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January 2010 Articles
January 26, 2010
Managing Store Brand Product Development Risk
As retailers move into the branding domain of consumer packaged goods companies, managing the risk of new product development now falls squarely on their shoulders and requires a shift in strategic mindset.
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January 26, 2010
Wegmans Launches 'Special Blends'
Wegmans introduced five varieties of its new store brand frozen mixed vegetables, called Special Blends, which are flash-frozen for maximum freshness.
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January 26, 2010
Store Brands Community Supports Haiti Relief Effort
In cooperation with the Save the Children Foundation, Store Brands Decisions established a fundraising program for the children of Haiti, with a pledge to match donations.
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January 26, 2010
Walgreens Hires New Fresh Food Director
Former Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market executive Jim Jensen joins Walgreens as divisional merchandise manager of fresh foods.
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January 26, 2010
Loblaw's No Name Store Brand Uses Stripped Down Advertising
The Canadian chain uses no-frills television ad spots to communicate the value proposition of its basic No Name brand.
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January 26, 2010
Food Lion and Bloom Offer a New Store Brand Promotion
Under the company's Private Brand Super Sale., shoppers can earn up to $10 in free groceries when they purchase store brand products.
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January 26, 2010
TreeHouse Dominates Canada's Non-Dairy Creamer Store Brand Segment
The company’s E.D. Smith subsidiaries signed an agreement to directly supply the Canadian retail store brand non-dairy creamer business.
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January 26, 2010
PBM Products Hires Former Hershey Executive
The infant formula company hired former Hershey and Kraft executive to lead its U.S. store brand marketing and innovation.
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January 19, 2010
Packaging & Design: Elevating the Store Brands Game
As retailers move beyond national brand equivalents into new product innovation, strong design and packaging helps build shopper loyalty, according to a panel of experts who participated in a recent Store Brands Decisions' roundtable.
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January 19, 2010
Wal-Mart Brings More Store Brands to India
Through its Indian partner Bharti Retail, Wal-Mart plans to roll out more store brands there, adding to the eight private labels it already introduced.
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January 19, 2010
Walgreen Tests Store Brand Prepared Foods
In an attempt to boost declining same-store sales, Walgreens throws its hat into the competitive and challenging on-the-go prepared food business.
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January 19, 2010
Supervalu Cuts National Brands to Make Way for Store Brands
The grocer, whose same-store-sales are in deep decline, will reduce SKUs by as much as 25 percent to also reduce costs and negotiate better supplier deals.
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January 19, 2010
Procter & Gamble Tests Online Store to Counter Retailer Assortment Cuts
The online store will study consumer buying habits and attempt to counter retailers who are cutting national brand SKUs to make way for their own brands.
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January 19, 2010
Nielsen: Store Brands Price Gap Leaves Dollars on the Table
Price gaps between store brands and manufacturer brands shows that retailers may be leaving valuable margin dollars on the table in certain categories.
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January 19, 2010
Sam's Reorganizes Its Merchandising Department
A leaked internal memo reveals the warehouse club realigned its merchandising teams into five major category groups.
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January 12, 2010
Target Unveils Two Store Brand Initiatives in Kitchenware and Home Garden
The mass merchandiser launches Giada De Laurentiis branded kitchenware and foods, and acquires the Smith & Hawken brand from The Scotts Company.
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January 12, 2010
Global Price Roll Backs: H-E-B and Asda Follow Other Retailers With Price Cuts
From the U.K. to the U.S., dozens of retailers cut prices on store brands and national brands to combat declining sales volume and profits as budget conscious shoppers buy less.
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January 12, 2010
Brookshire Brothers to Sell O Organics and Eating Right
Brookshire becomes the fifth U.S. retailer to sell labels that were originally developed as store brands for Safeway and are now marketed to non-competing grocers.
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January 12, 2010
Aldi to Open Texas Stores in March
The limited assortment retailer will open its first Texas store in Dallas/Forth Worth and is slated to add 16 more new stores in the spring.
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January 12, 2010
Supervalu and Family Dollar Bring in New Executive Talent
Supervalu hires a new executive vice president of merchandising and Family Dollar names new senior vice president of customer marketing, both also charged with store brands oversight.
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January 12, 2010
Food Lion Introduces New Store Brand Cereal
The grocer unveils Good 4 Kids, a new low-sugar breakfast cereal for kids.
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January 12, 2010
Store Brands and International Retailer Growth Expected in India in 2010
Wal-Mart’s and Tesco’s presence in India is expected to expand, while Indian retailers plan to focus on growing their store brand portfolios to boost profits.
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January 5, 2010
Sam's Club Launches Its First Store Brand Spirit With Rue 33
The chain enters the category with an ultra-premium wheat-based vodka produced in the Cognac region of France, which received a score of 91 from the independent Beverage Testing Institute.
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January 5, 2010
CVS Gets Aggressive With Store Brands Promotion of 50-Percent-Off
With the CVS loyalty card, shoppers can mix and match a variety of store brands across multiple categories for a buy-one-get-one free storewide sale until Jan 9.
Source: Store Brands Decisions
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January 5, 2010
Wal-Mart to Reduce Supply Chain Costs Systemwide
The world's largest retailer views consolidated global sourcing as a major cost savings and an important efficiency generator for the near future.
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January 5, 2010
Bay Area Store Brands Beat Out CPG
Panel tastings by the San Francisco Chronicle find that more store brands win out on taste, and a large number make it into the newspaper's hall of fame with high overall scores.
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January 5, 2010
Mintel: Shoppers Stick With Organic Purchases in Down Economy
Natural and organic customers stay loyal to the category, while the heaviest users seek less expensive organic options to carry them through.
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January 5, 2010
Convenience Stores Uncork the Potential of Store Brand Wine
Nielsen data reveals store brand wine across all retail channels is growing by double digits in unit and sales volume, a trend that has not escaped some forward-thinking convenience store operators.
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January 5, 2010
Weis Markets Cuts Prices and Vows to Freeze Them for 90 Days
The Mid-Atlantic regional grocer cuts prices on 2,600 store-brand and national-brand items, extending its Price Freeze program into 2010.
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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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