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- Retailers Want Inventory AI. Almost None Have It. New research from inFlow Inventory measures an inventory AI gap that falls hardest on the independents least able to absorb the cost. What is the inventory AI adoption gap? It is the distance between…
- Oubliez l’entrepôt : le Plugin IHR relie les magasins de santé naturelle en un réseau de proximité Le Plugin IHR, créé par IHR Magazine, relie les magasins indépendants de santé naturelle en un réseau unique qui achemine chaque commande en ligne vers le magasin le plus proche disposant du produit en…
- The Independent’s Answer to Amazon: A First Look at the IHR Plugin for Retailers Sell a national catalogue you never warehouse, and turn the stock you already own into fulfilment income when orders route to your shelf. A first look at the retailer side of the IHR Plugin…
- The Proof Behind Supplement Claims Is Being Rolled Up by Capital KGK Science, a London, Ontario contract research organization, has taken a growth investment led by Maxim Partners — the firm that already owns ingredient supplier Stratum Nutrition. As decentralized trials cut the cost of…
- A Marks & Spencer Veteran Takes Over Calgary Co-op — and the Health Aisle Is the Reason Calgary Co-op has named Marks & Spencer veteran Andrew Clarke as CEO. With pharmacy sales surging, centre-store groceries slipping, and Community Natural Foods in its portfolio, the appointment signals where a major Canadian co-op…
- Forget the Warehouse: How IHR Magazine Turns Independent Shelves Into a Single Network For two decades, e-commerce belonged to whoever built the biggest warehouse. IHR Magazine's new Plugin rewrites that rule — the independents don't build one, they pool the shelves they already have into a single…
- The Ingredient Aisle Is Reorganising Around Proof — and That’s Where Niche Retailers Win The centre of gravity in natural ingredients is moving toward proof — clinically supported, science-backed actives — and consolidation like SuanNutra's acquisition of specialty natural ingredients businesses from IFF is the clearest marker. Here's…
- Who Ships Your Orders? IHR Plugin’s New Fulfilment Strategy Selector Puts the Answer Back in Retailers’ Hands Ahead of its September 2026 launch, the decentralized health commerce platform, now in beta, previews a feature that lets every store, independent or chain, choose exactly who fulfils its online orders, from its own…
- Acosta Group Creates a Chief Retailer Partnerships Officer Role — What It Signals for Natural Health Retail Acosta Group has named Joe Mueller, a 35-year veteran of Kellanova and Kellogg Company, to the newly created role of Chief Retailer Partnerships Officer. The title itself is the story: a commercial services firm…
- A Buyer Came Knocking at Jamieson. That’s Not the Same as a Sale On June 24, Jamieson Wellness (TSX: JWEL) confirmed it had received an unsolicited proposal to be acquired. Its Board opened a process to enhance shareholder value and is in talks with interested parties, with…