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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

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

Three cheers for ethical mob rule

We used to fear mob rule. But if the ‘mob’ is all…

Craig Sams

Little supermarkets, big threat?

Having left local high streets for dead the big supermarkets are re-colonising…

Craig Sams

Stopping the Government from Backtracking on their Herbal Practitioners Promise

You don’t have to work in politics to realise that the Government…

Jim Manson

Drugs, bugs and environment…

It’s always fascinating to see how trends come and go especially in…

Jim Manson

Food for (psychiatrists’) thought

In-fighting among psychiatrists over what constitutes mental illness has hit new levels.…

Craig Sams

Sugar – are you a user or an abuser?

As experts flail around not solving the global obesity crisis Craig Sams…

Craig Sams

Only organic can rescue our dried out planet

Water trumps everything. Water is food. But the worldwide well is running…

Craig Sams

Serious about sustainability, having fun along the way

Dr Julia Wright reports from the recent Biofach event on why organic…

Jim Manson

No place to hide

The internet is the most powerful tool for transparency ever invented. There…

Craig Sams

GM – Dream or nightmare?

The American people are going to be very, very angry when the…

Craig Sams