Strategies & Solutions

Albertsons kicks off IPO effort
Albertsons' IPO could bring in between $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion
GreenWise Markets grow in Florida
Two more Publix specialty stores open in its home state; the organic market shares a name with the retailer’s healthy, premium private brand

Q&A: CVS Health's VP of Store Brands on Live Better's new look

Store Brands talks exclusively to CVS Health's Brenda Lord about the retailer's recently rebranded and expanded Live Better brand
Walmart acquires health care IP

Retailer picks up CareZone’s intellectual property, including a mobile app that helps patients manage health services, competes with Amazon’s PillPack
COVID impact has food, beverage sales up over 14%

Latest figures from U.S. Census Bureau show food and beverage sales up 14.3%, year over year, grocery stores registered $67.2 billion
A look at Live Better in-store

Store Brands in the Wild feature ventures into CVS Pharmacy to see the revamped Live Better store brand
Kroger Q1 shows massive digital jump

The retailer reported a 92% increase in digital sales; total company sales grew by 19.1%
Perrigo partnership will enable store brand CBD offerings

The partnership with CBD supplier Kazmira involves two phases — building out Kazmira's infrastructure, then leveraging a supplier partnership to bring store brand CBD products to U.S. consumers
Amazon could be open to testify before House Judiciary Committee

Report shows the retailer taking steps to have Jeff Bezos or another executive go before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to speak in regards to private label practices, antitrust probe
Feature: Tractor Supply mines own brands on Trade Beyond

The rural retailer is an early adopter on the sourcing mobile app Trade Beyond, finding quick, promotional own brand exclusives; the platform was built solely for private label