Making “Value” About More Than Price Drives Natural Products Growth
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumers’ expanding view of “value” is one key factor that will help increase sales in the natural products industry an estimated 50% to $226 billion by 2018, market researchers say. Value-shoppers are moving beyond price as a purchasing filter to include convenience, ingredient quality and social consciousness.
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