Exhibitors and attendees of PLMA’s 2012 Private Label Trade Show may have found themselves looking upward for inspiration this year: Upstairs to the new Sky Hall exhibit area, that is.

ALDI has been busy updating its image through store redesign, stocking more premium products, and expanding its perishables sections.

As retailers search for differentiation, buyers look outside their own countries to new markets for products. Markets such as Peru.

For the second year, PLBuyer announced the winners of its Design Excellence Awards contest from the Private Label Manufacturers Association Trade Show.

Mientras los vendedores minoristas buscan diferenciarse, los compradores miran más allá de sus propias fronteras para encontrar nuevos mercados de productos. Mercados tales como Perú.

Pet Products Get Spotlight At PLMA Show

The second year of PLBuyer’s Design Excellence Awards brought in more than 100 submissions over 16 categories, giving our quartet of judges plenty to think about over the course of a September day.

Four companies based in Lima, Peru, site of the 2012 Expoalimentaria show, will be in Chicago in November as exhibitors at the PLMA Trade Show.

Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO John Mackey will deliver the keynote address this month at the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s annual Private Label Trade Show in Chicago.

The Private Label Manufacturers Association announced winners in 45 categories in its 2012 Salute to Excellence Awards, given to new private label products that exemplify high quality, innovation, and value to consumers, the group said in a news release.