Nervous About ‘Natural’? Honest Company Heads For Organic Pastures
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Honest says its shift to organic products is more about opportunity than avoiding “natural” claims, but the term is better defined and more actively regulated, which tends to insulate brands against the types of false-advertising lawsuits that have inundated natural product marketers.
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