Business
RBI President Christopher Durham named Top Retail Influencers for 2022
Late last week RETHINK Retail named the recipients of the 2022 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 my heroes and colleagues. This is the group leading the charge to dramatically accelerate both change,” said Christopher Durham, Velocity Institute President, “the future of retail and private brand has never been so exciting and never been so primed for reinvention.” The 2022
Salute to Excellence Award Winners Announce by PLMA
Compostable birch cutlery, artisanal Italian soda and aromatherapy shower spray are among the winners of a 2021 Salute to Excellence award from the Private Label Manufacturers Association. Announced late last week, the award winners were chosen from over 770 recently introduced food, beverage, kitchen, household and health & beauty care product submissions by 52 North American retailers. This is the highest number of submissions PLMA has received for Salute to Excellence since its inception. Among the trends: eco-friendly household goods, organic foods and baking products, specialty beverages and easy-to-use self-care products. These include: Equate Eucalyptus Congestion Relief & Aromatherapy
Five Retail Brand Imperatives for 2022
We’re barely into the new year and already the pace of business is frenetic. It’s a good time for Retail Brand leaders to step back and make sure they are pursuing the most important strategies. Here are five imperatives for Retail Brands in 2022, all based on points made during the four groundbreaking RBI’s Summits over the past year. 1-Think Big and Bold Excelling in Retail Brands requires starting with a bold ambition and believing you have a right to win in the marketplace. “Retail brands need to escape the trap of coming in second place against other brands,”
RBI Adds New Member Benefit: Job Posting
The Velocity Institute to introduce the latest member benefit self service Job Postings. The move expands the current RBI member benefits creating the most compelling offer in the industry. Adding to our long history of supporting the careers of Retail Brands industry professionals with career listings, PLUS and PRO members can now post jobs. PLUS members may post 6 positions per year. PRO members may post unlimited per year. - Make sure to include HR in your membership. POST A JOB!
Claim Your FREE Business Directory Listing
Welcome to the New Year! In 2022 RBI continues to bring value with exciting benefits exclusively for Velocity Institute Members. Todays benefit is the exciting new Business Directory. The goal of this directory is to build the most inclusive and accessible database of manufacturers and solutions partners so we are opening this up to all levels of membership. Whether you are a FREE Basic member or a fully committed PLUS OR PRO member you can add your listing at no extra cost. If you would like to upgrade your membership you will also receive an upgraded Business Directory listing. The
Investor Jana Pushes for Board seats at Treehouse
Activist investors Jana Partners is set to nominate two directors to the board of private brand food manufacturer TreeHouse Foods Inc. as they continue a strategic review. The New York-based firm, which now owns a 9.4% stake in the manufacturer, has identified two potential directors. Former TreeHouse executive Chris Sliva, who was also chief executive officer of AdvancePierre Foods Holdings Inc. Wendy Beck, the former chief financial officer of Domino’s Pizza Inc. Jana purchased its stake in TreeHouse in February and urged the manufacturer to launch a strategic review with a possible sale. Jana, founded by Barry Rosenstein, has
UNFI Retail Brands Partners To Win Online
UNFI Brands+ has partnered with e-commerce platform Salsify and RBI member Trace One to prepare more than 5000 grocery products for success on the digital shelf. UNFI Brands+ portfolio offers more than 5000 Retail Brand (private brand) food and non-food items across 250 categories from conventional value to NBE and premium USDA Organic. With over $1B of annual sales, these products can be found at many independent and big-box retailers across the United States and International regions. Over the past year, online shopping for grocery products grew by more than 54.0% and now represents 12% of total US e-commerce
Marks & Spencer sues Aldi for copycat Christmas gin
UK retailer Marks & Spencer is suing Aldi UK for copying its Retail Brand Light Up gin. M&S court papers assert that the discount grocer Aldi's gold flake blackberry and clementine gin liqueurs are "strikingly similar" to its own product. That's right - a British private brand is being accused of copying a British private brand. The suit alleges that several protected features - such as the bottle shape, an integrated light feature, gold leaf flakes and a winter forest graphic are duplicated. Both gins come in a bell-shaped bottle with a light in the base that highlights edible golden
Save with Southeastern Grocers Retail Brands
Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), the parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket, and Winn-Dixie grocers, is helping customers save big this holiday season with its award-winning SE Grocers Retail Brands, paired with its loyalty program. With inflation at a record 39-year high and prices continuing to rise each month due to the lasting supply and demand effects from COVID-19, SEG is committed to helping customers host the perfect holiday meal with family and friends. With seasonal favorites like spiced eggnog to everyday staples like canned goods, eggs and milk, the award-winning lineup of SE Grocers brands
RBI Adds New Member Benefits: Business Directory, Job Listing and Guest Posting
Last Thursday at the RBI Sustainability Summit, we announced three exciting new benefits for Velocity Institute Members: Business Directory, Guest Post and Press Releases, and Job Postings. The move dramatically expands the current RBI member benefits creating the most compelling offer in the industry. Individual Member Directory Listing 10-40% discounts on groundbreaking in person, hybrid and virtual Events, Sponsorships & Exhibiting. Including the return to in-person at the Velocity Conference + Expo, The Vertex Awards, and the RBI Sustainability Symposium. RBI Community access $50 discount on Vertex Awards entries Exclusive consumer and industry benchmarking research Meetups and Share Groups
