Strategies & Solutions

The move comes amid other sustainability-focused efforts from the pet retailer, including efforts to remove packaging waste across its private label portfolio.

The brands strengthen the company’s plant-based beverage growth, of which it has a strong private label business.

The retailer has teamed with Eagle Eye Solutions and now Neptune Retail Solutions to deliver personalized digital offers that can be used to promote its store brands and learn more about its shoppers.

Craig McCutcheon, currently senior vice president of operations, will be taking over COO duties on an interim basis. 

John Buckles succeeds longtime CEO Dale Tremblay, who will serve as chairman of the company’s board and work closely with Buckles during a transition period.

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.

The foods brand touches several categories across the Amazon Fresh store and online.

The Pro Zone will feature private brand and exclusive products on an ongoing basis.

The RepTrak ranking of the 100 most reputable companies globally included Aldi and Costco for the first time.

The retailer’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 earnings showed big digital growth and solid comparable-store sales, even as it swung to a loss for the full year. 

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.

The sustainable cleaning products make their first foray into brick-and-mortar stores and includes a new spring scent developed just for Target stores.

Jason Buhrow will serve as chief data officer, in charge of the retailer’s data strategy and visualization.

The rice producer is making a big investment in its Memphis, Tenn., production facility.

New shades under own brands and national brands expand the retailer beyond 1,200 total colors for consumers to choose from.

A report from Kantar, using its proprietary valuation methodology, looked at how retailers measured in areas of being meaningful, salient and different to shoppers.

The Anyday brand includes home goods, technology items and baby products, all at a price point that is 20% less than the current John Lewis store brand options.

The organic retailer will discount eco-friendly products this month and has partnered with a nonprofit to make select public parks free from toxic pesticides.

It’s the first report from the retailer and touches on its work outside the store from managing COVID-19 safety to investing and feeding the community to sustainability initiatives.

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.

The retailer teased a few plant-based cheeses to launch this summer during its latest podcast and has kicked off a social media grilled cheese contest for National Grilled Cheese Day.

Lee Delaney died Thursday, the company said. In the wake of his passing, chief administrative and financial officer Bob Eddy will serve as interim CEO.

Omnishopper is meant to reveal shopping behaviors while also bringing dependable data to the forefront of omnichannel measurement and illuminating blind spots that may exist among CPG retailers and manufacturers. 

Products that are certified through third-party organizations now get a Sourced for Good seal to assist Whole Foods shoppers looking to buy responsibly sourced items.