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Reusability Comes to the Produce Department

 By Christine LaFave Grace on Apr. 11, 2022

"A lot of plastics legislation and a lot of retailers have ignored the produce section," says Lotus Sustainables CEO Farzan Dehmoubed.

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Evo Hemp Announces Partnership With Black Hemp Farmers

 By Diane Adam on Apr. 01, 2022

The partnership with 40-Acre Cooperative will support historically disadvantaged hemp farmers, the company said.

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Joy Organics' CBD Gummies Moving to Organic Ingredients

By Diane Adam on Mar. 19, 2022

The company, which sells a variety of ingestible and topical CBD products said it is working on a variety of innovations and improvements, to be announced by the end of this year’s first quarter.

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Whole Foods Reveals Its Top Beauty Trends for 2022

By Kristina Hurtig on Mar. 10, 2022

Ceramides, prickly pear, translucent zinc sunscreen, overnight hairstyling and jelly-textured skincare are trending, according to the retailer's trends council.

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Ban on Russian Oil Imports Comes Amid Lowest Consumer Sentiment in a Decade

By Christine LaFave Grace and Steve Holtz on Mar. 08, 2022

Inflation led grocery shoppers' concerns in February, and skepticism about the long-term economic outlook persisted—and that was before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Target, Walmart Launch New Home-Organization Collections

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 05, 2022

Declutter or bust: Mass merchandisers debut new storage lines to help their customers keep track of everything else they're buying.

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Continued Sanitation Efforts for Retailers Pull in Customers and Employees

Sponsored content from our partner GOJO Industries, the inventors of the PURELL brand on Oct. 29, 2021

As more and more shoppers resume their pre-pandemic food shopping patterns, they will likely remain highly aware of the cleanliness of the stores they patronize, and are likely making this an even higher priority than before the pandemic.

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The Color of Personal Care: Diversity in Health and Beauty Aisles

By Christine LaFave Grace on Oct. 15, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic made the lack of representation on store shelves of health and beauty products created for diverse consumers all the more apparent—and added new urgency for retailers to address the issue.

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Consumers Are Calling for Sustainability—Here’s How Retailers Can Deliver

Sponsored content from our partner Kwik Lok on Sep. 30, 2021

Tackling the issue of plastic pollution from packaging and products is one of the top three issues that consumers want companies to focus on, along with reducing waste and reducing air and water pollution.

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What the Pet Adoption Boom Means for Retailers

By Kristina Hurtig on Jul. 26, 2021

The adoption of dogs and cats during the pandemic “provides retailers and brands with the opportunity to identify and provide value for the ongoing needs of their customers—and their pets,” Quotient CEO Steven Boal says.

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