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New York metro area DSD house Big Geyser is betting on fitness-focused functional beverage brand Gym Weed, along with its modern soda sub-line Gym Soda.

In this week’s new product gallery, Bloom and Bizzy expand by getting smaller, a pair of energy drink brands get America-inspired, and both wildwonder and Slice showcase their divergent approaches to modern CSDs.

After more than two decades on the market and 1.5 billion bottles sold, unsweetened flavored water pioneer Hint is betting that a comprehensive brand refresh will help it reclaim center stage in the increasingly crowded hydration set.

Soda’s comeback is still in full swing this week, in the guise of Poppi’s (now permanent) revival of one of its best-selling LTOs and AriZona’s philanthropic take on a Brooklyn classic. Plus protein cold brew from Wandering Bear, Mingle Mocktails’ new mood-boosting drinks and much more.

Higher beverage prices covered for falling volume as growth trends remained positive during the two-week period ended July 12, including the July 4th holiday, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs.

Hint, Inc. CEO Kara Goldin and COO Theo Goldin have been removed from their c-suite roles at the flavored water brand, according to sources close to the company. Hint’s board of directors made the decision this week to reassign the Goldins, who founded the brand in 2005, to unspecified new roles at the company.

Flavored water maker Hint, Inc. announced this week it has raised $25 million in a series D funding round that will help support the company’s continued growth over the next several years. The round was led by prior investor Springboard Growth Capital (SGC), a firm focused on funding mid-stage CPG companies founded by women, and also includes investments from Philippe Laffont, Gingerbread Capital and Medina Heights Capital Partners.

Ahead of Super Bowl LIV in Miami this weekend, here’s a quick look at some of the beverage brands hoping to make a splash on Sunday, including a pair of star-powered spots for Coca Cola Energy and MTN DEW Zero Sugar, as well as Hint’s big game ad debut.

In BevNET’s second gallery of new products from the show, we highlight some notable new launches across water of all types, as well as a handful of products such as Dr Pepper’s new limited offering, fruit smoothies from Simply and Ripple’s entry into the plant-based protein drink arena. For more new products featured at NACS, see our first slideshow.

In this roundup of news from the 2018 NACS trade show in Las Vegas, BevNET checks in with Red Bull and Hint about recent line extensions, examines developments in the sparkling water space, learns about new CBD drinks from New Age Beverages, and samples Brew Dr. Kombucha’s new C-store exclusive innovations.

In this video recorded at NACS 2018, BevNET assistant editor Martin Caballero and staff reporter Brad Avery offer a quick recap of some of their main takeaways from the show.

The flavored water maker announced the grand opening of its first brick-and-mortar retail store this week, located at 2124 Union Street in the Cow Hollow/Marina district of San Francisco across from the company’s HQ.

hint, Inc., a San Francisco-based company best known for its award-winning, unsweetened flavored water, and its Founder and CEO, Kara Goldin, are proud to announce the opening of hint’s first brick and mortar retail store, located at 2124 Union Street in the Cow Hollow/Marina district of San Francisco.

With the rise of online mega-retailers has also come the democratizing tool of direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce. Within this fast growing space, many startups are now looking to subscription models as a tool to growing their business.