Retail sales within the consumer packaged goods health and wellness industry reached $68 billion in 2004, according to findings from the Natural Marketing Institute's annual research study of 2,000-plus U.S. consumer households.

The latest data from NMI, which will be published in March 2005 in NMI's 2005 "Health and Wellness Trends Report," constitute a total growth of 8.5 percent over 2003.

NMI Managing Partner Steve French states, “Despite recent economic challenges, consumer spending last year in the health and wellness industry continued to rise. We project ...   more »

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