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June e-commerce grocery slightly down from May

The ongoing Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey reported that despite declines, online grocery sales for June reached nearly $7 billion.
Catalina hires chief data, analytics officer

Sean Murphy joins the shopper intelligence firm from Vericast, the owner of Valassis, and notably swam in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Q&A: Club Coffee drives category innovation

The coffee roaster discusses bringing sustainable packaging, premium flavors to private label.
IRI data: National, store brands increase prices, premiumization of products

The June report finds national brands lead in accelerating prices in edible and nonedible categories by nearly a full percentage point over store brands and more in nonedibles.
Q&A: Bascom Maple Farm discusses a low-sugar year

Arnold Coombs, a seventh generation maple farmer, recently wrote to retailers about a strain in maple production this year and speaks with Store Brands about the rare conditions.
BGL report sees store brand spices on the rise

The seasonings and spices market is expected to reach $23 billion in sales by 2026.
3-part strategy getting into store brand pet food

A growing segment at retail, pet food products expect to grow by more than 5% each year for the next four years.
Pet food private brands drive diversification, differentiation

Manufacturer of pet food and treats, Alphia, looks at how much shoppers spread out among various shopping channels and how retailers differentiate through store brand products.
NielsenIQ identifies categories poised to sell beyond the pandemic

The analysts also shared with Store Brands yearly data on how store brand sales have matched up to national brands.
Store brand OTC sales are on the rise

Exclusive data from Catalina shows large year-over-year gains in some OTC categories, including a 559% increase in private label children’s cough/cold medicine.
May online grocery sales dip year over year, stay strong vs. pre-pandemic

The rolling Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey found U.S. online grocery sales down 16% compared with pandemic levels a year ago but still way above levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
FMI keys into the wellness trend

The organization has a health and well-being report and additional initiatives aimed at retailers looking to expand within the healthy living space.
Path to Purchase Institute debuts in-person event this November

The brand marketing and retail intelligence organization presents Path to Purchase Live Nov. 1-3 in Orlando — the first in-person event for retailers, marketers and retail leaders in two years.
NRF forecasts fastest retail sales growth since 1984

Organization said accelerated consumer spending could put retail sales for 2021 passed $4 trillion.
Report: Flavor trends in bakery

Seasonings and spices supplier Fuchs North America released a report exploring flavor trends to support the bakery category.
FMI report explores how the pandemic changed grocery shopping

In its four decades of releasing a U.S. grocery shopper trends report, FMI, with help from The Hartman Group, found significant changes in eating at home, buying online and striving to be well.
Despite the numbers, online grocery sales remain high

The Brick Meets Click and Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey found a double-digit dip in online grocery sales for April versus a month prior, but the sales earned online are still four times higher than pre-pandemic measures.
Hot Category: Coffee and Tea

This month, Store Brands takes a deep dive into the coffee and tea categories, where private label maintains a strong position relative to national brands.
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IRI grows omnichannel measurement platform

IRI’s latest solutions are OmniConsumer and OmniMarket, the latter of which is partially driven by the company's recent acquisition of CoinOut.
State of the Industry 2021: Numbers Show Private Label Soaring in Key Categories

Over the past year, private label’s profile has risen, with frozen foods and nonfoods as particular bright spots. Store Brands looks at the data and talks to experts about the industry's increasing importance.
Online grocery is here to stay: Survey shows 43% jump in March sales

The Brick Meets Click and Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey reported online grocery sales reached $9.3 billion last month, up 43% from a year ago, with more users leaning into BOPIS.
PLMA: Private label sets sales records in 2020

The PLMA 2021 Private Label Yearbook and NielsenIQ data showed a 12% sales leap for store brands last year — totaling a record $158.8 billion.
Amazon towers over other retailers in brand equity

A report from Kantar, using its proprietary valuation methodology, looked at how retailers measured in areas of being meaningful, salient and different to shoppers.
FMI finds grocery produce sales up in 2020

The Power of Produce report shows a double-digit increase in sales as survey results point to consumers looking to eat healthier at home, especially during the pandemic.
Plant-based food sales rise across the country

Plant Based Foods Association and Good Food Institute report that plant-based food sales grew by 25% throughout the United States.

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