Opinion

Here we bring you the thoughts of the natural and organic products industry’s leading commentators and opinion formers.

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Certifiably organic

Walk into any department store in Europe and you’ll find yourself assaulted…

Rosie Greenaway

Best of British

Yeo Valley is the British organic industry’s biggest success story. Tim Meads…

Jim Manson

Beauty beyond the High Street

Ask the people behind most fledging natural brands where they want to…

Matt Chittock

What’s wrong with wheat?

The ‘convention’ is that wholegrains should be a major part of our…

Patrick Holford

Go figure…

After a few years of what economists might euphemistically call ‘negative growth’,…

Matt Chittock

Have you been dealing comfrey, sonny?

The natural food trade should take a lead in exposing the hypocritical…

Craig Sams

We need to keep the GM debate alive and urgent

In 2002 the pro-GM Labour Government held a national debate to test…

Jim Manson

Field leader

The Organic Herb Trading Company has been at the cutting-edge of the…

Jim Manson

A Lush victory

What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re an ambitious natural beauty company…

Matt Chittock

Setting skin free

The free-from food category has been a soar-away success for independent retailers…

Matt Chittock

Great Social Media Myths

My discussions with lots of business owners about social media mainly fall…

Jane Wolfe

MI: still a sensitive issue

“Every cosmetics product on the market in Europe is safe to use,”…

Matt Chittock

Give your customers some action!

With a treasure trove of exciting, tasty, differentiated products to try, love…

Jim Manson

Small is still beautiful

Who needs big organisations that are inherently inefficient in this age of…

Craig Sams

Why becoming more than a shop could be your biggest opportunity

By turning your store into a real community asset, valued by the…

Jim Manson

Embracing sell-o-vision

For fashion and beauty snobs there’s no dirtier acronym than QVC. The…

Matt Chittock

Roll up, get your black candyfloss here

Over the weekend of September 6-8 the Food Organisation of Denmark delivered…

Simon Wright

Let’s get down to details

When the big four supermarkets pulled swathes of organic lines from their…

Jim Manson

The future of retailing … or ungroovy uncle of an idea?

“A compelling combination of retail, food service and community” “The retail equivalent…

Jim Manson

If you are testing for vitamin D, don’t forget the calcium!

You name it, vitamin D now appears to fix it! Everything from…

Jim Manson