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April 18, 2021
WholeFoods Magazine’s 43rd Annual Retailer Survey
The most in-depth analysis of sales, operating profits, and marketing strategies for U.S. independent natural products retailers available anywhere.
Retail Insights® 2021 Retail Universe
Contains the natural product industry’s latest and most detailed account of U.S. natural organic product sales, as Retail Insights® track them through all eight retail grocery and specialty channels.

2020 Year in Review: Retailers Weigh In

Each year, we ask U.S. independents to tell us how their business is doing, and what is on their minds. Boy, did retailers sound off this year. So, what did independents tell us?  Read more...

WHAT'S A WEBSITE FOR?

Independent natural products retailers seem to intuitively know the daily work they do to help others get and stay well is more important than having a website. Yet a website is a necessary piece of advertising—like the Yellow Pages in years past. What sort of website makes the most sense, and what sort should you avoid?  Read more...

THE DANGERS OF SUCCESS

It may seem counterintuitive, but not once you think about it. Over the last several months I’ve been relieved to be in the natural foods business, and not the restaurant business.  Read more...

THE CORONAVIRUS OPEN MIND

How hard is it to get your marketing message out—and into someone’s head? Very hard, and very expensive, as you know.  Read more...

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated an existing trend: more grocery shopping online. Pre-Covid estimates suggest online grocery was about 4% of U.S. total grocery sales, with the pandemic propelling a 50% increase to about 6% through mid-2020.  Read more...

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