Design Features

Trends, strategies, tactics, and analysis of design practices within the private label industry.

ARTICLES

Special Report - Focus On Packaging

Mass Appeal

June 15, 2012

Consumers say private label products look better than name brand counterparts when it comes to the packaging.


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The ethnic market at home

March 29, 2012

Most marketers and manufacturers have a sense that the U.S. Hispanic market is on the rise.  This phenomenon has been happening in a major way for the last 25 years.


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South of the border

March 29, 2012
Ask the experts about the state of private label in Latin America and what you’ll hear will sound much like what you might have heard in the United States 30 years ago.

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Looking to the Far East

March 29, 2012
The development of private label foods and grocery items is still very much a work in progress across Asia.

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C'est si Bon

March 29, 2012
Consumers across Europe are shopping smarter when it comes to the products they buy. And retailers are responding with expanding private label programs that go beyond price to include innovative new products and greater value.

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Winn-Dixie comes out fighting

March 29, 2012
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. has been knocked down, business-wise, more times than a punch-drunk club fighter.

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Private label industry people to watch in 2012

March 28, 2012
PLBuyer editors believe these 10 people will face major challenges and/or have major impacts in the private label world during the coming year.
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Six private label trends to watch in 2012

March 28, 2012
Where will the private label action be in 2012? What factors will impact how much private label you sell and to whom? PLBuyer consulted with industry experts and looked in its editors’ collective crystal ball to put together the following predictions and trends you need to know if you want to grow your private label sales and profits in 2012.
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Private label year-in-review

March 28, 2012
Marketing like national brands came into vogue, as did more premium and more new product rollouts.
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Behind the Glass

March 26, 2012
Designers of refrigerated merchandising cases are working to create energy-efficient and environmentally sound systems.
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EVENTS

Private Label: The Next Generation

6/5/12
Hilton Chicago
720 S. Michigan
Chicago, IL
United States
Contact: Tracy Kraft
PLBuyer magazine is proud to introduce THE conference for today's savvy private label executive: Private Label: the Next Generation, June 5-7, 2012, at the Hilton Chicago. Read More

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The PLBuyer Top 10, April 2013

The following stories were the top 10 most-read items posted to the PLBuyer website during the month of April—and we’ve collected them here for quick and easy review. Click through to read the full stories.

Podcasts

Coming with a clear, comprehensive plan was the key to success for Longo Brothers Fruit Markets when the grocer decided to roll out a two-tier private label strategy, Jenny Longo and Robert Koss tell PLBuyer editor Chris Freeman in this podcast.

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THE MAGAZINE

Private Label Buyer Magazine

PLB May 2013 cover

May 2013

The May 2013 Issue of Private Label Buyer includes a cover story on deli choices, as well as Category Insights on milk and juice and cheese products. Check it out today!

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