The word on the street …
Viridian Nutrition and As Nature Intended recently partnered on a striking ‘street advert’ campaign.
Around 40 jointly branded ads were positioned on pavements on the...
Front of the curve
Spitalfields, on the borders of the Square Mile and London’s East End, is brimming with tech businesses, artists and creative types. So when natural...
Reaching the peak
On 14 June a team from Peak Health Food in Rugeley completed the Three Peaks Challenge for charity, with Jason Parrish, Emma Mayou and...
VAT levy would be attack on natural healthcare – IAHS
The Irish Association of Health Stores (IAHS) has launched a campaign to overturn Government plans to levy 23% VAT on a range of natural...
Prue Leith criticizes new EU allergen regs
Speaking about the new allergen rules within the EU Food Information Regulation which come into effect in December, cookery writer and TV presenter Prue...
Let’s stick together
In the run up to Independents' Day (4 July), the importance of independents working together has been reinforced in a new report, The Value...
Born on the 4 July…
Independents' Day, the national campaign promoting and celebrating UK independent businesses, is taking place on 4 July this year.
Organized by People 1st, the day...
NBTY staff dig in for day of tree planting
Staff from Nuneaton based NBTY Europe have been helping to create England’s biggest new forest by planting over 200 new trees at a site...
Budgen’s retailer Andrew Thornton shows how it could be
Budgen’s franchisee Andrew Thornton has offered an alternative vision of how the 190-store food store chain could look.
Thornton’s relaunched Belsize Park (London) store sees...
GNC rolls out new look in Guildford
GNC’s second UK concept store has opened in the Friary Centre in Guildford.
The 550sq ft sports nutrition shop features interactive fixtures including a TRX...
Mainstreaming of organic in US slows growth at Whole Foods
US retail commentators believe the presence of organic and natural brands on mainstream supermarket shelves could be slowing growth at Whole Foods Market.
Whole Foods...
H&B bets on an omni-channel future
Holland & Barrett owner NBTY Europe is continuing to invest in bespoke retailing technology to keep it at the forefront of the growing trend...
Taking the Healthy Route
Independent health store Healthy Route has opened its third branch, a 1,000sq ft unit in the Westfield Derby shopping centre.
Owner Gary Trickett, who worked...
LoveLula Boutique launches for fledgling brands
Online natural beauty website LoveLula has created a new section called LoveLula Boutique which offers aspiring brands a platform from which to showcase and...
Aiming for the peak
On 14 June a team from Peak Health Food in Rugeley will be aiming to complete the Three Peaks Challenge for charity.
Jason Parrish, Emma...
Whole Foods enters price-match scrum
Whole Foods Market has introduced ‘price match’ tickets on thousands of branded products, reports The Grocer.
Posters have gone up in Whole Foods stores with...
Give your windows some POW!
As part of its Pukka Organic Wellbeing launch, Pukka Herbs is running a trade window competition for retailers to construct the best window display...
Rainbow warrior
Retailer, wholesaler, activist, lifelong vegetarian and above all wholefoodist – Rainbow Wholefoods founder Richard Austin tells Natural Products editor Jim Manson why he is...
‘Being more than a shop’ – three retailers’ inspiring stories
CHC policy director and public affairs commentator Chris Whitehouse recently predicted in Natural Products that ‘becoming more than a shop’ could be the independent...
Greenlife’s a winner with Fairtrade
Jon Inder and Becky Sherwood from Greenlife recently travelled to City Hall in Bristol to receive an award for the store at the South...