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	GNC: Vitamins, Supplements, Minerals, Herbs, Sports Nutrition, Diet & Energy and more
		GNC: Vitamins, Supplements, Minerals, Herbs, Sports Nutrition, Diet and Energy and more
		If you need assistance with shopping on our site, please call us at 877-462-4700 and a customer care representative will be happy to assist you.
		GNC Commends FDA for Requiring New Supplement Industry Regulations
	www.gnc.com /home/index.jsp (88 words)

	General Nutrition Center
		AVA is proud to announce a new partnership with General Nutrition Centers (GNC).
		GNC will contact the store to make sure they understand the program and are willing to participate.
		GNC wants to make sure that everything flows smoothly so they ask for your cooperation in this area until the program is functioning smoothly.
	www.ava.org /gnc.htm (157 words)

	GNC sales thinned by U.S. diet habits - PittsburghLIVE.com
		GNC said second quarter net income fell $7.1 million from $14.4 million, more than a 50 percent drop from last year.
		GNC blamed the drop in revenues on a decline in sales at both its company-owned stores, and its franchises, combined with a store base that has shrunk.
		GNC, with 2,638 company-owned stores and 1,241 franchises in the country, has 12 fewer company-owned stores and 83 fewer domestic franchise stores than it did in June 2004.
	pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/business/s_360551.html (461 words)

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		(GNC) has signed a consent agreement settling 1984 FTC charges that it made false and unsubstantiated claims that a diet supplement, "Healthy Greens," was effective in reducing the risk of cancer.
		GNC is a nationwide chain of retail outlets that sell a wide range of health food products, including vitamins and mineral supplements, weight loss products, and cosmetics.
		In 1986 GNC had sales of more than $300 million through approximately 1,100 stores, most of which are called General Nutrition Centers.
	www.ftc.gov /opa/predawn/F88/gncconsent.txt (697 words)

	Numico to Sell GNC to Fully Focus on Core Businesses :: Natural and Nutritional Products Industry Center :: News
		GNC is a powerful brand and we look forward to working with its management team, dedicated employees and loyal franchisees in building the Company in the future.”
		The decision to sell GNC is the result of a comprehensive process during which all strategic options for GNC have been thoroughly assessed.
		GNC, based in Pittsburgh (US), is the world’s largest company in the production, marketing and sales of nutritional supplements with total net sales of EUR 625 million in the first half of 2003.
	www.npicenter.com /index.asp?action=NBViewDoc&DocumentID=5080 (900 words)

	GNC Franchise - General Nutrition Center Franchises
		GNC is the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional supplements, which includes vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements, sports nutrition products, diet and energy products and specialty supplements.
		GNC has more than 4,800 retail locations throughout the United States, including more than 1,300 domestic franchise locations, more than 1,000 store-within-a-store locations under its strategic alliance with Rite Aid and more than 800 locations in more than 35 foreign markets including Canada and Mexico.
		GNC franchise operators capitalize on the company's resources to deepen their own market penetration and retain valuable customers.
	www.franchisegator.com /cgi-bin/profile.php?key=107&f_type=16 (1040 words)

	961455 General Nutrition Cos. (GNC) Securities Class Action Complaint
		GNC is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and maintains its principal office at 921 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222.
		GNC issued, caused to be issued and participated in the issuance of materially false and misleading written statements to the investing public which were contained in the Registration Statement, which misrepresented or failed to disclose, inter alia, the facts set forth above.
		GNC is liable as an issuer under Section 11 of the Securities Act as set forth in Count I herein and as a seller or solicitor of GNC common stock as set forth in Count II herein.
	securities.stanford.edu /1001/GNCI96/001.html (12299 words)

	GNC Franchising (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		GNC is committed to providing the assistance you need to tap into your share of this growing market.
		GNC has been recognized repeatedly for its commitment to quality franchising.
		Since 1935, GNC has been building a global reputation as the largest specialty retailer of high-quality vitamin and mineral supplements, sports-nutrition and herbal products.
	www.franchises-1.com /gnc.asp (269 words)

