Why becoming more than a shop could be your biggest opportunity
By turning your store into a real community asset, valued by the local council and consumers alike, you stand to win lots of news...
Embracing sell-o-vision
For fashion and beauty snobs there’s no dirtier acronym than QVC. The original home shopping channel is associated in some people’s imagination with chintzy...
Roll up, get your black candyfloss here
Over the weekend of September 6-8 the Food Organisation of Denmark delivered a first rate consumer show which inspired and delighted visitors to Aarhus ...
Let’s get down to details
When the big four supermarkets pulled swathes of organic lines from their shelves in the early stages of the 2008 recession they set in...
The future of retailing … or ungroovy uncle of an idea?
“A compelling combination of retail, food service and community”
“The retail equivalent of your uncle trying to be groovy at a wedding and failing”
Two rather...
If you are testing for vitamin D, don’t forget the calcium!
You name it, vitamin D now appears to fix it! Everything from osteoporosis through to psoriasis and even depression would benefit from a dose...
Three cheers for ethical mob rule
We used to fear mob rule. But if the ‘mob’ is all nice people who you’d be happy to introduce to your mother, well,...
Town centre ‘vision’ – or dark comedy?
The former Iceland and Wickes chief executive Peter Grimsey is the latest supermarket boss (ex in this case) to give a mauling to Mary...
Little supermarkets, big threat?
Having left local high streets for dead the big supermarkets are re-colonising them at a rate of knots with new small-format stores. Big threat...
Stopping the Government from Backtracking on their Herbal Practitioners Promise
You don’t have to work in politics to realise that the Government sometimes promises something with the maximum of fanfare and then, after a...
Drugs, bugs and environment…
It’s always fascinating to see how trends come and go especially in the world of health and medicine. Don’t get me wrong, I love...
Food for (psychiatrists’) thought
In-fighting among psychiatrists over what constitutes mental illness has hit new levels. Craig Sams offers to diagnose their dysfunctional behaviour.
Stop the press! The American...
Company profile: Palm & Sole
For Kathy Webb, founder of beauty specialists Palm & Sole, being natural means more than just offering a one-product-suits-everyone philosophy.
“Because we’re hand-blended we can...
Sugar – are you a user or an abuser?
As experts flail around not solving the global obesity crisis Craig Sams ponders the merits of establishing a new category of crime – Food...
Only organic can rescue our dried out planet
Water trumps everything. Water is food. But the worldwide well is running dry. Only organic can rescue our desiccated planet, says Craig Sams
In March...
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
Tesco’s horsemeat media confessional continues.
First there was the visually stark yet otherwise strangely chatty We Apolgise advertisement. “You’ve probably heard or read that we...
Serious about sustainability, having fun along the way
Dr Julia Wright reports from the recent Biofach event on why organic organisations make good partners for those serious about sustainability.
As mainstream agriculture in...
A beautiful mind
Ahead of her appearance at Natural & Organic Products Europe, Elizabeth Barbalich from Antipodes explains how a beauty philosophy born in New Zealand is offering...
No place to hide
The internet is the most powerful tool for transparency ever invented. There literally is no place to hide for the perpetrators of food scandals,...
Horst Power
In the run-up to his eagerly-anticipated appearance at Natural & Organic Products Europe, Aveda founder Horst Rechelbacher reveals his thoughts on the natural beauty industry.
Horst Rechelbacher...