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Time Business News
3 days ago
- Health
- Time Business News
New Wellness Brand Terra Wellness Launches with Focus on Cellular Hydration and Clean Health Solutions
A new player has entered the global wellness market with a clear mission: to restore foundational health through deep, cellular hydration. Terra Wellness, an Australian-founded wellness brand, has launched with its flagship collection, Pure Hydration Solutions, offering a curated line of mineral-rich, structured hydration products designed to support the body from the inside out. In an industry saturated with quick fixes and ever-changing trends, Terra Wellness is choosing to focus on one of the most overlooked building blocks of human health—water. The wellness sector, expected to surpass $7 trillion globally by 2027, has seen significant interest in holistic nutrition, gut health, and sleep optimization. But Terra Wellness is tapping into a growing realization among consumers and health professionals alike: without proper hydration, none of these systems function optimally. 'Many people are drinking water but still feel tired, bloated, or sluggish. The problem isn't always quantity—it's quality,' says a Terra Wellness spokesperson. 'We're here to restore what water is meant to be: clean, energising, mineralised, and functional.' The company's Pure Hydration Solutions line features: Structured water flasks designed to re-energise and mimic nature's flow patterns designed to re-energise and mimic nature's flow patterns Trace mineral drops that support adrenal health, energy, and hydration absorption that support adrenal health, energy, and hydration absorption Advanced water filters that remove harmful chemicals while preserving bioavailability that remove harmful chemicals while preserving bioavailability Portable hydration tools ideal for travellers, families, and wellness practitioners The full product range is available at Rather than chasing the next health fad, Terra Wellness takes a grounded approach: identify the root causes of fatigue, inflammation, and sleep disruption—and address them at their source. Their brand messaging emphasises simplicity, transparency, and long-term impact. Early feedback from customers and naturopaths alike points to improvements in energy levels, better sleep, clearer skin, and reduced cravings—all potential indicators of improved cellular hydration. The brand's visual identity and packaging align with its ethos: low-tox, minimal-waste, and built to fit seamlessly into daily routines. Though new to market, Terra Wellness enters a space that is rapidly evolving. Consumers are now demanding not only natural health products but also sustainability, education, and ethical sourcing. Terra's direct-to-consumer e-commerce model, combined with Australian fulfilment and global shipping capabilities, positions it for both domestic and international scalability. The brand has already begun exploring partnerships with allied health professionals, yoga studios, and integrative wellness clinics to distribute its hydration solutions. Future product releases will include collections for nervous system regulation, restful sleep, and detoxification, all designed to support foundational health and stress resilience. At its core, Terra Wellness is more than a hydration brand—it's part of a wider movement toward preventative health and conscious living. By focusing on simple but vital routines, like mineralised hydration and clean water access, the brand taps into a demand for products that are effective, easy to use, and rooted in natural function. As the global wellness market grows more sophisticated, Terra Wellness is aiming to stand out by going back to basics—intentionally, intelligently, and with measurable results. To learn more, visit TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Perth Now
04-08-2025
- Health
- Perth Now
‘Devastating': What these Aussies can't afford
Four million Australians cannot afford basic personal hygiene and cleaning products, new research suggests. Up to one-in-five people are going without soap, toothpaste, pads and tampons or deodorant, results of a new survey from Good360 suggests. The researchers deem being unable to afford these essentials as 'hygiene poverty'. 'The impacts of hygiene poverty are wide ranging, with our research showing it takes a devastating toll on people's mental and physical wellbeing,' Good360 managing director Alison Covington said. 'Hygiene poverty can cause feelings of low self-esteem, embarrassment and shame, and make it difficult for people to maintain their health.' Women are more likely to be deciding which health essentials they can and cannot afford, the survey shows. Credit: Supplied Good360 donates new and unsold clothes, homewares, toiletries and toys from hundreds of retailers to thousands of Australian charities and schools. The charity has surveyed 1000 Australians to see how many people cannot afford hygiene and cleaning products, and the results were released on Tuesday. One-in-seven survey respondents are unable to afford cleaning products, the survey finds. Women and young people are more likely to experience hygiene poverty. About 30 per cent of people aged 18 to 24 are concerned about affording hygiene and cleaning products, as are 21 per cent of women. 'Our research also highlights the significant consequences on daily life, such as people avoiding social events or other critical commitments such as work and school,' Ms Covington said. As well as personal items, the survey finds large numbers of Australians cannot afford cleaning products. Credit: Supplied 'Eliminating hygiene poverty isn't just about ensuring people have access to toothpaste and deodorant, it's about helping people to live a dignified and healthy life. 