Last week online retailer Thrive Market unveiled their first shoppable healthy cookbook. With 60+ recipes featuring better-for-you, healthy ingredients and single touch “add to cart” QR codes, this cookbook is redefining what healthy cooking at home looks like—all in 30 minutes or less. The book titled, Healthy Living Made Easy, is exclusively available on ThriveMarket.com for
Late last week US department store retailer Macy’s introduced its 2020 Sustainability Report and of course Retail Brands played a significant role in the report. Highlights include: By 2025 the retailer expects to reduce water use by third-parties manufacturing Macy’s private brands by 25% against a 2019 baseline in areas of “high water stress.”
Welcome to RBI Talks a weekly interview series in which RBI President Christopher Durham discusses the state of private brand, retail, and careers with retail executives and thought leaders from around the world. This week’s episode features his conversation with Tom Hermes, Vice President, Sourcing and Product Development at Whole Foods Market.
UK retailer Morrisons has announced it is launching a fully reusable Halloween costume range for children - made from 100% responsibly sourced materials - in a bid to create a more sustainable Halloween for customers. Research has shown thousands of Halloween costumes end up in landfills each year, bought once and then thrown away.
Job details Job Type Full-time Full Job Description The Job The Global Packaging Design Manager will lead a team of creative partners that will be responsible for the design direction and execution of all private label packaging across our subsidiaries including Ace US, EJD, and Ace International. Responsibilities include initiating, planning, executing, and controlling packaging design
Take a look we were featured in an interview in Global Retail Brands Magazine. The magazine chatted with Christopher Durham about the launch of RBI. A Q&A With Christopher Durham, President, RBI The newly launched Velocity Institute (RBI) is the global professional membership organization committed to advancing retailers and their brands across all categories
Normally, we try to avoid feeling blue whenever possible – we’re only human, after all – but Trader Joe’s Organic Stone Ground Blue Corn Taco Shells have us feeling blue in the best way possible. Crispy, crunchy, and with a light, toasty, nutty flavor, these Blue Corn Taco Shells offer all the same textural
Lowes Home Improvement: Sr Director Product Design & Trends Mooresville Job Description Job Summary: The primary purpose role is to lead the Product Trend & Design organization that is responsible for the development of product trends and designs for our private branded products driving growth and differentiation for Lowe's. Trend development includes responsibility for
Back in 2019, the predictions about private brand’s ascendency were flying thick and fast. Sooner or later, said business analysts, consumers would come to perceive private label products as “trustworthy competitors to national brands”. The proviso was that retailers had to act strategically, applying tiering and differentiation and keeping their focus trained on quality
Job Description Description: SUMMARY Reporting to the Vice President of Private Label and Global Sourcing, the Senior Private Label Business Manager will bring strong analytical acumen and in-depth knowledge of Power BI and sales data to identify and evaluate important business drivers. Senior Business Manager uses SWOT skillfully with data and marketing information to quickly identify
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