New Hope Natural Media, a Boulder, Colo.-based division of Penton, announced key trends in the global natural products marketplace at the 2014 Natural Products Expo West, which took place March 6-9 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.
With thousands of articles about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, hitting the wire last year, consumers quickly learned the meaning of the acronym.
IRI, SPINS partner to assist CPG manufacturers and retailers
October 22, 2013
Information Resources Inc. (IRI), Chicago, and SPINS, Schaumburg, Ill., created SPINS NaturaLink, a new segmentation of the total U.S. population that focuses on how shoppers think about, purchase and use natural, organic and eco-friendly products. Consumers increasingly are embracing natural and organic products and often are as concerned about what is not in the products they buy as much as what is in them, IRI notes. SPINS NaturaLink is designed to assist consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers in generating new levels of growth through a better understanding of these shopper needs.
Beat Juice Beverage Co. reformulated its all-natural Beat Juice, which originally was designed to help fight high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, the company says.
After test launching its line of Oatworks oat-powered, natural smoothies last year, Wellness Works has relaunched the line with new packaging and enhanced formulations.