Monday night, Rethink Retail hosted their RETHINKRetailBash 2023 at the fabulous Edison Ballroom in the heart of New York City’s Broadway. The event was held during National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual tradeshow “Retail’s Big Show”. The Velocity team attended to support President Christopher Durham’s second naming to Rethink Retail’s Top Retail Influencer list. The
This week RETHINK Retail named the recipients of the 2023 Top Retail Influencers Award. Sponsored by Microsoft, the award recognizes academics, analysts, association leaders, industry experts, and media members who are at the forefront of retail industry thought leadership. This year’s honorees included Velocity Institute President Christopher Durham. “I am excited to be honored alongside
ENTER THE COMPETITION! Since 2012, The Vertex Awards has honored innovative Retail-Owned Brand /private brand/private label /own brand design that demonstrates groundbreaking design solutions to consumer problems. The awards are judged by a highly esteemed panel of industry experts from around the world and awarded based on Creativity, Marketability, and Innovation. This year’s competition
Velocity Institute is a global industry association committed to growing retailer-owned brands. (private labels, private brands, store brands, own brands) announced an expansion of its event and experiential offerings for 2023. During today's State of the Industry Virtual Summit Velocity Institute President, Christopher Durham unveiled the exciting things to come in 2023. The slate of
Private brands want to be confident that the sales surges of the pandemic era will ultimately translate into long-term sales, but what could scupper these gains is the lack of differentiation in the premium end of the private brand scale. It’s said that the highest form of knowledge is empathy. If this is true,
Availability issues prompted trial of private brand products during the pandemic, causing sales to surge. But will the momentum fade in the cost-of-living crisis which has followed? Most private brands now face a moment of truth: will their products win out over branded goods in areas of recognition and perception, or will consumers’ willingness to
Retailers and private brands have seen huge disruption to their supply chains due to COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. But this is nothing compared to the impacts to come; the effects of climate change will dwarf those felt in the last couple of years by the pandemic and global volatility. But are too
Welcome to Velocity Talks a weekly interview series in which Velocity Institute President Christopher Durham discusses the state of private brand, retail, and careers with retail executives and thought leaders from around the world. The series has taken a break through the summer and we are back for the fall. This week consultant
Sprouts Farmers Market - Phoenix, AZ Overview: The Our Brands Team is growing and looking to add a Sourcing Manager to our team to drive continuous improvement of existing Sprouts Branded products (Our Brands) and to support product development by focusing on driving better buying through cost effectiveness, speed to market, and building an innovative
With pervasive shifts in consumer trends and today's inflationary environment, food retailers and manufacturers can no longer rely on long-held assumptions when it comes to private brands. How can private brands retailers and manufacturers improve efficiencies and collaborate for success? Doug Baker of FMI joins Roger Davidson, founder, board chairman and COO at MaGi Foods,
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