PLBuyer’s 2013 Non-Food Hot List includes private label non-food categories that saw dollar sales across supermarkets, drugstores, mass market retailers, military commissaries and select club and dollar retail chains increase at least 10 percent in 2012.

Drugstore retailers have come a long way. Today's drugstore is a total shopping destination that includes an array of private label products from premium food and beauty care to environmentally friendly merchandise and pharmacy services backed by OTC products.

 A powerhouse of private labels, Target is one retailer who’s got it right when it comes to launching new lines and products that make their nonfood departments shine with national acclaim. 

A new comparison released by the Private Label Manufacturers Association shows that consumers can save 30 percent or more by switching from national brands to private label products.

Canadian pharmacy Rexall on Friday unveiled its new flagship private label line called Be.better, with more than 100 products in the line.

Healthy living was central theme on show floor.

As retailers look to expand their categories and tiers in nonfood private label products, they will seek their customers’ help to figure out which way to move forward, Planet Retail Senior Retail Analyst Isabel Cavill told a webinar audience.

The continuing recession in Europe has helped push dollar share and unit share in private label up in the past year, a new report from Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group says.

As retailers look to expand their categories and tiers in nonfood private label products, they will seek their customers’ help to figure out which way to move forward, Planet Retail Senior Retail Analyst Isabel Cavill told a webinar audience Wednesday morning.