WATCH NOW! Welcome to Velocity This Week, where we dive into the world of retailer-owned brand news and provide you with insights and opinions on the latest trends. In today's episode, we'll be discussing some exciting developments from M&S, Ikea, Sainsbury's, and Trader Joe's. So, let's jump right in! M&S Launches a Gut
UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has launched a first-of-its-kind ‘Happy Birthday’ Retailer-owned Brand braille gift card, developed in consultation with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Joining the gift card is a collection of three braille greeting cards – covering different celebrations. The industry-first braille gift card features an embossed outer sleeve
Research shows that consumers enjoy making cocktails at home, but the results can be disappointing and often not as good as what they would drink in a bar. Cocktails can also require small amounts of many expensive ingredients that are sometimes hard to find. ‘The Marksologist’ is range is a premium Retail-owned Brand (private
British retailer Marks and Spencer and Nails.INC have joined forces to bring a collab to their fans – the retailer's much-loved Percy Pig candy mascot is featured in this nail polish duo. M&S announced the product release on its Instagram this week, with thousands of fans responding. "Sold out everywhere," commented one frustrated shopper. Hundreds
UK-based retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is launching a new range of Retail Brand (private brand) vegetarian meals, Veggie, in response to customers' growing demand for more vegetarian choices.Available this past week ahead of World Vegetarian Day (October 1st), the range includes a choice of 14 delicious vegetarian meals developed by the retailer’s in-house chefs.
British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is announcing a further move to make its grocery products more sustainable with the introduction of new widely recyclable packaging for its private brand British Collection vine tomatoes.The new packaging replaces a hard-to-recycle plastic sleeve with recyclable cardboard and a small amount of plastic film, just enough to preserve
Late last week British retailer M&S’s biggest womenswear private brand, Goodmove will be available on The Sports Edit, Europe’s leading curator of premium activewear, alongside more than 50 brands. The launch follows M&S’s strategic investment in the fast-growing online platform at the start of 2022. As part of the wider ‘Brands at M&S’ strategy, The
Today, Marks & Spencer (M&S) Kidswear is announcing a trial with the UK’s first fully circular kidswear peer-to-peer marketplace where parents can buy, sell, donate, and recycle outgrown kidswear – dotte. Founded in 2020 by Louise Weiss and Samantha Valentine, dotte seeks to address the challenges parents face when buying secondhand, through a digital
This time of year I love to showcase Holiday Commercials from retailers around the world that feature Retail Brands. Today’s commercial comes from iconic British Retailer Marks & Spencer and of course, includes an appearance by Percy Pig. As an added bonus I have also included “This is not just a Christmas song!” the
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
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