Dan Ochwat

Dan Ochwat

Executive Editor

Author Profile

Dan Ochwat is the executive editor of Store Brands magazine, part of the EnsembleIQ network of publications. He's been involved in writing and editing for retail-based trades for nearly two decades, formerly as the editor of Shopper Marketing magazine, and as a writer for Path to Purchase IQ, publications that cover national brand consumer goods marketing and news.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

6/9/2020
MYKU makes room for hand sanitizer production
The private brand producer of supplements, topicals and cosmetics has added capacity for development of large volume retail private brand hand sanitizers in sprays or gels

Dan Ochwat
6/8/2020
Nielsen presents virtual tools for shopper research
Retailers and manufacturers can test store brand packaging, store layouts and more through augmented reality and virtual technologies

Dan Ochwat
6/8/2020
Survey: Households on hard times buy more store brands
Brick Meets Click, Mercatus Grocery survey demonstrates an uptick in private brand buying across ages, income levels during the pandemic, but those facing income loss stand out the most

Dan Ochwat
6/8/2020
Big Lots to deliver more than groceries with Instacart
The value retailer has partnered with Instacart for same-day delivery service and customers can shop from a variety of aisles from home decor to toys to pet care

Dan Ochwat
6/8/2020
Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium reports record export levels
Facing imposed tariffs late 2019 and then a global pandemic, the 100-year-old consortium protecting the cheese reported high levels of export and production

Dan Ochwat
6/7/2020
Great Value canned tuna sets the sustainability standard
Walmart’s store brand tuna that’s been certified by sustainable seafood organizations will debut in July, setting the standard for other canned tunas to follow by 2025

Dan Ochwat
6/7/2020
ProPublica investigates Amazon's private brand site placement
Article in <em>ProPublica</em> looks at the e-commerce retailer’s positioning of private label brands over others on its site

Dan Ochwat
6/4/2020
Dumas acquisition primes it for expansion to U.S.
An investment firm has acquired the Canadian private brand pastry maker, setting it up to grow product development and expand across Canada and into the U.S.

Dan Ochwat
6/4/2020
JC Penney starts closing stores as part of 'optimization strategy'
As the retailer looks to emerge from Chapter 11 and the pandemic, JC Penney unveiled a plan for closings and smaller footprints

Dan Ochwat
6/4/2020
Updated: What some retailers had to say post-protests, George Floyd death
Chains such as Target, Walmart and Walgreens voiced statements in the wake of protests and the death of George Floyd, H-E-B begins a $1 million fund

Dan Ochwat