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According to Nutrition Business Journal estimates, 69% of chiropractors sell nutritional products. So, many were surprised when revenue for chiropractors declined in 2010—4% for service and 1% for supplement sales, according to NBJ estimates—even as it rose by as much as 16% for homeopathic, Ayurvedic and other integrative practitioners....More

NBJ conducted our second annual practitioner survey of more than 500 practitioners in the United States in partnership with Metagenics, Pure Encapsulations, Pure Prescriptions, Emerson Ecologics and the Alternative Medicine Review....More

Television retail gains legitimacy as a sales channel, but supplement companies have yet to take much notice. Internet sales of supplements rise 13% in 2010 with TV and practitioner sales not far behind. MLMs perform the weakest, with flat to slightly declining sales. Healthcare embraces new approaches to telehealth as a meaningful way to serve and connect with patients....More

The site, to be called Health Elements, will provide medical information, Thorne products and resources for integrative clinicians....More

The FTC cracks down on affiliate marketers making millions off of deceptive advertising for acai weight-loss supplements....More

Author Mark Penn discusses Microtrends, a seminal book for business leaders and strategists in analyzing the small communities of consumers that increasingly drive major changes in the ways we approach life....More

After years of weak consumer acceptance, new technologies and targeted business models reinvigorate the online grocery market into a bustling industry....More

Top MLMs Herbalife and Nu Skin play to their respective strengths to command new markets and drive global sales....More

Internet sales rise 13% in 2010 on strength in multi-channel marketing and the explosion of social media among consumers. MLM sales drop 1% on softness in the U.S. market, while international sales continue to impress....More

On January 19, the Washington Post reported that a research team based in Los Angeles bought muscle-building products laced with illegal steroids though online retail giant Amazon.com....More

Pierre Fitzgibbon brings financial credibility and an acquisitive mind to Atrium Innovations....More