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Profiles in Innovation: A&P\'s Store Brands Transformation (Part 1 of 4)

Over the past 18 months, Doug Palmer and his store brands\' team seem to have accomplished the impossible  -- they revamped and repositioned The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.\'s (A&P\'s) entire store brands\' portfolio of more than 4,000 items across 435 stores. At the center of th Read More...

Profiles in Innovation: A&P\'s High Hopes for Premium Store Brands (Part 2 of 4)

Editor\'s Note: This is the second of an exclusive four-part series on A&P\'s revamped store brand\'s program. Last week\'s article, \"A&P\'s Store Brands Transformation,\" focused on the grocer\'s overall strategy and plan. Subsequent weekly articles in the series will feature Green Way, A& Read More...

Profiles in Innovation: A&P\'s \'Green Way\' to Sustainability (Part 3 of 4)

Editor\'s Note: This is the third in an exclusive four-part series on A&P\'s revamped store brands\' program. Part I, \"A&P\'s Store Brands Transformation,\" focused on the grocer\'s overall strategy and plan. Last week\'s Part II, \"A&P\'s High Hopes for Premium Store Brands,\" focused Read More...

Profiles in Innovation: A&P\'s Non-Foods Are Positioned to Explode (Part 4 of 4)

Editor’s Note: This is the last article in an exclusive four-part series on A&P’s revamped store brand’s program. The first part, “A&P’s Store Brands Transformation,” focused on the grocer’s overall strategy and plan. Part II, “A&P’s Read More...

Retailers on the Tipping Point of a Store Branding Revolution

John Failla, founder of Store Brands Decisions, moderates the packaging  and design roundtable. Store brand design and packaging is growing in importance as many retailers expand beyond national-brand-equivalent products and look toward developing premium products that are be Read More...

Packaging & Design: Elevating the Store Brands Game

Editor\'s Note: This is the first of a two-part report on the Store Brands Decisions Packaging and Design Roundtable held at the PLMA Show. Roundtable participants included Doug Palmer, A&P; Michael Kitz, OfficeMax, Wendy Sallak, Topco; Andy Johnson, united; Rob Wallace, Wallace Church; Maria Du Read More...

Managing Store Brand Product Development Risk

Editor\'s Note: This is the second of a two-part special report on the Store Brands Decisions Packaging and Design Roundtable held at the PLMA Show. Roundtable participants included Doug Palmer, A&P; Michael Kitz, OfficeMax; Wendy Sallak, Topco; Andy Johnson, united; Rob Wallace, Wallace Church; Read More...
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IRI: Baby Boomers to Yield $50 Billion Growth for Private Label and Healthy Lines

The latest IRI research, "Baby Boomers II: Preparing for the Upcoming Wave of Aging Shopper Growth," reveals that store brand spending increases with age. The study examines baby boomer lifestyle changes and identifies top-indexing food and non-food categories, recession-driven shopping patterns and key opportunities for private label and health and wellness products. "Many retailer strategies today assume that boomers are a homogeneous group, and, as a result, their strategies are too general to be effective," said Thom Blischok, president of IRI Consulting & Innovation.

Source: IRI

Better-for-You Foods to Grow Significantly Over the Next Decade

In its new report, "A Look into The Future of Eating," The NPD Group forecasts that better-for-you foods -- such as organic and light or low-calorie foods and beverages -- will be among the fastest growing food trends over the next decade.

Source: The NPD Group

Private Label Trends - Update 2009

This special update to the Private Label Trends Worldwide report addresses the acceleration of private labels as the retailers respond to the current economic downturn.

Source: Research and Markets Ltd.

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