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Amazon to Close Go and Fresh Stores, Expand Whole Foods Market
Amazon announced it will be closing all its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical store locations while expanding its Whole Foods Market business. “While we’ve seen encouraging signals in our Amazon-branded physical grocery stores, we haven’t yet created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion,” Amazon wrote. “After ...
Jan Lamers, Palko Services, Inc.
Jan Lamers has been a Palko sales representative and sub-distributor for PEP products for 40 years. She has also worked in private label for Reliance, supporting hundreds of retailers and practitioners along the way. Her passion for people, relationships and education has been the heart of her career in the natural products industry. Lamers said ...
UNFI Opens Sarasota North Distribution Center
On Sept. 9, United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI, Providence, RI) announced the opening of its Sarasota North Distribution Center in Sarasota, FL. It is part of the company’s strategy to deliver more value for its partners through “improved operational effectiveness and efficiency.” According to the company, Sarasota North is the first UNFI distribution center to ...
Stay Ahead of the Game: How Change Can Propel Your Store’s Success
Change isn’t optional—it’s essential. As the natural products market evolves, so too must the way you do business. Standing still in the face of shifting consumer habits and growing competition isn’t a strategy—it’s a liability. If the idea of change feels daunting, you’re not alone. Behavioral economists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky call this “loss ...
Amazon Walks Away From Just Walk Out Technology
E-commerce giant Amazon (Seattle, WA) announced it will discontinue its autonomous “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology from most of its locations. “We’ve invested a lot of time redesigning a number of our Amazon Fresh stores over the last year, offering a better overall shopping experience with more value, convenience, and selection—and so far we’ve seen ...
iHerb Partners With Riskified Ltd. to Manage Fraud
Riskified Ltd. (New York, NY), an e-commerce fraud management platform, has announced a new partnership with Irvine, CA-based iHerb, an online natural products retailer. iHerb is utilizing Riskified’s platform to increase approval rates and revenues, streamline its manual review processes, and minimize fraud losses, according to the company. Founded in 1996, iHerb conducts business in ...
Goodsam Foods & Partner Luker Chocolate Launch Building Networks Program
GoodSam Foods, a healthy snack food brand with a commitment to sustainability and regenerative agriculture, has announced different give-back initiatives including a new venture with partner Colombian chocolate manufacturer Luker Chocolate. The endeavor, “Building Networks,” is a program aimed at bringing together Colombian youth and providing them with educational resources while teaching them how to ...
Fresh Thyme Offers Home Delivery via Instacart
Illinois-based Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a Midwest specialty grocer focused on healthy organic products and groceries, announced that their delivery service, Fresh Thyme Delivers, is available in the majority of its Midwest markets thanks to a partnership with Instacart, the technology-driven on-demand grocery delivery service. The service allows Fresh Thyme shoppers to order through FreshThymeDelivers.com, ...
NOW Begins DNA Testing Probiotics to Ensure Strain Identity
NOW, based in Illinois, has augmented the company’s testing capabilities with new equipment to verify the identity and purity of the company’s key probiotic products. It recently installed the Dupont RiboPrinter System, which uses DNA-fingerprinting technology to identify specific strains of bacteria, as well as unknown microorganisms. While accuracy of DNA testing for herbal products is somewhat controversial ...
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