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Store Brands Reign at KVAT\'s New Discount Retail Food FormatFlexibility, thought leadership and innovation led executives at KVAT to create a new and unique store format -- Super Dollar Discount Foods -- to better serve the needs of its large and growing low-income customer base. Based in Abingdon, Va., the operator of 94 Food City stores and 11 Super Dolla Read More... |
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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...
Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: the great atlantic & pacific tea co., store brand pet products, store brand organic food, store brand non-foods, store brand health care products, store brand food, private labelhealthcare products, private label organic food, private label non-foods, private label food, private label beauty and personal care products, preferred pet, pivate label pet products, market spa, live better, innovation, hartford reserve, grocery, green way, doug palmer, america's choice, a&p, via roma, |
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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...
Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: the great atlantic & pacific tea co., store brand packaging, store brand organic food, store brand italian food, store brand grocery, store brand food, private label packaging, private label organic food, private label italian food, private label grocery, private label food, premium store brands, premium private label, master choice, innovation, hartford reserve, green way, grocery, doug palmer, ac gold, a&p, via roma, |
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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...
Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: store brand sustainable products, store brand organic food, store brand non-foods, store brand natural food, store brand food, store brand earth-friendly products, private label sustainable products, private label organic food, private label non-foods, private label natural food, private label food, private label earth-friendly products, grocery, innovation, green way, doug palmer, a&p, the great atlantic & pacific tea co., |
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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...
Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: store brand pet products, store brand non-foods, store brand beauty and personal care products, prvate label beauty and personal care products, private label pet products, private label non-foods, private label health care products, preferred pet, grocery, market spa, live better, innovation, doug palmer, a&p, the great atlantic & pacific tea co., |
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Resist the Temptation of Easy Money for Long-Term Store Brand GrowthThought Leadership: Andres Siefken, Daymon Worldwide Consumer packaged goods companies are cutting back on innovation, reducing prices and throwing money at retailers and consumers with increased promotions and store coupons to compete more forcefully with store brands –– all strong ind Read More... |
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Retailers Seek Innovation Tools to Take Store Brands to New HeightsEditor\'s Note: This is the first part of a series on store brands innovation, leading up to the PLMA Private Label Trade Show Nov. 15-17 in Chicago. Subsequent articles will feature case studies and focus on topics such as consumer insights, product testing and certification, packaging design, stra Read More...
Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: supervalu, store brand strategies, store brand management tools, store brand innovation, retail optimixation inc., private label strategies, private label manufacturers association, mass. label management tools, grocery, private, private label innovation, plma, interbrand, innovation, carrefour, brian sharoff, agentrics, wal-mart, walmart, |
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Target Boldly Promotes Store Brands on its Circular CoverAlthough many retailers claim store brands are vital to the future viability of their businesses and critical to differentiate themselves and create customer loyalty, few heavily promote their stores brands in weekly circulars, never mind giving them cover placement. Why? National brands pay retail Read More... |
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Managing the Growth of Store BrandsMost retailers want to increase share of wallet, customer loyalty, and sales and profits of their store brands. But how can they get inside consumers\' head? How do they know when products please or displease them? Brand new research tools through Gfk Custom Research North America and its partner E Read More...
Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: mass, drug, grocery, supervalu, store brands innovation, store brand shelf optimization, store brand packaging, rite aid, retail optimization inc., private label shelf optimization, private label packaging, private label innovation, logix3, kroger, innovation, gfk custom research north america, emsense, ahold, sysco, wal-mart, walmart, |
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Food Safety: A Store Brand Equity InvestmentWhen it comes to breaches in food safety, the past 18 months have been this country’s worst on record. It started in the summer of 2008 with the Food & Drug Administration’s botched recall and destruction of $40 million of Florida tomatoes believed tainted with Salmonella Saintpaul. Read More... |
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PLMA Unveils Final Innovation Hall Speakers and SeminarsMore than 25 speakers and seminars at PLMA’s 2009 Private Label Trade Show Nov. 15-17 will demonstrate how to get current with cutting-edge innovations in retailing, marketing, technology, packaging, and quality control. The seminars, presented in conjunction with the launch of PLMA&rsqu Read More... |
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Product and Process Innovation Lead the Charge at PLMA Show OpeningMore than 4,500 retail and wholesale buyers and supplier executives are expected at PLMA\'s 2009 Private Label Trade Show in Rosemont, Ill., which opened Sunday and continues through Wednesday. The show kicked off with a series of workshop presentations focused on store brand innovation and culmina Read More... |
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Retailers on the Tipping Point of a Store Branding RevolutionJohn 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...
Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: wendy sallak, wallace church, united *dsn, topco, store brand strategy, store brand packaging, store brand innovation, private label strategy, private label packaging, private label innovation, office max, michael kitz, marketing by design, innovation, doug palmer, aisle 9, a&p, |
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Wal-Mart Installs New Store Brand Packaging Design SoftwareIn order to improve efficiency of its store brand packaging design and printing processes, Wal-Mart has installed Sun Brand Technologies’ Odin brand management software across its fresh produce, grocery and health and beauty lines, according to a Planet Retail report. The retailer is using th Read More... |
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Meijer Launches Specialty Store Brand FoodsThe new Meijer Gold debuts this month and offers a collection of original recipe items that are either made by a local company within the Meijer operating region or by a family-owned business. The line also features interesting foods endemic to a particular place or country. With diverse delicacies Read More... |
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A.T. Kearney Forecasts Unprecedented Global Store Brand GrowthGlobal market share of private label products is forecasted to reach 65 percent by 2025, up from the current 20 percent, according to research conducted by A.T. Kearney, a management consulting company. Until recently, store brand growth was mostly fueled by European retailers, with many posting up Read More... |
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Nielsen: The Next Store Brand Frontier is Product and Packaging InnovationThe next frontier for store brands is products and packaging innovation, especially focused on categories that national brand manufacturers spend the least amount of time and effort marketing against, according to Lisa Rider, V.P. Retail Marketing U.S. for The Nielsen Company Store brands clearly b Read More...
Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: store brand packaging, store brand innovation, store brand assortment, save a lot, private label packaging, private label manufacturers association, private label innovation, private label asortment, nielsen, lisa rider, innovation, fresh & easy, food basics, food 4 less, aldi, |
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PLMA Innovation Hall ExhibitorsPLMA’s New Innovation Hall is a historic initiative designed to bring together the best thinking of diverse disciplines to support store brands innovation. This unique show within a show for retailers and wholesalers features the following exhibiting companies: Read More...Tags: innovation, |
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Store Brands Innovation CenterThis special section of the Store Brands Decisions website has been created to serve as a hub of information on the subject of Store Brands Innovation. Visit this section regularly to keep abreast of new information that will be added on an ongoing basis. Special Reports on Store Brands Innovat Read More...Tags: innovation, |
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Special Reports on Store Brands InnovationRead More...Tags: innovation, |
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PLMA Innovation Workshop ScheduleThe 2009 PLMA Show will feature the most compelling and important series of educational sessions on subjects related to Store Brands Innovation ever produced. The Innovation Keynotes and Workshops listed below, feature cutting edge content on store brands retailing, research, product development, co Read More...Tags: innovation, |
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PLMA Innovation Workshop ScheduleOPENING SESSION | 1:00pm OPTIMIZING THE STORE FOR THE RETAILER'S BRAND Wes Bray, President, Retail Optimization Inc. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS | 1:45pm RETAILING – RISING ABOVE THE DILEMMA OF PRIVATE LABEL'S UNTAPPED POTENTIAL James Moreho Read More...Tags: innovation, |
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PLMA Innovation Workshop ScheduleSALUTE TO EXCELLENCE BREAKFAST | 7:30 am KEYNOTE– INNOVATING TO BUILD BETTER PRIVATE BRANDS Scott Lucas, Executive Director, Interbrand CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS | 8:30 am RETAILING – WEGMAN'S CASE STUDY IN FOOD SAFETY (Presented by QMI-SAI Global) Willian Kelleher, V.P. Food S Read More...Tags: innovation, |
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PLMA Innovation Workshop ScheduleRETAIL TRENDS BREAKFAST | 7:30am KEYNOTE ADDRESS – THE WINNING FORMULA: HOW DEMAND CHAIN INNOVATION DRIVES GROWTH FOR STORE BRANDS Kieran Forsey, SVP Products and Marketing, Agentrics CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS | 8:30am RETAILING – MAKING EVERY TRANSACTION COUNT FOR PRIVATE Read More...Tags: innovation, |
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Promote Your New and Innovative Products with a Product Showcase ListingComplete the simple form below to create your New Product Showcase listing(s). Your products will be seen by hundreds of retailers as they plan their booth visits for the PLMA show. Read More...Tags: innovation, |
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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.
Press Releases
Chris Silva Promoted to President, Morningstar Division of Dean Foods
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GFSI Successfully Benchmarks the GlobalG.A.P Aquaculture and Livestock Schemes
Source: GFSI
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Announces New Board Chairman
Source: Global Food Safety Initiative
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