About Christopher Durham

Christopher Durham is the president of the Velocity Institute. Prior to this he founded the groundbreaking site My Private Brand. He is the co-founder of The Vertex Awards. He began his retail career building brands at Food Lion and Lowe’s Home Improvement. Durham has worked with retailers around the world, including Albertsons, Family Dollar, Petco, Staples, Office Depot, Best Buy, Metro Canada. Durham has published seven definitive books on private brands, including Fifty2: The My Private Brand Project and Vanguard: Vintage Originals.

Velocity Conference On Demand: How to build a successful, sustainable brand through collaboration

In mid-May, we welcomed the return of in-person events with our groundbreaking Velocity Conference + Expo, May 16-18 in Charlotte, NC. The exciting event brought the private brand industry together to connect, learn and grow. Today I am excited to announce that thanks to the generous support of our conference platinum sponsor, Marketing

Velocity Conference On Demand: How to build a successful, sustainable brand through collaboration2022-08-04T12:31:46-04:00

Carrefour Partners with Nous Anti-GaspI

In partnership with NOUS anti-gaspi – trailblazing stores in the drive to tackle food wastage – French grocer Carrefour is exclusively selling 30 products in its Paris-region hypermarkets and will later expand this initiative to the rest of the country. Carrefour wants to bolster its customers' purchasing power, while at the same time changing

Carrefour Partners with Nous Anti-GaspI2022-07-15T15:44:00-04:00

Family Dollar: Private Brand Creative Manager

Job Description General Summary: 500 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake, Virginia The Family Dollar Private Brand Manager of Creative is responsible for setting strategy of our 20+ private brands representing over $3B in sales, over 3,000 SKUs, and 100’s of vendors. Makes decisions in accordance with brand strategy, develops creative concepts, standardizes and maintains brand style

Family Dollar: Private Brand Creative Manager2022-07-15T11:31:37-04:00

Velocity Conference On Demand: Collaborating to Innovate: CVS Health & Michael Graves Design

In mid-May, we welcomed the return of in-person events with our groundbreaking Velocity Conference + Expo, May 16-18 in Charlotte, NC. The exciting event brought the private brand industry together to connect, learn and grow. Today I am excited to announce that thanks to the generous support of our conference platinum sponsor, Marketing

Velocity Conference On Demand: Collaborating to Innovate: CVS Health & Michael Graves Design2022-08-04T12:32:26-04:00

You are invited! Velocity Meet Ups in Minneapolis, Boston and Chicago!

Please join us for three exciting in person Velocity Institute Meetups. These FREE networking events will be held in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Boston and are designed to bring the industry together over cocktails and conversations. We welcome all private brand executives from Retailers, Manufacturers & Solutions Partners to come together, connect and grow. MINNEAPOLIS

You are invited! Velocity Meet Ups in Minneapolis, Boston and Chicago!2022-07-18T06:47:35-04:00

Kroger Gives Private Brand & Shoppers a Boost

Last week Kroger announced the national launch of Boost by Kroger, which represents the latest expansion of its loyalty program. The annual membership provides customers unlimited free grocery delivery on orders of $35 or more, fuel discounts of up to $1 per gallon and additional savings on Retail Brands (private brand). Kroger estimates the

Kroger Gives Private Brand & Shoppers a Boost2022-07-15T14:45:07-04:00

H-E-B introduces two new home décor ranges with Home by H-E-B

H-E-B has introduced two new product lines that will bring comfort and style into homes across Texas. As part of the retailer’s new Home by H-E-B department, the Haven + Key and Texas Proud home décor collections have started to roll out in H-E-B stores across the state. The Haven + Key and Texas Proud

H-E-B introduces two new home décor ranges with Home by H-E-B2022-07-14T16:00:08-04:00

Target Private Brand Takes Center Stage in Back to School

Back-to-school and back-to-college season is just around the corner — and Target is setting shoppers up for success with smart, easy ways to shop and even more ways to save on everything customers need for the upcoming school year. And of course In Target style their Retail Brands (private brands) take center stage. New this

Target Private Brand Takes Center Stage in Back to School2022-07-14T15:31:11-04:00

Mama Cozzi’s Pizza, the First Fan Favorite Inducted into the ALDI Hall of Fame

For the fourth year in a row, Aldi surveyed shoppers about their favorite ALDI Retail Brand (private brand) products. Over 100,000 loyal shoppers took the annual ALDI Fan Favorites survey, resulting in a variety of historic firsts. Heaps of fervent fans sharing their must-have buys? It's an ALDI thing. A three-time former winner was

Mama Cozzi’s Pizza, the First Fan Favorite Inducted into the ALDI Hall of Fame2022-07-13T19:20:00-04:00

Co-op Innovates to Reduce Food Waste

British grocer Co-op is introducing a ‘freeze me’ message to its Retail Brand (private brand) milk products, in a bid to cut down on 70,000 tons of milk wasted a year. Figures from UK’s leading sustainability experts WRAP, highlight that more than more than £150 million worth of milk is waste each

Co-op Innovates to Reduce Food Waste2022-07-13T18:54:41-04:00