If you are a subscriber to Nutrition Business Journal, you can now access all of the 2008 Nutrition Industry Overview online at nutritionbusinessjournal.com. No need to sort through your over flowing mailbox, search your desk and interrogate your co-workers for your copy of NBJ. Just go to nutritionbusinessjournal.com.

To see all the articles, go to the current issue page. Here you will see the entire overview issue laid out in an expanded table of contents view. From here you can link to every article if you are signed in as an NBJ subscriber.

If you do not know your NBJ subscriber username and password, call Rachel Dederich, NBJ’s Subscriber Services Coordinator, at 303.998.9263.

-Patrick

I would like to introduce you to the new website for Nutrition Business Journal - www.nutritionbusinessjournal.com.

Alot has changed in the world of web design since we first launched NBJ’s website in 1998, so you will notice MANY changes in the look, feel and efficiency of the new nutritionbusinessjournal.com.

NBJ’s mission has always been to deliver strategic business information, analysis and market data to those in or interested in the nutrition industry to fuel better business decisions and promote healthier lifestyles. The new nutritionbusinessjournal.com is our new way of delivering on this mission.

I welcome your feedback and suggestions, via this blog or via my email prea@nutritionbusiness.com

Enjoy!

-Patrick

I’ve been researching the natural & organic personal care market for the last 3 weeks. It’s amazing how little information there is out there - even more surprising how some writers and market research firms completely miss the mark. This is one of the reasons that Nutrition Business Journal first researched the natural personal care market 10 years ago.

As with all the nutrition industry product sectors and sales channels that we research, our goal is to produce the most detailed analysis of the natural & organic personal care market.

On February 21st, we’ll be presenting the findings of over a month of research on the natural & organic personal market online. If you’re planning a new product launch, considering an investment or trying to get smart on the natural & organic personal care market, it is truly in your best interests to register for this web seminar.

For $495, you receive 6 login points to this web seminar for your team.

NBJ’s mission is to deliver more research per dollar than any other market research firm. So, get your whole team up to speed on the business issues facing the natural personal care industry. Register today.

The company that recently shelled out $925 million for Burt’s Bees (a 5.6x revenue multiple!) just announced that it is launching a “green” line of cleaning products, according to www.sfgate.com.

The entire natural household product is very hot right now for new product launches, VC investment and acquistion. NBJ’s January 2008 issue is on Natural Personal Care, Cosmeceuticals & Natural Household products. Early estimates indicate another year of double digit growth for NPC and nearly 2x that NPC growth for natural household products.

Stay tuned for more on NPC from NBJ. In the meantime, if you need to get up to speed quickly on this hot sector, check out some of NBJ’s past research issues on NPC.

Two announcements from Nutrition Business Journal

NBJ Business Achievement Awards

Nutrition Business Journal is now accepting nominations for the 6th annual NBJ Business Achievement Awards. To link directly to the survey, click this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2b9pLOGdR8CAVuGMMl11_2b3w_3d_3d Nominations will be accepted online via nutritionbusiness.com through Tuesday, November 27th.

Nominations should describe distinguishing achievements such as revenue growth or profitability gains; turnarounds; new science or product; entry into a new sales channel, market segment or geographic area; noteworthy management initiatives; diversification, acquisition or integration achievements; or initiatives on behalf of consumer education or the industry in general.

Nominations should be written testimonials of no more than 1,000 words. You may nominate your own company and make more than one nomination.

NBJ Raw Materials & Ingredient Supply Industry Survey

Nutrition Business Journal is also undertaking its annual review of the nutrition industry’s raw materials & ingredient supply segment. This one-of-a-kind survey is a benchmark for the performance of this critical industry segment. Please take 5 minutes to fill in this survey if your firm supplies nutritional ingredients or raw materials to the supplements, personal care or food industries. NBJ will share a free copy of the aggregate survey results with you as a thank you for participating. Please click on this link to participate:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FxriGK4YGgPHBF6ct7JMJQ_3d_3d