Strategies & Solutions

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
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

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
Columbia Basin Hemp rolls out line of CBD isolate

The vertically integrated company processes and extracts the isolate near its farms in the Columbia Valley near the Cascade Mountains
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
Store brand momentum can be powered by the supply chain

Ryan Yost of Avery Dennison says there’s an opportunity for store brands to continue the sales and trial they’ve gained during the pandemic and it lies in the supply chain
Kroger, Ocado expansion grows again

Partnership between Kroger and e-commerce provider Ocado adds three more customer fulfillment centers
Costco sales sees a positive May, after flat April

Net sales and same-store sales are up for the month, and e-commerce continues to rise, up more than 106% for the month
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
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.