TheNaturalStore.com(TM) Sets Product Standards So Customers Can Shop with Ease and Confidence

BELLEVUE, Wash., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TheNaturalStore.com™, committed to helping people live healthier lives, has developed criteria for the wide assortment of products it offers so customers can shop knowing that every product meets our set of standards for natural or environmentally-friendly.

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A division of leading online retailer drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq: DSCM), TheNaturalStore.com offers thousands of essentials for healthier living in categories such as beauty, personal care, vitamins, baby and kids, health, home and pets, vitamins, herbal remedies, food and fitness. In addition to health, beauty and wellness items, the extensive assortment includes composting toilets, bamboo sheets, rechargeable batteries, solar lighting, green outdoor products like push lawn mowers, and a wide range of water filtration options.

“When we created TheNaturalStore.com, we approached it based on our concept of how our own personal health is tied to our community, our planet, and a healthy economy – we call it the ‘Triple Bottom Line,’” said Julie Johnston, vice president of merchandising, drugstore.com, inc. “By providing an evolving online marketplace for a wide range of natural  or eco-friendly products from name brands to niche, hard-to-find items, we help our customers live healthier every day.”

As consumer demand changes and products are updated to become even more environmentally-friendly, today’s standards for natural will also change.  Right now, customers can rest-assured that every product meets the following set of criteria:

• No artificial colors or dyes used
• Contains no mineral oils or petrolatum
• Not tested on animals
• Free of harsh chemicals and known skin irritants
• Full disclosure labeling
• Meets Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) Standards

TheNaturalStore.com also features Natural Savings with money-saving offers, gifts with purchase, product samples, and volume discounts on select products. Each product page also contains a variety of information from tips for healthier living to verified customer reviews and ingredients.

Customers may browse and order privately online with billing, delivery, and customer service provided by drugstore.com™, one of the top 50 online retailers in the United States.

About TheNaturalStore.com

TheNaturalStore.com™, is a division of  drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq: DSCM), and is committed to helping people live healthier lives by offering our customers a wide selection of natural, “green” and environmentally-friendly products online at great prices.  The company’s portfolio of health, beauty, and wellness brands include: drugstore.com™, Beauty.com™, SkinStore.com™, VisionDirect.com™, AtHisBest.com™, AllergySuperStore.com™, and SexualWellBeing.com™.

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