'There should not be millions of Australians, including children, going without the basics they need to thrive,' she said. Australian-founded company QV Skincare works with Good360 to help people get basic necessities. QV head of global marketing Simone Thomassen said the findings of hygiene poverty across Australia were alarming. 'We were shocked at Good360 Australia's recent report on hygiene poverty,' she said. 'Nobody should have to experience hygiene poverty in a country like Australia. That's why we are proud to be partnering with leading charity Good360 to donate essential hygiene products to people in need.' Nearly a third of 18-24 year olds and 1-in-5 Australian women are concerned about affording essential hygiene and cleaning products. Credit: Supplied Separate from the Good360 research, the Victorian government announced on Monday an expansion of its free pads and tampons scheme, which has put vending machines in major public markets, libraries, sporting venues and recreation centres. The $23m scheme has dispensed 90,000 hygiene packs since November 2024. 'Whether you're at a footy final or on a school excursion, you shouldn't have to worry about access to pads and tampons,' Victorian Women's Minister Natalie Hutchins said. 'We're delivering free pads and tampons in public places right across Victoria, and now we're making it a reality at some of our most iconic venues – saving Victorian families thousands of dollars every year.' The latest consumer price index data shows health costs having risen 4.1 per cent in the past year, while furnishings, household equipment and services costs have risen 1.1 per cent in the capital cities during the past three months. Food inflation is running at 3 per cent for the past 12 months. Overall, the household inflation rate has ticked up 2.1 per cent during the past year. Wages are outpacing inflation again, with the latest quarterly wage price index data showing a 3.4 per cent rise in annual terms.
Scoop
22-07-2025
- Business
- Scoop
ROLLER Leverages Datadog To Cut Cloud Costs And Improve Reliability
Press Release – Datadog ROLLER is the software behind more than 2,200 attraction businesses, including Sky Zone Trampoline Parks, Scenic World and Chipmunks Playland & Caf. Founded in Melbourne, the company now operates in 35 countries. The software behind over 2,200 attractions uses Datadog to help drive 24×7 availability through comprehensive cloud observability and security Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced ROLLER, an Australian-founded software company for attractions, has streamlined operations, improved availability, and reduced cloud infrastructure costs using the Datadog platform. ROLLER is the software behind more than 2,200 attraction businesses, including Sky Zone Trampoline Parks, Scenic World and Chipmunks Playland & Café. Founded in Melbourne, the company now operates in 35 countries, supports millions of guest experiences, and processes more than AU$450 million in transactions per month. 'We provide a trusted mission-critical system for attractions all over the world,' says Sean Fernandez, CIO at ROLLER. 'It's imperative that our systems remain highly available so our customers can continue to conduct transactions and provide a modern digital experience visitors expect. That's how we landed on Datadog. It's a system of intelligence that enables our small team to continue to support thousands of attractions businesses worldwide.' Consolidating multiple tools, the move to Datadog provided ROLLER with a unified observability and security platform, breaking down siloes and providing crucial context into potential application performance issues that may impede bookings and the overall customer experience. ROLLER can now detect, understand and resolve problems quickly, conduct more accurate troubleshooting, manage logs, address application vulnerabilities, and ensure it maintains service level agreements (SLAs) with customers. Moreover, Datadog has enabled ROLLER to reach its goal of 24×7 availability. Alerts worked correctly from day one of implementation, and previous pain points, such as log aggregation and correlation, have become easy to manage. The ability to correlate events across ROLLER's entire technology stack has drastically improved incident response times. The mean time to remediation (MTTR) is down by 99 per cent – with issues being resolved in 15 minutes when it previously could take three days. 'When we have an issue, the most useful thing is not just to look at what's broken – it's to look at the entire stack, because you'll always end up missing the forest for the trees with the number of events that can stem from one single issue,' said Fernandez. 'Datadog allows us to observe our whole environment with a single pane of glass, and the platform correlates everything in 30 seconds versus manually trawling through multiple systems, which would previously take hours at best.' Derisking cloud modernisation and cutting costs As ROLLER scaled, rising cloud compute costs coincided with a need to modernise its cloud infrastructure. Datadog supported ROLLER's modernisation initiatives across infrastructure, continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD). ROLLER reduced the time to spin up new compute capacity by 77 per cent and reduced compute costs by around 60 per cent. Using Datadog to execute these modernisation initiatives enabled the team to improve operational efficiency while delivering long-term growth. 