Natural route to radiant retail health
Wellness Warehouse is thriving on its organic formula
Wellness Warehouse, which in the past 10 years has become the largest niche health and wellness retailer in the country with more than 26 stores in Gauteng and the Western Cape, plans to open another 30 stores in the next three to four years. The business was started by the Gomes brothers: Sean, a doctor interested in preventative healthcare who had started specialising in anaesthetics, and Carlos, who had helped grow the family's De La Rey building materials and home improvement business (which has since been sold to Massmart). Carlos had witnessed at De La Rey how much interest there was in home spas and jacuzzis, and thought there would be an opportunity in retail in the "wellness" sector. The business is in the right place at the right time to capture the interest of millennials for whom health is a priority. For them, and for many others of all ages, being healthy isn't about taking medication, it's about prevention and a healthy lifestyle. It's not about dieting, it's about ea...
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