	GNC promotes consumer-friendly policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As part of the initiative, GNC sales associates will ID customers who appear to be under 18 years old for products intended only for use by adults.
		Based in Pittsburgh, PA, GNC operates more than 5,300 retail outlets throughout the United States and also operates in Canada and Mexico.
		GNC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dutch nutrition company Royal Numico.
	www.nutraingredients-usa.com /news/news-ng.asp?id=24254-gnc-promotes-consumer (426 words)

	GNC names another CEO - PittsburghLIVE.com
		GNC operates 2,633 company-owned General Nutrition Center stores in the U.S. and Canada, and has 1,212 U.S. franchise locations, 1,114 stores in Rite Aid locations, and 822 international franchise stores.
		However, ratings agency analysts who follow GNC were not as taken with the uptick in comparable sales, or the ongoing revenue and net income declines on a year-over-year comparison recorded through the first nine months of 2005.
		He originally joined GNC in 1977, and had remained with the organization except for a brief period after GNC was acquired by Royal Numico in 1999.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/business/s_393780.html (465 words)

	Regulatory Actions Against General Nutrition
		The announcement stated that GNC's products were sold through a network of 4,203 retail stores operating under the General Nutrition Centers, Health and Diet Center and GNC Live Well names, of which 2,726 were company-owned and 1,477 were franchised.
		GNC agreed to pay a penalty of $2.4 million to settle FTC charges that it had made unsubstantiated claims for 41 more products [2].
		GNC stores still convey misleading messages about the need to take supplements, and several observers have noted unsubstantiated (and illegal) claims made by clerks to prospective customers.
	www.quackwatch.com /02ConsumerProtection/gnc.html (797 words)

	GNC-Sponsored Natural Marketing Institute Survey Shows High Consumer Confidence in Supplement Efficacy :: Natural and ...
		General Nutrition Companies, Inc. (GNC), based in Pittsburgh, PA, is the largest nationwide specialty retailer of vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements, sports nutrition as well as personal care and related products.
		GNC operates more than 5,000 retail outlets throughout the United States, including 1,370 domestic franchise locations, and in 33 foreign markets including Canada and Mexico.
		GNC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Numico N.V., a worldwide market leader in specialized nutrition that includes infant and clinical nutrition and nutritional supplements.
	www.npicenter.com /index.asp?action=NBViewDoc&DocumentID=5238 (552 words)

	Rival's dimmer outlook could hurt GNC offering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The GNC rival not only said sales in Vitamin World stores open at least a year fell 4 percent during the three months ended June 30, but also warned that near-term trends weren't good for specialty vitamin retailers.
		GNC filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission in late May saying it might seek to raise up to $345 million by selling shares to the public.
		Investment group Apollo Management, which paid $750 million in December to buy GNC from its Dutch parent, Royal Numico, and take it private, filed a prospectus to take it public again in late May -- GNC had been a public company before it was acquired by Royal Numico in 1999.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04209/352304.stm (469 words)

	GNC Announces Pro Performer Award Finalists (6/01)
		GNC's regional franchise consultants review the nominations and select one semifinalist from each of GNC's 42 regions.
		It is the mission of GNC Franchising to be a worldwide leader in franchising by developing the world's highest quality support services and awarding license agreements to qualified candidates who share GNC's growth and customer service objectives.
		GNC Franchising was recently named by Entrepreneur magazine as the number one franchise in the vitamin and nutritional supplement sector for the 12th consecutive year and ranked among the top 10 best franchises in the world in the magazine's annual rankings.
	mergerplace.bison.com /press/pr6-14gnc.html (628 words)

	GNC Franchise
		As the store count continued to grow, GNC began producing its own vitamin and mineral supplements as well as foods, beverages and cosmetics.
		GNC is a now a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Numico N.V., a worldwide market leader in specialized nutrition that includes infant and clinical nutrition and nutritional supplements.
		In addition to GNC, Royal Numico's family of companies include Rexall Sundown, Inc., a major supplier to the mass market based in Boca Raton, FL, sports nutrition leaders MET-Rx and Worldwide Sport Nutrition and the multi-level marketing operation of Unicity Network (encompassing the multi-level operations and products of Enrich International and Rexall Showcase International).
	www.franchising-opportunities.us /gncfranc.asp (463 words)

