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Visa’s Small Merchant Rate Expansion: What It Is Worth to a Health Store

Olivier Felicio - October 20, 2026

A customer's basket at a health food store till holding a tincture, grapefruit juice and capsules, mid-conversation with a store associate

Have That Conversation: What Canadian Health Retailers Need to Know About Kratom

Sobeys Can No Longer Block the Pharmacy Next Door

Sobeys Can No Longer Block the Pharmacy Next Door. The Paperwork Hasn’t Caught Up.

CHFA Launch Pad 2026 : répartition des huit finalistes de Toronto, dont deux marques québécoises, cinq aliments, deux soins personnels et un supplément

CHFA Launch Pad 2026 : deux finalistes québécois, et ni l’un ni l’autre n’a besoin d’une licence de Santé Canada

CHFA Launch Pad 2026 finalists breakdown: five food brands, two personal care brands and one supplement of eight Toronto finalists

CHFA Launch Pad 2026: Canada’s Innovation Pipeline Has Left the Supplement Aisle

Thorne Basic Prenatal bottle with NSF Certified for Sport badge — certified prenatal supplements entering women's health retail

Sport Certification Is Moving Into the Prenatal Aisle

Olivier Felicio - July 30, 2026 2

AI Agents Now Shop at Scale: What Agentic Commerce Means for...

Olivier Felicio - July 30, 2026 0

Peptides Are the Question at the Counter. Here’s How to Answer,...

Olivier Felicio - July 30, 2026 0

Independent natural health food store owner holding a shipping parcel in her shop, with a world map and glowing network lines behind her, symbolizing a store connected into a larger retail network.

Forget the Warehouse: How IHR Magazine Turns Independent Shelves Into a...

IHR Magazine - July 20, 2026 1

Milk thistle, turmeric root and powder, dandelion root and supplement capsules — liver wellness supplements

Liver Wellness Is Having a Moment — What’s Real, What’s Regulated,...

IHR Magazine - July 20, 2026 0

How to Merchandise the GLP-1 Era: Where the Money Leaves Your...

IHR Magazine - May 28, 2026 0

Metabolic Health Is Quietly Becoming the Most Important Categories

IHR Magazine - May 26, 2026 0

Merchandising Opportunity: Recovery-Based Nighttime Wellness

IHR Magazine - May 26, 2026 0

The New Merchandising Strategy: Selling Stress Support Through Ingredient Synergy

IHR Magazine - May 25, 2026 0

Canada’s Natural Health Retail Sector: The 2026 Mid-Year Review

IHR Magazine - May 11, 2026 0

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