2020 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Though SENPA and its Board originally established an Oct. 1 deadline to make this decision, after seeing […]
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