It’s cold outside
Natural products designed for winter wellness gives the industry a huge boost every year. Sarah Callard explores how best to keep your customers healthy...
Walking on the beaches…
When your customers head off on their hols, they’re dreaming of walking on the beaches not sitting it out in the hotel loo or...
The big yawn
Increased daylight hours, caffeine, alcohol and ‘screen time’ are contributing to the nation’s struggle for a decent night’s rest. But which city sleeps the...
Magnificent magnesium
Allergy season is almost upon us, but hay fever isn’t the only seasonal concern on consumers’ minds. Rosie Greenaway explores asthma – another common...
Grab the trends, get the sales
Are you aware of joint health trends? Are you creating relevant news hooks and effectively link-selling? Esther Mills-Roberts looks at global data, then brings...
The guts of the matter
Matt Chittock finds out how natural health approaches can make gut problems a lot easier for customers to stomach
The fact that, according to the...
A burning issue
Often overshadowed by more ‘serious’ digestive conditions, GERD is no less debilitating. Claire Lavelle investigates treatments for this burning issue
Grey matter
From the impact of dementia on women to the ‘long COVID’ syndrome experienced by many, Jo Caird makes a mind map of the brain health sector.
Putting the stress on stress
With around 65% of adults reported to experience stress or anxiety, Jane Wolfe seeks out some naturally calming influences
The Health & Safety Executive’s definition...
Health File: Naturally intimate
Sarah Callard investigates the broadening range of natural products now available in the sexual health sector.
Issues related to sexual health are still a major...
Come fly with me …
With mounting appreciation of the negative environmental cost of flying, how can consumers help protect themselves and the planet when taking to the skies?
Growing pains
Matt Chittock considers why natural health retailers are best placed to help children bounce back after the pandemic.
A clean sweep
Jane Wolfe looks at the consequences of lockdown on diet and the solutions health stores can offer to provide a cleanse to bodies and minds.
Wellbeing meets wanderlust
Rosie Greenaway packs her bags and heads off in search of new scenery with natural products in tow to maintain wellbeing on the road.
You give me fever
Kate Miller takes a look at what’s behind the rise in allergies in the UK and how this could provide opportunities for smart natural...
Slimline tonic
There’s a new dawn beckoning in the slimming and detox category, writes Denise Barrett; harsher regimes are giving way to a balanced approach
A winter’s tale
Kate Miller explains why a good work ethic merely increases the spread of germs in the workplace, and looks at which natural remedies are...
Dealing with diabetes
Matt Chittock discovers how the natural products industry can help wean consumers off their sugar crush and beat a global problem.
It’s official: diabetes is...
Women kind
Providing knowledgable and supportive nutritional and health advice to younger women could win you lifelong customers, says Kate Miller
For many young women, supplementation is...
Too shy shy
Hot flushes are troubling enough, but there are other menopausal symptoms which your customers may be even less happy to discuss
When the issue of...