Industry News

The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

BHMA welcomes “new era” for herbal medicines

The British Herbal Medicine Association (BHMA) says that the advantages of the new system of Traditional Herbal Registrations (THRs) will become increasingly evident after...

LoveLula and Zuneta become Zulu Beauty

Pioneering online natural beauty retailer LoveLula is teaming up with luxury e-tailing site Zuneta to form a new online alliance. Founders Claire Braithwaite and Zu...

CAM delegation given brush-off at emergency ASA meeting

A joint delegation from the Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH-Intl) and the Complementary Medicine Association (CMA) says it was given the brush-off when...

Top consumer trends expert to talk at organic trade briefing

Top consumer trends expert, Ed Garner, and Ocado’s Zak Watts will join Soil Association director, Helen Browning, on the speaker panel at the next...

National diet survey exposes children’s poor eating habits

A new government survey shows that while adults are eating close to the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables, many children’s diets are...

‘Status marketing’ turning organic into its own antithesis

Corporate style ‘status marketing’ is in danger of turning organic food and farming into its own antithesis, claims the journalist and film-maker Tom Levitt. Writing...

GET SMART: Get along to retailer event of the year

Competition on the high street is tougher than ever. You couldn’t work any harder if you tried, and there are literally no more hours...

OTB ‘disappointed and surprised’ at ASA ruling on Why I Love...

The Organic Trade Board says it is "surprised and disappointed" at the decision of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban a high profile...

OTB 'disappointed and surprised' at ASA ruling on Why I Love...

The Organic Trade Board says it is "surprised and disappointed" at the decision of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban a high profile...

Food firms weigh up their options as final health claims rulings...

Decisions taken by food manufacturers over EU health claims regulations “are likely to shape the functional foods market for years to come”, predicts The...

Food firms weigh up their options as final health claims rulings...

Decisions taken by food manufacturers over EU health claims regulations “are likely to shape the functional foods market for years to come”, predicts The...

Retail pioneers to speak at autumn organic conference

People’s Supermarket pioneer Arthur Potts Dawson and Planet Organic founder Renée Elliot are among an impressive speaker line-up for this year’s ‘Selling Organic’ conference hosted...

Retail pioneers to speak at autumn organic conference

People’s Supermarket pioneer Arthur Potts Dawson and Planet Organic founder Renée Elliot are among an impressive speaker line-up for this year’s ‘Selling Organic’ conference hosted...

Low-calorie diet offers hope of cure for type 2 diabetes

Scientists at Newcastle University have shown that people with obesity related type 2 diabetes can be cured, at least temporarily, by keeping to a...

Low-calorie diet offers hope of cure for type 2 diabetes

Scientists at Newcastle University have shown that people with obesity related type 2 diabetes can be cured, at least temporarily, by keeping to a...

Natural Women in Business has new Facebook page

Natural Women in Business, the new social forum and discussion group for women in the natural and organic industry, has a brand new Facebook...

Organic targets trimmed as M&S “recalibrates” Plan A

Marks & Spencer is scaling back some of its organic produce targets, reports Marketing Week. The high street retailer says it has been forced to...

Organic targets trimmed as M&S “recalibrates” Plan A

Marks & Spencer is scaling back some of its organic produce targets, reports Marketing Week. The high street retailer says it has been forced to...

Voting launched for Who’s Who in Natural Beauty 2012

The natural beauty industry is being invited to nominate the brightest personalities in the sector for the Who’s Who in Natural Beauty list 2012. Retailers,...

Survey helps disprove organic price myth

Expensive and elitist. That’s a perception which has been recently attached to organic food in some quarters. However, a new survey of supermarket prices...