vitamines

Retail Asia28/11/2023

Japanese probiotic beverage Yakult has opened its first coffee location in Japan’s Utsunomiya, which doubles as a service centre. The Yakult Gohonmaru Cafe & Gallery, which opened last month, has two levels and includes a beauty salon as well as a gallery. On the first floor, visitors can try Yakult ice cream, chiffon cakes, and tiramisu with […]

Retail Asia24/08/2023

Australian supplement brand Vöost has added two new beauty products to its extensive range of effervescent vitamins and minerals. The company says its new Vöost + Skin Hydration and Vöost + Hair, Skin & Nails are designed to support healthy skin, hair and nails from within. The new additions will join the Vöost Collagen effervescent […]

Retail Asia27/04/2023

Japanese drinks giant Kirin Holdings has agreed a $1.2 billion buyout of Australian vitamin maker Blackmores, furthering a diversification push while offering the struggling target’s shareholders a neat exit. The deal makes good on a plan by Kirin to broaden its business beyond alcoholic drinks as a growing interest in health raises expectations of tougher regulation. […]

Retail Asia22/08/2022

Vitamin producer Blackmores has seen group revenue rise 12.8 percent in Fy22 to reach $649.5 million with growth across the company’s three major brands. This delivered a rise in underlying operating EBIT profit of 19 percent to $56.6 million, with margins expanding 1.1 points to 53.4 percent. CEO Alastair Symington said the company had delivered […]

Retail Asia28/04/2022

The boss of Blackmores says the vitamins and supplements giant is not really relying on Chinese “daigou” shoppers anymore as it gains more market share in Indonesia and Thailand, while the huge opportunity of densely-populated India will be a slow burn. After delivering the company’s latest results on Thursday, chief executive Alastair Symington also said […]

Retail Asia01/10/2021

Australian-based and internationally loved natural health and dietary supplements company Blackmores has announced its launch into the Indian market, reaching local consumers in association with Amazon India and other major eCommerce platforms before expansion to traditional retail in key cities. Primed for a post-COVID wellness boom, India is a focus growth market for Blackmores given […]

Retail Asia16/06/2021

Australian vitamin retailing disruptor Vitable has secured $5.5 million in a series A funding round, drawing interest from a raft of recognized investors including Germany’s Rocket Internet, parent of Global Fashion Group and Hello Fresh, among others. Founded by Larah Loutati and Ilyas Anane (pictured above) just two years ago, Vitable operates a subscription-based service […]

Retail Asia28/01/2021

The Vitamin Shoppe, an omnichannel specialty retailer of nutritional products, today announced a partnership agreement with Kim Lien Group for the Vietnam market. Under the country license agreement, Hanoi-based Kim Lien Group will open and operate The Vitamin Shoppe stores in Vietnam, as well as launch wholesale distribution of The Vitamin Shoppe family of proprietary brands in Vietnam. The […]

Retail Asia16/03/2020

AS Watson Group saw its health-category sales increase 11 percent last year with 1 billion shoppers purchasing health products from the brand globally. The figures reflect a global uptick in the vitamins and supplements industry, which is growing at a rate of 12 percent year on year internationally. Shoppers for health products visit a Watson’s […]

Retail Asia28/06/2015

The corporate life of Liang Yunchao, 46-year-old chairman of By-health, ended symbolically early last year when he finally ceded his corner office to a colleague. In fact, he’d rarely been showing up for eight years. But the maker of dietary supplements, China’s largest in retail, remains very much his creation and run by his chosen […]

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Yakult opens first coffee store in Japan

Vöost launches skin hydration effervescent products

Kirin to buy Blackmores in $1.88 billion cash deal

Blackmores registers strong growth, momentum expected to continue

Blackmores believes China’s diagou market is past its peak

Blackmores launches into India

Vitamin subscription service Vitable raises $5.5m venture funding

The Vitamin Shoppe to launches stores in Vietnam

AS Watson says health-category sales rise 11 per cent

Vitamins Boost China, By Way of By-Health