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Retail & E-Commerce

India’s Vegan Dukan Now Offering 1-2 Day Delivery in Delhi and Bangalore

Vegan Dukan, an Indian online vegan marketplace, is now offering faster deliveries in the cities of Delhi and Bangalore. The retailer operates from the latter city — which is in the south of India — and delivers to customers across the country. However, demand is growing rapidly in the north, particularly in Delhi. As a result, Vegan Dukan is working to improve its service in this region, and shoppers in both Delhi and Bangalore can now receive their orders within one to two days. Customers can choose from products made by a range of plant-based Indian brands, such as Sudo Foods, Good Dot, and OneGood. Vegan supplements and cruelty-free personal care products are also available. Making vegan products accessible Vegan Dukan was founded in 2019, …

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Retail & E-Commerce

BettaF!sh Launches Ambient TU-NAH Spreads at ROSSMANN’s Online Store

German plant-based tuna BettaF!sh has announced the launch of a new ambient plant-based tuna spread range at the online store of one of Europe’s largest drugstore chains, ROSSMANN, from February 2023. This new listing marks the brand’s second partnership with the retail giant, which has been selling BettaF!sh’s sister brand, OCEANFRUIT, a producer of vegan seaweed snacks, for two years.  “We are immensely proud to be the first to trade BettaF!sh’s new ambient TU-NAH spreads. There’s no question that seaweeds are going to shape our future food system, so it feels all the better to be driving this trend forward together with BettaF!sh,” said Sandra Lorenz, MD of the ROSSMANN brand at Dirk Rossmann GmbH. Online customers can finally taste the TU-NAH!  The TU-NAH spreads are shelf-stable and …

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Textiles

Overstock Bans Cashmere Products, Receiving PETA Compassionate Business Award

Overstock.com, a US based retailer of furniture and home furnishings retailer, has been awarded PETA‘s Compassionate Business Award following its recent ban on products made from cashmere. The company previously banned products with exotic skins and other furs, including badger hair, mohair, angora, and alpaca. Working together with PETA, Overstock has already identified and removed from its website several products made of cashmere and says it is committed to putting measures in place to ensure such products are no longer offered on its e-commerce site by the end of this year. “Thanks to Overstock’s kind decision, fewer cashmere goats will be harmed for throw blankets,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “PETA is recognizing this conscientious company for being a leader in animal-free commerce …

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Shop Like You Give a Damn

Shop Like You Give a Damn
Fashion, Design & Beauty

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A Vegan, Fair & More Sustainable Department Store as a Force of Change

Turning frustration into innovation: how the founders of Shop Like You Give a Damn are veganising the fashion industry. On a mission to make compassion and sustainability the new normal, Shop Like You Give a Damn is Europe’s largest 100% vegan online department store for fair and sustainable fashion, cosmetics & home essentials. On this platform, you’ll find over 17,000 items from about 400 ethical brands. And what’s more: you can enjoy a 5% discount on the whole collection by signing up for their newsletter. Founders Alex, Kim and Stephan give a damn about Mama Earth and all her inhabitants and encourage you to do the same. Use their 14 ethical & sustainability criteria, certifications and material options to filter on the values that matter …

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Meat- and Fish Alternatives

Revo’s “Better Than the Real Thing” Plant-Based Smoked Salmon Arrives in the UK

Vienna’s Revo Foods, previously known as Legendary Vish, announces that its popular plant-based smoked salmon slices, made from pea proteins and algae extracts, are now available in the UK through GreenBay, an online vegan supermarket based in London that ships nationally across the UK as well as internationally. Better than real salmon Revo reports to vegconomist that several content creators and influencers have been sampling and endorsing the product online, with many describing the vegan fish as “better than [conventional] salmon”. The vegan salmon contains Omega-3 fatty acids, is free of common allergens such as soy or nuts, is made sustainably and emits 86% less CO2 than conventional salmon, according to the company. This is Revo’s debut product to market and is already available in …

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Kory Zelickson Vejii

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Interviews

Vejii Goes Public: “We Think This is Very Exciting & Indicative Of the Larger Potential Of the Market As a Whole”