'Datadog derisked taking modernisation approaches on AWS,' says Fernandez. 'Observability is about reducing risk. You can take a much bigger risk building infrastructure if you have a really good observability platform over the top. Datadog helped us understand whether our customers were still being serviced properly as we made changes to our infrastructure and CI/CD processes.' ROLLER now has comprehensive visibility into its applications and infrastructure, enabling operations, engineering, security and support teams with the ability to use and communicate using one platform. ROLLER's relatively small ICT team has also quadrupled scale while simultaneously derisking operations and supporting more complex systems. 'The experiences industry is defined by strong customer service, built on trust and reliability – from the moment customers book their tickets to the memories they keep,' said Rob Thorne, Vice President for APJ at Datadog. 'By using Datadog to create a reliable and resilient infrastructure, ROLLER has de-risked its operations while bringing down its cloud spend, priming it to support for an industry still navigating the impacts of the pandemic.'
Scoop
21-07-2025
- Business
- Scoop
ROLLER Leverages Datadog To Cut Cloud Costs And Improve Reliability
The software behind over 2,200 attractions uses Datadog to help drive 24x7 availability through comprehensive cloud observability and security Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced ROLLER, an Australian-founded software company for attractions, has streamlined operations, improved availability, and reduced cloud infrastructure costs using the Datadog platform. ROLLER is the software behind more than 2,200 attraction businesses, including Sky Zone Trampoline Parks, Scenic World and Chipmunks Playland & Café. Founded in Melbourne, the company now operates in 35 countries, supports millions of guest experiences, and processes more than AU$450 million in transactions per month. 'We provide a trusted mission-critical system for attractions all over the world,' says Sean Fernandez, CIO at ROLLER. 'It's imperative that our systems remain highly available so our customers can continue to conduct transactions and provide a modern digital experience visitors expect. That's how we landed on Datadog. It's a system of intelligence that enables our small team to continue to support thousands of attractions businesses worldwide.' Consolidating multiple tools, the move to Datadog provided ROLLER with a unified observability and security platform, breaking down siloes and providing crucial context into potential application performance issues that may impede bookings and the overall customer experience. ROLLER can now detect, understand and resolve problems quickly, conduct more accurate troubleshooting, manage logs, address application vulnerabilities, and ensure it maintains service level agreements (SLAs) with customers. Moreover, Datadog has enabled ROLLER to reach its goal of 24x7 availability. Alerts worked correctly from day one of implementation, and previous pain points, such as log aggregation and correlation, have become easy to manage. The ability to correlate events across ROLLER's entire technology stack has drastically improved incident response times. The mean time to remediation (MTTR) is down by 99 per cent – with issues being resolved in 15 minutes when it previously could take three days. 'When we have an issue, the most useful thing is not just to look at what's broken – it's to look at the entire stack, because you'll always end up missing the forest for the trees with the number of events that can stem from one single issue,' said Fernandez. 'Datadog allows us to observe our whole environment with a single pane of glass, and the platform correlates everything in 30 seconds versus manually trawling through multiple systems, which would previously take hours at best.' Derisking cloud modernisation and cutting costs As ROLLER scaled, rising cloud compute costs coincided with a need to modernise its cloud infrastructure. Datadog supported ROLLER's modernisation initiatives across infrastructure, continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD). ROLLER reduced the time to spin up new compute capacity by 77 per cent and reduced compute costs by around 60 per cent. Using Datadog to execute these modernisation initiatives enabled the team to improve operational efficiency while delivering long-term growth. 'Datadog derisked taking modernisation approaches on AWS,' says Fernandez. 'Observability is about reducing risk. You can take a much bigger risk building infrastructure if you have a really good observability platform over the top. Datadog helped us understand whether our customers were still being serviced properly as we made changes to our infrastructure and CI/CD processes.' ROLLER now has comprehensive visibility into its applications and infrastructure, enabling operations, engineering, security and support teams with the ability to use and communicate using one platform. ROLLER's relatively small ICT team has also quadrupled scale while simultaneously derisking operations and supporting more complex systems. 'The experiences industry is defined by strong customer service, built on trust and reliability – from the moment customers book their tickets to the memories they keep,' said Rob Thorne, Vice President for APJ at Datadog. 'By using Datadog to create a reliable and resilient infrastructure, ROLLER has de-risked its operations while bringing down its cloud spend, priming it to support for an industry still navigating the impacts of the pandemic.'
