Holly shows how to make in-store events a real success
In-store events are a great way to boost store footfall and increase customer spend. But they benefit from good planning, smart marketing and buy-in from your store team. In the latest Health Stores UK Shop Talk discussion, Holly Thallon Steenson from Viridian and Sheaf Street Health Store in Daventry, offered some great tips and advice […]
Interview: “There’s a massive opportunity for indie health stores , and I want to help them seize it!”
Business coach Dave Christie is the founder of small business mentoring specialist Take on Goliath. Specialising in family-run and independent businesses, Dave also has a wide knowledge of the independent health food retail scene and experience with leading natural products brands and wholesalers. Now, Health Stores UK is partnering with Take On Goliath, in a […]
Health Stores UK helps indie retailers ‘Take on Goliath’
Health Stores UK is partnering with leading small business mentoring specialist Take on Goliath, in a move designed to help members grow their business and be able to compete more effectively with bigger high street rivals. Take on Goliath is led by respected business mentor and coach, Dave Christie. Specialising in family-run and independent businesses, he also […]
Health stores at heart of new healthy kids campaign
Health Stores across the UK and Ireland are at the centre of a new collaboration between the ‘Wholefood Chef’ Oliver McCabe and Viridian Nutrition aimed at equipping kids “with a lifetime of good health”. The Calling All Kid Warriors initiative, starting this month, sees Viridian partnering with McCabe to teach and encourage positive eating habits […]
Olivit ‘excited’ at new partnership with Health Stores UK
Health Stores UK has welcomed prominent supplements distributor Olivit to its Partner programme. Olivit offers products from a roster of over 50 in-demand US brands, including NOW Foods, Nordic Naturals, Jarrow, Swanson, Dr’s Best and many more. Joe Taylor-Ferguson, Olivit’s sales manager, says the company is “excited to start our partnership”, explaining that “independent bricks […]
Go West: Registration opens for 2023 NHT Summit
Registration has opened for the 2023 Natural Health Trade (NHT) Summit, which will take place on Sunday 8 October in Bristol. This is the first year the event has taken place in Bristol, a hub for all things organic, natural and ethical. Visitors to the event, which will take place at the centrally located Mecure […]
‘Exciting opportunity’ – Devizes health food institution goes up for sale
Long-standing Devizes retailer – and Health Stores UK member – The Healthy Life has gone up for sale, offering a “exciting opportunity” to develop and further grow this local health food institution. Located on a prime shopping street in the popular market town, The Healthy Life is spread across four floors, including ground floor retail space – […]
Multivitamin improves memory in older adults, US study finds
Taking a daily multivitamin supplement can slow age-related memory decline, a large UK study has found. The researchers, led by teams at Columbia University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard, say their findings show that the ageing brain may be more sensitive to nutrition than had been previously thought. In the study, more than 3,500 adults […]