Vejii, the largest sustainability-focused online marketplace in North America, announces it has become publicly listed on the CSE under the ticker VEJI. The platform, which delivers to 48 states, today becomes one of the few plant-based companies in the world to go public. Vegconomist sits down with CEO Kory Zelickson to hear more about the company’s big news. Why did you decide to go public? First of all, thanks for interviewing me, vegconomist.  I love and appreciate your coverage in the vegan business space.  My Co-Founder Darren Gill and I decided to take Vejii public to have more efficient access to and deployment of growth capital.  In addition, we wanted to have the ability to execute M&A strategies, which also offer interested investors in the …

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GTFO It's Vegan

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Company News

GTFO It’s Vegan Now Has the Most Extensive Line of Vegan Sashimi in the US Market

Online retailer GTFO It’s Vegan announces its own line of vegan tuna, salmon, sailfish, and calamari sashimi products under its private-label — Great Foods, It’s Vegan — which it claims means GTFO now offers the biggest range of vegan sashimi in the US market. “This launch is another key step in our efforts to realize our mission of becoming one of the most important companies in this century to ensure the sustainability of our people and our planet!”  The platform, which says it is pioneering the “New Age Vegan” movement, launched in the US on May 15th 2020 and in just over a month it fulfilled over 1000 orders, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. A year and a half later, GTFO has fulfilled nearly 30,000 orders …

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Studies & Numbers

Plant-Based Named as Category of the Year With 199% YOY Growth for Online Retail

Market data platform 1010data has revealed plant-based foods as its category of the year following a spotlight report on the 2020 online grocery sector. The research shows 199% annual growth in online sales of alt meat products and named MorningStar Farms as the top-performing brand.  The research also identified the best retail channels in the category, with Instacart as the market leader. Top sales for meat substitutes via Instacart were at Costco with 18% of sales, Publix 16%, and Sprouts 10%. Walmart and Amazon were the second and third best retail channels respectively. The data showed plant-based producer MorningStar Farms and its Incogmeato range enjoyed 94% annual growth and 30% of the market share, although they had lost customers to second place in the market …

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Fairs & Events

FACES 2021: Free Online Animal Conference to Headline Moby & Premiere Joaquin Phoenix Documentary

The online Farmed Animal Conference E-Summit will take place this August 2-8 and will feature vegan musician Moby hosting an intimate talk on his 30 plus years of veganism and activism. The event will also premiere the documentary GUNDA, exec produced by Joaquin Phoenix, as well as panels and talks from industry heavyweights including Philip Wollen and Miyoko Schinner. “These experts and leaders are addressing some of the most urgent issues of our time, from the devastating death toll of aquatic animals to building a bigger, more inclusive movement” Joining Moby for FACES 2021 are more than 20 leaders – scientists, journalists, filmmakers, activists, authors, CEOs, and more – each presenting their expertise on the most important topic facing activists and vegans: how to make …

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Kind technology for future food

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Fairs & Events

KindEarth.Tech to Host Virtual Event Discussing Future of Food & Alt Protein

This November 20th, KindEarth.Tech will host a huge virtual event, KindEarth Tech for Future Food, with speakers from across the industry. The event will offer guests the opportunity to meet food-tech innovators from Europe, America, and Asia, see pitches from startups and learn about cruelty-free child education.

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Interviews

Yumbles: “We Expect to see Great Strides in Innovations in How These Products are Made and More Importantly, How They Taste”

UK-based artisan food and drink marketplace, Yumbles, is on a mission to bring exceptional vegan and free-from products to the masses. Founded in 2013 by husband and wife team Simos and Katie, the online marketplace features unique products from more than 600 talented independent food and drink producers.

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Marketing & Media

Vegan Vacations Boom: Travel Agency Offers Vegan Boutique Accommodation on the Florida Keys

The vegan travel industry has been booming for some time, and more and more holiday providers are focusing on catering to vegans and sustainable people. An example is the travel agency Get It Across GmbH & Co. KG, which is providing visitors to the Florida Keys & Key West new eco-friendly accommodation with a vegan menu and sustainable amenities in the coming autumn and winter months.

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