Supplement Industry Self-Policing Still Inadequate

From the Archives: March 6, 2018 Why is the dietary supplement industry allowing itself to become worse instead of better at self-policing?  The dietary supplement industry is often

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ICQA Musing

From the Archives: June 26, 2018 The 9th International CoQ10 Conference has concluded. I have to begin by saying I have never been prouder of this category than

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The Amazon marketplace – September 2019 update

From the Archives: October 1, 2019Trust Transparency Center has been following and reporting on the “Amazon Effect” on the dietary supplement industry since March 2017. In that time,

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Trust Transparency Experiences from Hurricane Harvey

From the Archives: :  September 12th, 2017 Shortly after Hurricane Harvey, I shared my perspective on LinkedIn about this catastrophic event from a personal standpoint.  Many lessons, good and

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Synthetic or Natural – Who wants to know?

From the Archives: September 26, 2017 Synthetic products can be good. Technology continues to march forward, and for some applications that can be a good thing. Synthetic motor

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Self-Actualized Business

The highest pinnacle in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is Self-Actualization, or what we know to be personal growth and fulfillment. A broad category, it covers intangibles, such as

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New supplement retail superhighway could have real potholes

From the Archives: February 21, 2018 Several weeks ago, we wrote about seven regulatory and fundamental compliance areas where emerging brands using the e-tail channel, especially on Amazon,

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The Nature Of Trust

Trust means different things to different people. When it is mentioned, it can automatically conjure images of a specific person, such as a parent or spouse. It can

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Trust: The Business Case

TRUST IS NOT A NEW buzzword or concept in business. Its presence has always been necessary for business transactions and is an unspoken component in both formal and

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How Trust Transparency Sells Supplements

From the Archives: November 13, 2019 Trust transparency is at the top and bottom of every communication and blog our group posts, but we rarely talk about what

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