GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. — Dollar General is expanding its Clover Valley private label brand with more than 100 new items with more affordable price points and updated packaging. “We have made significant enhancements to our private brands in 2023, and we know how important these value offerings are for our customers,” said Emily Taylor, executive vice
NEW YORK — One of the ways consumers are coping with inflation is by purchasing more store brand products. That’s good news for retailers, who are upping the profile and quality of their own brand products to try to ensure that customers who try their products continue to buy them even when the economic climate
NEW YORK — With more than 2,000 exhibit booths, the PLMA event being held from Nov. 13 through Nov. 15 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Center in Chicago will be the largest convention for store brands in North America. “The exhibit hall will be filled with thousands of new products that will shape
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens announced on Friday that Marty Esarte will join the company at the end of August as group vice president of Owned Brands, leading the company’s private label strategy. With over 20 years of retail and CPG experience at Clorox Co., Conagra and Walmart, Esarte is a results-oriented leader with a strong
CHICAGO — Mass market sales of store-brand merchandise increased during the pandemic, but the market share gains that characterized the preceding years have softened, according to a new report from IRI. “The shift to at-home consumption, trading up to premium offerings, stimulus dollars and on-shelf availability are all factors steering shoppers away from store brands,”
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has added more than 150 products under its portfolio of private label lines, including extensions of the recently launched Live Better by CVS Health brand; new Gold Emblem Fair Trade Certified coffee; and the debut items of Goodline Grooming Co., a men’s skin and grooming care line. Guided by current
MINNEAPOLIS — Target is bolstering its year-old private-label Good & Gather grocery brand via the addition of hundreds of new items as well as the introduction of premium foods under the new Good & Gather Signature label. New premium offerings will include small-batch Italian sauces, specialty coffees and gourmet pastas and pizzas, Target said in
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens has launched private label eco-friendly and sustainable oral care products, including bamboo toothbrushes and flossers made from a bio-based material that is a plastic alternative. The chain is also expanding its Complete Home line of eco-friendly and compostable tableware, following enthusiastic customer response in test markets. The line includes plates, hot
CHICAGO — Although 57% of consumers say their financial health is good, fears of a recession are driving slightly less consumer confidence in Q3 2019, according to the latest IRI Consumer Connect Survey results released today. Expecting to face a recession — or, perhaps more likely, a “semi-recession” — consumers are increasing their savings as
SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion is promoting private brands this month, offering customers who use their MVP-brand rewards card and purchase four or more private label items a coupon good for savings on their next visit to Food Lion. The supermarket chain’s Bring Home Spring Savings promotion runs through April 24. The campaign offers shoppers