The post-1995 generation, developments in the infant market, and the integration of offline and online sales channels are the up-and-coming forces shaping China’s health food industry, according to China’s health food commerce chief.
British company Spoon Guru, which uses artificial intelligence to help retailers offer consumers a personalized nutrition shopping experience, has announced Walmart-owned Jet.com as its first US partner.
Nutritional product retailer The Vitamin Shoppe announced the launch of a new incubation program called Launchpad. It is currently accepting submissions.
China's 'new retail' phenomenon — whereby companies like Alibaba seek to converge e-commerce insights with bricks-and-mortar retail operations — could provide as many opportunities for supplement brands as it has done for food firms, Blackmores...
The CEO of Holland & Barrett International says its enrolment of ex-Sainsbury's director Steve Carson as MD and former P&G CMO Roisin Donnelly signals its intent to become one of the world's leading health and wellness brands.
As the immediate shock of the Amazon Whole Foods deal wears off, and spooked retailers are reassured that just 1% of US food and beverage retail sales are generated online,* they would be wise to remember that not all growth curves are linear, says Hartman...
The CEO of Australia’s largest independent vitamin retailer has argued the industry is missing too many opportunities to maximise supplement sales and deliver high-quality customer service.
Dietary supplement manufacturing giant NBTY has acquired UK skincare line Dr Organic, a move that mirrors a trend in the supplement industry toward higher margin personal care offerings.
Arnold Iron Dream Concentrated Night Time Recover product will be discontinued in the EU following accusations of DNP content, its official European distributor has said.
Food supplements are ideally suited for online sales: stable, light, high-value, popular with consumers. It is therefore no surprise that online food supplement sales are on the rise with the promise of lower prices and home delivery.
Selenium-enriched potatoes are being sold on the Irish market despite the company behind the product admitting the Irish population knew next to nothing about the mineral and may resent paying a premium given the economic slump, which so far has hit Ireland...
NeutraHealth has taken the next step in its bid to establish a
solid and unified presence in the nutraceuticals industry with the
acquisition of distributor Brunel Healthcare for £4m.
NeutraHealth has issued an upbeat trading update for the despite
tough trading conditions over the summer months, as its recent
initiatives over exports, online trading and retail start to bear
fruit.
Cargill has indicated that it may take its Regenasure glucosamine
chondroitin ingredient into functional beverages - yet it has
emerged that another company's foray into the market has not proved
positive, raising questions as...
Canadian branded plant sterols supplier Forbes MediTech has
reaffirmed its commitment to building the European market by
forming a new company to distribute cholesterol-lowering foods
direct to retailers, in collaboration with Fayrefield...
Danisco's HOWARU Bifido probiotic is to be included in all Marks
and Spencer's yoghurt and dairy products - an announcement
coinciding with the Danish company's latest results that show
cultures are a major growth driver.
Ongoing price competition among European retailers has squeezed
prices for international branded foods in recent years, finds new
research from ACNielsen that confirms the pressure will
continue into the near future.
The venture capital firm Bluestem announced last week that it has
made a "sizeable" investment in Renutra, the manufacturer of
the supplement Hydra Joint.
Good growth for supermarket brand vitamin and drug maker Perrigo
reflects the growing role of the mass market both in its home
market, the US, and the UK.
Despite a continued decline in sales from its Vitamin World retail
stores, nutritional supplement manufacturer NBTY announced strong
results for the fiscal third quarter, thanks again mainly to the
sales of Rexall product lines.
Parent company of the leading nutritional supplement retailer
Holland and Barrett reported strong sales in this year's first
quarter, helped by strong sales across both the UK and US retail
divisions.
It may seem like a simple equation, but scientists at Southampton
University in the UK have categorically shown it to be true. The
opening of a major new food retail outlet in an area with
previously poor access to food shops can...
The weight loss programme called Body Solutions, created by the US
group Mark Nutritionals, will now be available in retail outlets
throughout the US, the first time the product has been available in
shops.
Soyfoods are one of the fastest growing sectors in the food
industry, now worth US$ 3.2 billion (€3.4bn), according to a new
study. The study also reveals that soyfoods are moving into the
mainstream, away from health food specialists.
