It’s 11 p.m. on Monday and I am in the office cranking out emails – trying to stay ahead of the Coronavirus. Across the street, a truck pulls up … Surprise! It’s UNFI unloading their overpriced products to help the Mom’s Organic grocer across the street replenish their stock (another record sales day for the […]
“You only find out who’s swimming naked when the tide goes out.” -Warren Buffett This is a favorite of the financial legend, uttered, for example, when the nation’s top financial institutions were exposed by plummeting home prices more than a decade ago. I couldn’t help but think of Buffet’s nugget of wisdom — that […]
If you follow myself or Grovara Co-founder/President Abu Kamara on social media, you probably have seen us posting about an exclusive Happy Hour we’re co-sponsoring with our partners at SPINS at the Sheraton Park Hotel, #THIRSTYTHURSDAY, next week at the Natural Products Expo West 2020 trade show in Anaheim, Calif. Some of the biggest innovators […]
Grovara believes in the products it brings overseas because American wellness manufacturers are the best in the world, and the brands we work with are well-positioned for international distribution thanks to industry leading data and insights from Grovara partner SPINS. Still, it’s nice to see when others share our enthusiasm, especially for such an innovative […]
Without question, COVID-19 has proven to be a wicked viral threat that seems to prey on the weaknesses of those infected. Likewise, the virus has exposed in sudden and dramatic fashion how many key aspects of society are broken — or in serious need of a retool. Two months ago, as coronavirus made its way […]
The first company entrepreneur/investor Steven Finn started at age 20 as a Wharton School undergrad was certainly ahead of its time in 2007. Finn’s rental marketplace startup promised easy, convenient and low-cost access to needed but expensive items like your neighbor’s lawnmower. “On the surface, it was a great idea, and at the time that […]
While concern around the globe has vacillated between nuisance and panic, the effects of the recent coronavirus outbreak are becoming much clearer — and more serious — for the global economy. Guidance from supply chain experts indicates Chinese factories won’t resume production for 3-4 weeks, which would have a significant impact on international shipping. Dreary […]
Even before the Coronavirus swept across the planet and drove most of humanity into self-isolation and social distancing, there was a significant and long-lasting wellness boom. While some predict there will be a surge of babies born at the end of the year, there is a much safer — and more lucrative — bet to […]