Strategies & Solutions

Spins data: Plant-based food sales outpace total food sales during pandemic

Data from Spins and the Plant Based Foods Association shows big sales growth for plant-based products amid some of the highest-volume periods of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daymon outlines 5 keys to private brand success after COVID

Report suggests retailers and private brand partners jump into innovation, inspire shoppers and get stronger at digital to continue its success after the pandemic

Plant-based cheese producer raises $12M in funding

Good Planet Foods, producing for store brands the last two years, will leverage the funding to grow in the fast-pacing category

JCPenney debuts Linden Street bedding brand

The company, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has unveiled its Linden Street brand, focused on casual bedding styles and craftsmanship

Target teams with designers on exclusive dress line

The Designer Dress Collection is the first time Target’s owned brands division collaborated on an exclusive all-dress line

Brian Sharoff, president of PLMA, dead at 77

Longtime, influential president of the Private Label Manufacturers Association, died Saturday after a short illness

DG sales up big in Q1, fiscal 2020

The coronavirus pandemic boosted sales at the discounter, its repositioned private brands also made good for the quarter and are set to grow

Post-pandemic marketing tips for private label brands

Managing the transition from short-term opportunity to long-term loyalty, as detailed by Krasimira Mladenova, a director at global agency Skim

Insta-buying Target’s store brands

Store Brands in the Wild feature finds own brands all over Target’s Instagram and tests out the instant checkout tool

Global chocolate producer acquires Aussie private brand maker

Barry Callebaut Group acquired GKC Foods, specializing in chocolates for private brand retailers in the Australia market as well as contract manufacturing

Target enables direct shopping over Instagram

Retailer is first mass chain to let shoppers buy own brands and more directly through its Instagram channels

Butter Buds names chief community affairs officer

Tom Buhler will be in the new role, upping the private label manufacturers involvement in the community, with nonprofits and government agencies

LiDestri Food and Drink adds hand sanitizer

Private brand manufacturer of food, beverage and spirits is using its branded Recipe21 spirits line to make hand sanitizer for consumers and aiding nonprofits

Aldi grows curbside pickup offering

After a successful pilot in select markets, Aldi's curbside pickup is expanding to more than 600 stores in 35 states