	GNC Announces Endurance Athletes Sponsorship Contest Winners
		These three individuals were named winners of the web- based essay contest that asked consumers to write why they would like GNC to sponsor them in their pursuit of an endurance goal.
		A GNC panel of judges, including company dietitians, scientific affairs team members and professional tri-athlete Jessi Stensland, reviewed over 1,000 entries and selected a winner in each category based on the challenge itself and the entrant's desire to achieve their goal.
		GNC has more than 4,900 retail locations throughout the United States, including more than 1,300 domestic franchise locations, more than 1,000 store-within-a-store locations under its strategic alliance with Rite Aid and more than 800 locations in more than 35 foreign markets including Canada and Mexico.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/03-03-2005/0003114877&EDATE= (1012 words)

	GNC, Franchising, Inc.
		GNC is the world's leading specialty retailer of vitamins and nutritional supplements, satisfying the public's insatiable demand for healthcare products.
		And Entrepreneur ranked GNC the industry's #1 retail franchise 15 years in a row.
		Most of all, the GNC franchise opportunity offers you the knowledge and skills we've acquired throughout our nearly 70-year history.
	www.franchiseonline.com /franchise/5138/GNCFranchisingInc.asp (311 words)

	GNC Nutrition sold at huge loss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Apollo Management was the winner of a number of bids that went up for GNC, after Royal Numico indicated that they wanted to sell GNC a number of months ago.
		Royal Numico purchased GNC for $2.5 billion dollars in 1999, and with it's sale today, will take a stagerring loss in its investment.
		There were a number of bidders for GNC, including Nature's Bounty (symbol used to be NTBY, but they changed it to NTY), which owns Vitamin World.
	www.getnhq.com /id36.html (1045 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- GNC to pull all ephedra items from shelves
		GNC acknowledged it is embroiled in legal actions over ephedra, but the decision to drop the products was a "consumer demand issue," the company said.
		A GNC spokeswoman said the company's corporate-owned stores do not carry the nation's top-selling ephedra product, San Diego-based Metabolife International's Metabolife 356, but she said some of GNC's 1,360 franchisee-owned stores might stock it.
		GNC has been named in consumer lawsuits against Xenadrine's maker, New Jersey-based Cytodyne Technologies, as well as in lawsuits filed against MuscleTech Research and Development, the maker of Hydroxycut, another ephedra product that GNC used to carry.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20030503-9999_1b3ephedra.html (716 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on GNC Pro Performance Elite Series Mega Whey, Chocolate at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		GNC Pro Performance Elite Series Mega Whey protein is an excellent protein choice for individuals of all ages.
		GNC Mega Whey provides you with 40 grams of this protein.
		For this reason many gastroenterologists consider glutamine to be a "conditionally essential nutrient" and ensure adequate glutamine intake in patients with severe gastrointestinal disease.
	www.epinions.com /content_149383384708 (919 words)

	GNC Corporation Announces Management Change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		These business strategies are already starting to show positive results and have strengthened GNC's leadership position in the industry." As of September 30, 2005, GNC Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operated 2,633 company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada and had 1,212 domestic franchised locations, 1,114 Rite Aid "store-within-a-store" locations and 822 international franchised locations.
		GNC is the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional supplements, which includes vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements (VMHS), sports nutrition products, diet and energy products and other wellness products.
		GNC believes there is a reasonable basis for our expectations and beliefs, but they are inherently uncertain, we may not realize our expectations and our beliefs may not prove correct.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/11-11-2005/0004214098&EDATE= (730 words)

