NEW YORK – The Private Label Manufacturers Association has canceled its Chicago trade show, which had been scheduled for January 30 to February 1, due to business travel restrictions related to COVID-19. This is the second cancellation of the show, which was originally slated for November. “This action was taken for a number of reasons,
NEW YORK — The Private Label Manufacturers Association has postponed its annual Private Label Trade Show because of concerns about the Delta variant. Now set for January 30 through February 1, the rescheduled show will be held in-person at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago. The show was originally planned for November 14
NEW YORK — The Private Label Manufacturers Association has released a study about SNAP recipients’ food shopping attitudes and behaviors. “The findings produce a marketing and merchandising roadmap that retailers can use to encourage SNAP customers to spend more of their monthly benefits on store brands, thereby stretching their food dollars,” said Peggy Davies, president
In this week’s Video Forum, Peggy Davies, who was recently confirmed as president of the Private Label Manufacturers Association after serving in the role on an interim basis since June 2020, discusses efforts to build on the legacy of her predecessor, Brian Sharoff. She also talks about COVID’s impact on the store brand business, the
NEW YORK — The Private Label Manufacturers Association said Monday that its Board of Directors has confirmed the appointment of Peggy Davies as PLMA President. Davies has been leading the organization as acting president since June 2020. Her confirmation was effective on June 11, and she will serve a three-year term, according to PLMA. Davies
NEW YORK— Store brands maintained their relative share in the mass retail marketplace in 2020, accounting for about one of every four purchases across major food and nonfood categories, according to the latest figures from the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA). Nearly one in five dollars spent at all outlets – supermarkets, pharmacy retail, warehouse
NEW YORK —On March 18, during the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s annual meeting for 2021, Clay Dockery, vice president Corporate Brands, Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA, was re-elected to the position of chairman of the board of directors of PLMA. In addition, Doug Bausch, vice president sales and marketing, LNK International, Inc., was elected to the
NEW YORK — During his keynote address to the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s (PLMA) Private Label Week event held virtually earlier this month, former Walmart U.S. chief executive officer Bill Simon said retailers and manufacturers of private label brands will be central in pulling the economy out of the quagmire it was sucked into by
NEW YORK — PLMA honored the best new private label products of 2020 with its Salute to Excellence Awards, announced Friday at PLMA Live’s Private Label Week. The Salute to Excellence awards were created in 1986 to give recognition to retailers for their commitment to the growth and success of store brands, according to the
NEW YORK — PLMA said that Brad Studer, senior director of Our Brands for Kroger, the nation’s largest supermarket chain, will be one of several leading retailers and industry executives to speak, when PLMA unveils its first major online event for store brands in the U.S., Feb. 1-5. Studer’s topic will be Our Brands:
NEW YORK – Leading retailers and industry executives are among dozens of speakers announced recently for February 1-5, when PLMA unveils its first major online event for store brands in the U.S., presented and hosted by PLMA Live! the video news and information service of PLMA. Coinciding with five days of back-to-back category events on
CHICAGO — The Private Label Manufacturers Association has announced plans to host conferences virtually in 2021, in recognition of the continued disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A new digital event, “PLMA Live! Presents Private Label Week,” is scheduled for the week of February 1-5. The event will enable retailers and visitors to search for