Cision Canada
16-07-2025
- Health
- Cision Canada
Little Bellies Expands Canadian Lineup with New Organic, Age-and-Stage Appropriate Snacks for Babies and Toddlers Français
New products rolling out at Loblaws and Walmart offer more adventurous tastes, textures and shapes to support independence and developmental milestones TORONTO, July 16, 2025 /CNW/ -- Little Bellies, Australian-founded baby and toddler snack brand known for its wholesome, age-and-stage appropriate snacks, is further expanding its Canadian range with seven new products designed to support key developmental milestones from 10+ months to toddlerhood. With its existing line catering to babies from 7+ months – including the well-loved puffs, Pick-Me Sticks, and Round-a-Bouts, the lineup has now grown to offer more variety for the 10+ and 12+ months stages. These new additions bring more shapes, flavours and textures that encourage independence and confident self-feeding skills. Now available at Loblaws and Walmart stores nationwide, the expanded range continues Little Bellies' mission to evolve with little ones as they grow. For 10+ Months: More to Explore Range At around 10 months, babies begin mastering rotary jaw movements, making chewing easier and allowing for more textured foods. This stage also brings growing independence in self-feeding. The More To Explore range is designed to support these milestones with melt-in-the-mouth developmentally supportive snacks that encourage chewing, promote fine motor skills and introduce babies to a wider variety of flavours and shapes. In addition to Little Bellies' beloved 10+ months Yogurt Pick-Me Sticks and Softcorn, the More to Explore range now includes: Organic Carrot & Cinnamon Paws Organic Pear & Vanilla Paws For 12+ Months: Toddlers in Training Range By 12 months, toddlers begin to rely more on solid food as part of their daily feeding routine. The Toddlers In Training range supports this growth by introducing more adventurous shapes, flavours and textures – designed to build independence and confidence at mealtimes. In addition to the 12+ months cookies, the updated lineup includes: Building on its growing presence in Canada, Little Bellies continues to expand its range and retail reach to meet the evolving needs of families. The Australian-founded brand remains committed to its mission of creating snacks that grow with children, while supporting parents as their partner in their children's feeding journey with trusted, organic and wholesome options. "With our expanded Canadian lineup and retail presence, we're excited to reach even more families with snacks that truly support a child's unique journey of development and discovery," said Clive Sher, co-founder and managing director of Little Bellies. "We continue to grow with Canadian families and provide options they feel good about – offering new ways to nurture curiosity, independence and a love of food in little ones. At Little Bellies, we do what's natural, so parents can do what's natural." Founded in 2011 by brothers Clive and Steven Sher – after Steven's son was diagnosed with severe food sensitivities – Little Bellies was created to offer natural snacks that nurture independence, encourage safe self-feeding and support palate development, without artificial additives or unnecessary ingredients. All Little Bellies products are crafted with carefully selected, organic ingredients and free from artificial colours, flavours and additives. Designed to grow with children from starting solids to toddlerhood, Little Bellies helps parents simplify snack time with developmentally supportive options they can trust. For more information, visit or connect with the brand on Instagram, TikTok or Facebook. About Little Bellies The Little Bellies brand was created by two brothers with seven young children between them, after one of their children was diagnosed with severe food sensitivities. The safe snack options at the time were significantly limited which drove their passion and awareness to develop foods with wholesome ingredients. They wanted to feed their families nothing but the best quality food, free from artificial additives, genetically modified ingredients, unnecessary salt and sugar and with minimal herbicides and pesticides, especially during the formative baby and toddler years. Little Bellies is a brand that understands the joy and challenges of raising happy, healthy children and is committed to creating wholesome snacks that delight little taste buds and make parents smile. As one of the largest baby and toddler snack suppliers in Australia and New Zealand, Little Bellies expanded into the North American market in 2019. For more information, visit