	GNC Franchising - General Nutrition Center Franchises
		GNC International Franchising offers you the answers, as well as the opportunity to exclusive rights to the GNC franchise market in your country
		Turning wellness into wealth GNC has been recognized repeatedly for its commitment to quality franchising.
		Entrepreneur has ranked GNC the industry's #1 retail franchise for 14 years in a row and our franchise opportunity has twice been named America's Best Franchise in just four years.
	nettizen.com /member.asp?id=79 (230 words)

	Natural Products Industry Insider - GNC Admits to Selling Expired Product
		However, other GNC insiders said that Down alone would not have had the power alone to direct this action.
		Some GNC insiders estimated the directive took place in early February but that it was rescinded within a few weeks time due to complaints from store managers and executives.
		GNC told WSJ that it was immediately pulling expired product from store shelves and added that sell-by dates were not legally required on its products.
	www.naturalproductsinsider.com /hotnews/18h2875621.html (368 words)

	General Nutrition, Inc. - 4/94 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		GNC widely advertises and promotes its products through broadcast advertisements, newspaper and magazine ads, mail circulars and mail-order catalogs, product labels, and in-store displays and in-store handouts.
		GNC failed to have competent and reliable scientific evidence to substantiate such claims; therefore, the FTC alleged, GNC violated the 1989 order.
		In 1969, GNC settled FTC charges regarding claims made for vitamin products and preparations advertised as beneficial in the prevention, relief, or treatment of tiredness, listlessness, lack of normal appetite, "run down" feeling, and other such symptoms.
	www.ftc.gov /opa/predawn/F95/gennutritionco.htm (1045 words)

	The Dirtbike.com Motozone - GNC Sold - Venues Moving to Denton, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		“The GNC was created to promote fun and enthusiasm for performance athletes so that they could showcase and perfect their abilities and aspirations of becoming pro riders themselves,” added Jerry.
		Effective immediately both the GNC Final and GNC Good Times National will be moved from its current location at Mosier Valley USA in Euless, Texas to Oak Hill Motocross Park in Decatur, Texas.
		Additional information will be posted on both the GNC and Oak Hill MX websites shortly at http://www.gncmx.com and http://www.oakhillmx.com respectively.
	www.dirtbike.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13719 (390 words)

	Leaner diet market hurts GNC - 2005-08-04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		GNC Corp., which operates General Nutrition Center stores, said Thursday that revenues fell in the three-month period ended June 30 as sales of diet products slumped.
		Pittsburgh-based GNC said it had consolidated revenues of $333.3 million for the quarter, down 4.1 percent compared to the $347.7 million the prior year.
		As of June 30, GNC operates 2,638 company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada and had 1,241 domestic franchised locations, 1,067 Rite Aid "store-within-a-store" locations and 800 international franchised locations.
	www.bizjournals.com /pittsburgh/stories/2005/08/01/daily23.html (588 words)

	Lensmart - Contact Lenses: Order Discount Contact Lenses Acuvue, Acuvue 2, Focus, Freshlook Online
		GNC Quality Commitment: GNC is the leader in the development and manufacture of dietary supplements, committed to producing the highest quality products available.
		Every raw material that goes into a GNC supplement is guaranteed as to quality and potency.
		GNC Guarantee: Use any GNC supplement for as little as 10 days.
	lensmart.com /qxp70381_332828_sespider/gnc_mens/arginmax_tablets.htm (476 words)

	GNC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		GNC - General Nutrition Centres - "The World's Largest supplier of vitamins, minerals and supplements".
		GNC strives to be the leading provider of products, services and information in the self-care and personal health enhancement market.
		We hope to resume the affiliate link to GNC at some time, but in the meantime, an alternative is...
	www.zyra.org.uk /gnc.htm (166 words)

	GNC MediaRoom - We're committed to exceeding your expectations
		GNC sets the standard in the nutritional supplement industry by demanding truth in labeling, ingredient safety and product potency, all while remaining on the cutting-edge of nutritional science.
		In fact, GNC is the world's largest company of its kind devoted exclusively to helping its customers improve the quality of their lives.
		GNC Commends FDA for Requiring New Supplement Industry Regulations
	gnc.mediaroom.com (126 words)

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