Strategies & Solutions

Big Lots upping consumables stock

Including its own brands, the discount retailer said it will be adjusting square footage to offer more consumables to meet pandemic shopping needs
Bektrom Foods introduces Don’t Break Your Diet line for private label

The line of baking mixes are low on sugar, containing up to 85% less sugar than current store brand mixes
Nordstrom releases 1st genderless collection

New own brand collection under its Nordstrom Made private label aims to reflect what the LGBTQIA community looks for in fit, styling of a gender inclusive line
Nielsen's new May data shows store brand sales up 25%

Sales tapered toward end of the month but private label, hand sanitizer, meat alternatives and more still stand out in Nielsen reporting
How technology can drive a new age of private brand category management

Jerry Stephens of AI-driven business analysis provider Outlier examines how machine learning can unlock new ways to collect and leverage data to drive business decisions
Ulta reports out COVID-19 sales damage

Drop in comparable sales is more than 35% in first quarter, but stores are beginning to reopen and company is confident going forward
C&S Wholesale issues COVID-19 relief effort

The largest U.S. wholesale grocery supply company steps up with masks for frontline medical workers
Del Real Foods has a new COO

Viviano del Villar Jr. joined the company after years with Bonduelle Fresh and Kraft Heinz