Retail News

The latest news from the leading retailers in the natural and organic products industry.

Oliver’s celebrates the spirit of Christmas

Earlier this month Oliver’s Wholefood Store in Kew celebrated the Christmas season with a feasting and late night shopping festival. Customers were invited to sample...

Re-imagining NutriCentre

NutriCentre’s new managing director Amee Chande comes to the post with formidable retail credentials. Most recently she was MD at Staples UK, and before...

Ethical supermarket hisBe opens for business

Brighton's new ethical supermarket hiSbe – short for How It Should Be – opened its doors last week. Claiming to be ‘a new type of...

NutriCentre gets new general manager at flagship Park Crescent store

Helen Roach has been appointed general manager of NutriCentre’s flagship store in London’s Park Crescent. Roache brings a wealth of industry experience to the role,...

H&B goes on the snail trail

Holland & Barrett has launched its first beauty-focused cross-media advertising campaign, aiming to emphasise the company’s ethical beauty credentials. The £360,000 campaign by RKCR/Y&R focuses...

Oliver’s celebrates 25 years in Kew

Michael Wale recently paid a visit to Oliver’s Wholefood Store in Kew, West London, to join in the 25th anniversary celebrations and talk to...

North Walsham loses health food store

On 30 October Heather and Bob DaCosta closed the doors of The Health Food Centre in North Walsham for the last time after 26...

Heswall Health turns three

Heswall Health celebrated its third year anniversary in October and marked the occasion in-store by handing out over 300 goodie bags, holding a free-to-enter...

H&B helps family enjoy a very special day out at the...

A local family who attend Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People in Loughborough were able to enjoy a fun-packed day with the animals...

Planet Organic opens store six with pledge to bring back “food...

Planet Organic opened its first store in south London this week (November 7) with a pledge to “bring back food you can trust” to...

Seeking sanctuary

Boutique health store and clinic Botanica has quickly become a local health and wellbeing hub. Jim Manson has been along to find out more In...

Whole Foods opens “small and mighty” Richmond store

Whole Food Markets will open the doors of its new 20,000 sq ft store in Richmond, south west  London, tomorrow (Tuesday 8 October). The smaller...

Northampton retailer harnesses people power in rent protest

Northampton retailer Carol Faulkner has been harnessing people power in a battle to save her store Health Quest whose future, she says, is threatened...

H&B opens early to fuel capital’s high flyers

Holland & Barrett’s latest store will open at 7.30am so busy London commuters can drop in for drinks and chilled snacks on the way...

Watchdog reveals MI allergy scare

In what can be seen as yet one more reason to switch to natural and organic bodycare products, the chemical preservative methylisothiazolinone (MI) is...

Top speaker line-up for Solgar Masterclass

Leading international experts in nutritional science and business retail will speak at the 2013 Solgar Masterclass in London next month. Focused on helping retailers keep...

Good to go – lunch! show starts Thursday

Natural, healthy and sustainable food has a major place at the table at this year’s lunch! The contemporary food to go show which takes...

Great content that’s 100% retailer focused!

Have you booked your place yet for this autumn’s must-attend retailer event – Natural Products Live? 100% retailer focused, Natural products Live is a one-day...

Tesco adds yoga and community spaces to superstore mix

Tesco is adding yoga classes, community spaces and artisan coffee shops to its biggest superstores in a bid to breath life into its underperforming...

Natural Products Live at camexpo – a must for retailers this...

The programme for Natural Products Live at camexpo has just been published. The dedicated health store event, developed around a series of 100% retailer-focused talks...