A rose by any other name – The Amazon CBD Story

From the Archives: March 5, 2019The CBD and hemp conversation is extremely confusing right now, and perhaps nowhere more so than in a dialogue with e-tailing giant Amazon.Amazon

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A Purr-fect Visit to Global Pet Expo

From the Archives: March 26, 2019 Many of our readers have recently returned from the annual mega-event, Natural Products Expo West 2019. All of us who attended have

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A Global Affair – Tales of Twisted Supply Chains

From the Archives: February 28, 2018With news breaking that European authorities have determined that over two thirds of websites (779 of 1100 websites) are offering non-authorized products, or

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Caring is the True Differentiator

Almost six years have passed since Amazon opened its first brick and mortar location in November, 2016. That store was a small bookstore, much like the beginnings of

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Core Values

One of my favorite questions to ask, and be asked, is, "what are your core values?" The answers are always very telling-- you learn so much by what

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A Note to Amazon and Sellers – Collision of Expectation Imminent on New Retail Superhighway

From the Archives: January 2, 2018 A Transparency Collision will likely occur when consumers’ or customers’ expectations differ from reality. The outcome of this type of collision will create

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An Amazon Health Store; No Clerks or Cashiers?

From the Archives: January 9, 2018Last week, I tackled Amazon and dietary supplement brands. In this week’s post, I address Amazon’s overall retail impact.Amazon is creating an offline retail

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Amazon Elements Revisited

From the Archives: August 7, 2018Trust Transparency Center was one of the first to follow the launch of Amazon Elements private label of Vitamins and Supplements. On March

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FDA Registration – What it is, why it matters: A Q&A with UNPA’s VP of Global Regulatory and Compliance Larisa Pavlick

From the Archives: September 10, 2020Several companies in our industry have elusive complaints departments, leading one to surmise they pay lip service at best to many quality issues.

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From Heisman to Has Been? A lesson for all of us

From the Archives: September 7, 2016 Transparency Collision – When expectations collide with reality: A successful and influential man in my life once told me: “Money does not

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