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Sleeping Like a Log … Or Tired as a Dog?
Natural sleep products are expected to continue upward sales trends, with new delivery methods, ingredients and more being regularly innovated. The old adage, “sleeping like a log,” doesn’t aptly describe many Americans. It’s estimated by the American Sleep Association (ASA) that 50-70 million U.S. adults have a sleep disorder. These range from snoring to sleep ...
Rhode Island Senate Considers Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility
The Rhode Island State Senate is advancing through the chamber S. 2613, which prohibits dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandates that only retail clerks may have access. While the bill does not regulate internet sales of dietary supplements in Rhode Island, it requires brick and mortar retailers to post a warning ...
Palko Services Hires New CEO
Indiana-based Palko Services announced a new Chief Executive Officer, Tom Grillea. He brings over 25 years of experience from other respected natural products distributors as well as valuable retail background from his years at Vitamin Shoppe. Grillea’s industry knowledge, and most importantly the relationships he brings, will help Palko Services become one of the nation’s best independent distributors. He ...
Hawaii Becomes Third State to Propose CBD Regulations
As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to defy mounting requests from the U.S. Congress and the natural products industry to provide science-based and public health regulations for CBD, more states are rushing in to fill the vacuum. The State of Hawaii recently joined Virginia and Texas in proposing new state regulations for consumable hemp ...
COVID-19 and the Natural Industry
Industry leaders discuss repercussions of the pandemic. Panelists: Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Jonathan Emord, President, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, www.emord.com Dan Fabricant, PhD, President and CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights, Brattleboro, VT, www.retailinsights.com Mark LeDoux, CEO and Chairman, Natural ...
Operating a Health Food Retail Establishment in the Age of the Coronavirus
In the space of a few short weeks, what we thought of as our comfortable reality was changed; probably forever. In February, the most important thing was finding a potential pathway to market for CBD. By mid-March, everyone’s primary concern seemed to be a search for an adequate supply of toilet paper and perhaps washing ...
VR Coronavirus Survey Shows Zinc Is Top-Seller During Pandemic;
Health Food Stores Face Significant Business Challenges Due To COVID-19
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year along with the resulting “shelter at home” and “social distancing” orders for U.S. citizens, health and natural food retailers have experienced (and reacted to) many challenges to their ability to service customers—and for some stores serious threats to the survival of their businesses. While natural ...
Metabolaid App Offers Consumer Support for Weight Loss
Monteloeder, manufacturer of Metabolaid, launched the Actilac project in which they developed a personalized nutrition mobile app to support consumers in their weight-loss journey. Marcos Lopez, business development director, Monteloeder USA, explained the strategy behind this and how the app helps consumers assess their improvements and boost outcomes. “In the Actilac project,” he said, “we ...
NPA Mobilizes Grassroots Network to Keep Health Food Stores Open
The Natural Products Association (NPA) mobilized its grassroots network in recent days, sending over 10,000 letters to elected officials across the country requesting that health food stores remain open as essential businesses during the COVID-19 public health crisis. Thousands of health food stores have remained open based on guidance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ...
Expo West 2020 Postponed, Date TBD
Due to COVID-19, New Hope Network announced that as of March 2, Natural Products Expo West was postponed to a later date in 2020 to be determined. It was originally scheduled for March 3-7 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. In a press release that New Hope sent out, the company noted that ...
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