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Walmart's Green Initiatives Challenge Pallet and Packaging Industries

Packaging and pallet suppliers that want to continue doing business with Walmart –– which recently announced its goal of eliminate 20 percent of greenhouse gases and carbon emissions from its supply chain by 2015 –– will have to put forth more eco-friendly packaging and shipp Read More...

Part 2 of 2: Kroger and Loblaw Roll Out Retail-Ready Packaging for Store Brands

Exclusive to Store Brands Decisions Editor's Note: This is the second part of a two-part report on retail-ready packaging for store brands. Part 1  last week discussed the roots of the emerging trend as well as manufacturer concerns about the resulting increase in product packaging costs. This Read More...

Kroger and Loblaw Roll Out Retail-Ready Packaging for Store Brands (Part 1 of 2)

Exclusive to Store Brands Decisions Editor's Note: This is a two-part report on retail-ready packaging for store brands, which traditional grocers such as Kroger and Loblaw are embracing to streamline operations. Part 1 discusses the roots of the emerging trend as well as manufacturer concerns abou 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...

Nielsen: The Next Store Brand Frontier is Product and Packaging Innovation

The 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...

Wal-Mart Installs New Store Brand Packaging Design Software

In 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...

Meijer Launches Specialty Store Brand Foods

The 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...

Creating a Point of Difference With Store Brands

Despite the soft economy, there is a great deal of store brand development occurring in the marketplace, “and the time is now to find ways to make private label growth sustainable through innovation,” said Scott Lucas, executive director of Interbrand, the keynote speaker during Monday&r 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...

Managing the Growth of Store Brands

Most 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 Em 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&P's Read More...

Store Brands as Innovator, Not Follower

While the fragmented European market is extremely different from the vast expanse of the United States, Mintel's Lynn Dornblaser believes there is a lot to be learned from European pioneers who are taking store brands to new heights. "What's new in how we talk about private label is referring to pr Read More...