{"id":21131,"date":"2018-02-19T09:39:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T07:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/?p=21131"},"modified":"2022-12-28T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T13:06:30","slug":"holland-barrett-natural-organic-products-europe-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/en\/2018\/02\/19\/holland-barrett-natural-organic-products-europe-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitch perfect: Holland & Barrett back at Natural & Organic Products Europe 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natural and organic brands looking to secure a listing with Holland & Barrett International will get another exclusive opportunity to pitch their latest innovations to the retailer\u2019s senior buying team at Natural & Organic Products Europe<\/a> trade show, which returns to London ExCeL on 22-23 April.<\/p>\n

Holland & Barrett\u2019s<\/strong> buyers \u2013 including Lucy Pottinger, head of category for ethical beauty and aromatherapy, Lisa Sinclair, head of category for VMS, and Nick Janda, senior category manager for sports nutrition \u2013 will have plenty of new innovations to choose from for 2018. Over 700 exhibiting companies are now confirmed for this year\u2019s event. And each has the chance to enter their new natural and organic food, drink, health, beauty and natural living products into the Innovation Pitch Live contest.<\/p>\n

Competing exhibitors (those shortlisted before the show) will only have five minutes to impress the H&B judges when they take their turn to \u2018pitch\u2019 on the Natural Products Talk Theatre stage (Monday 23 April). They\u2019ll also have to win over an audience full of visiting buyers and retailers in the process, as their votes may help swing the judges\u2019 decision.<\/p>\n

New start-up Turmerlicious was among the six exhibitors vying for a (potential) listing with Holland & Barrett last year. Within months, their products joined the retailer\u2019s range of over 8,000 SKUs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a business that is known for bringing innovative health products to the high street, we were delighted to get the opportunity for another live pitch session at this year’s Natural & Organic Products Europe. Several brands we’ve met at the show in this way have gone onto have successful ranges in more than 750 stores across the UK and Ireland, and this year we are hoping to find more original and brilliant creations this industry has become known for,\u201d<\/em> says Pottinger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a show, we\u2019ve been supporting new start-ups in the health and wellbeing sector for over twenty years.\u00a0 We\u2019re delighted to be working closely with Holland & Barrett, once again, to offer our exhibitors an exclusive opportunity to fast track their way to meet their buyers and \u2013 potentially \u2013 win a listing,\u201d<\/em> says Natural & Organic Products Europe\u2019s event director Carol Dunning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was standing room only in the theatre last year \u2013 and our visitors got to see some amazing presentations of the latest new products. If anything, this year\u2019s competition is going to be even more intense \u2013 as more exhibitors are preparing to take part,\u201d<\/em> she says.<\/p>\n

The Innovation Pitch Live<\/strong> is open to all companies currently booked to exhibit at Natural & Organic Products Europe 2018 (across all feature areas: The Natural Food Show, Natural Health, Natural Living, and Natural Beauty & Spa Show).<\/p>\n