Retail News

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

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...

H&B reaches 100-store franchise milestone with Taiyuan opening

Holland & Barrett has today opened its 100th international franchise store, opening in the city of Taiyuan, China. It takes the number of H&B franchise...

Wake Up To Organic embraced by indie retailers

The 2016 Wake Up To Organic campaign got a great response from independent retailers, with over 70 stores across the country taking part – 20 more than last year.

Holland & Barrett scouting for the ‘next big thing’

Holland & Barrett’s ‘Innovation Pitch Live’ will be back at Natural & Organic Products Europe for a second year.

21 Bites insect food store goes live

Fucibo Co has launched 21 Bites, a new online portal selling insect-based products, claimed to be the first of its type in Europe.

Savage Cabbage opens bricks and mortar store

Online CBD store and wellness portal Savage Cabbage has now opened a shop and community hub in Pickering, North Yorkshire, prompted by the rapid success it’s seen since launching in 2016.

Health & Her gives women pause for thought

This month saw the launch of Health & Her, a new online information and shopping portal focusing on female health, specifically the menopause.

Store Brighton opens sister branch

After opening their first sustainable shop in January 2019, Store Brighton owners Heather Banks and Ceri Lones have opened another: the Store Next Door.

Holland & Barrett joins forces with Deliveroo

H&B has announced a tie-up with Deliveroo to offer consumers a range of its most popular health products via the food delivery business’s website and app.

55% of store owners earn less than minimum wage – survey

More than half of independent retailers are earning less than the minimum wage. That’s the shock finding contained in the latest Voice of Local Shops...

Planet Organic supports Local Motion studio

Planet Organic is working closely with new fitness studio Local Motion to combine fitness and natural nutrition and health to residents of Wandsworth. The new...

Pitch the H&B buyer ‘live’ at Natural & Organic Products Europe

Holland & Barrett is to host a live pitching session at this year’s Natural & Organic Products Europe. Taking place on Monday 18 April, the...

Planet, Riverford and Daylesford all make onto Top 10 Fine Food...

Three organic operators have made it into The Grocer magazine’s 2016 Top Ten Independent Speciality & Fine Food Retailers list.

New owner rebrands Haslemere health store

Surrey’s Haslemere Health Foods is now home to a new business with a fresh name, Apothecary 27.

H&B doubles size of HQ

Following its recent purchase by L1 Retail, Holland and Barrett has doubled the size of its global headquarters at Eliot Park in Nuneaton.

Ireland celebrates indie health stores

Last weekend Vitality Expo hosted the Irish Health Food Industry Awards – coordinated by event organizer Health Stores Ireland and co-sponsored by Wiley’s Finest and Better Retailing Magazine.

Spinning the wheel with Natural Nutrients

Having recently moved location from County Durham to Birtley, Tyne & Wear, clean nutrition brand Natural Nutrients came up with a novel idea for customers visiting its new store to buy supplements: a wheel of fortune.

Supermarkets’ big sustainability sweep

The news is awash with supermarkets making sustainability pledges, declaring plans to take environmental issues more seriously.

Purezza vegan pizzeria expands reach

Plant-based pizzeria Purezza is opening a two-floor restaurant in Hove on Friday (21st August) due to what it calls ‘overwhelming demand’.

Daylesford launches online farm shop

Upmarket organic food brand Daylesford has launched an online farm store embedded in the Ocado website. Ocado shoppers can dip into the virtual store and...