Yay! There’s some new organic cotton cord necklaces up at The Oko Box. Each one is handmade (by me) using natural gemstone, shell or glass and sits on a cord made from leftover organic cotton fabric, that is locally grown and woven here in Asheville NC. The pendents come in all sorts of sizes, from [...]

TORONTO — Retailers and real estate developers are fearful about what an eroding U.S. economy could do to their business over the next few months, but see international expansion as a key survival strategy. "In Canada 40% of the GDP is dependent on trade between the U.S. and Canada," Home Depot Canada and Asia president [...]

Private labels are generally introduced to get higher gross margins from branded products. They also place the retailer at an advantage over the branded FMCG players who   When Pepsico’s Frito-Lay decided to boycott Pantaloon’s Food Bazaar due to differences in terms of trade, it was the latter’s private label which got a boost in [...]

With new research overturning established perceptions, even so-called safe lifestyle options are suddenly finding themselves under the scanner Ah, so you’re the health conscious kind. You’ve got a daily vigorous workout regime, swear by organic food and don’t need a dietician to make you pass up spicy curry for some fresh sushi. Even at a [...]

Contributed by Anurag Here is what is called a ‘repeatability in life style’ and the wheel of consumer preferences which keeps on revolving around health, status, affordability and the utility. Organic food has taken its place in recent times to be the harbinger of a fresh wave among new breed of consumers in India. This [...]

Organic food is the fastest growing and one of the most profitable categories in the supermarket, for both sellers and producers. But even consumers who regularly buy organic don’t always understand what the term means, said Urvashin Rangan, a senior scientist and policy analyst for the Consumers Union, a nonprofit consumer advocate and publisher of [...]