New NielsenIQ data for PLMA’s 2025 International Private Label Market Report 𝗤𝟯 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 shows steady growth for private label across Europe. Private label share across 17 tracked countries has risen to 38.7 %, +0.28 % up vs. the same period last year. 12 of the 17 markets increased their private label share 12 markets now exceed 30% private label share 8 markets exceed 40%, with Switzerland leading more than 52.3% Top-growing markets: Spain (+1.1) | Austria (+0.7) | Ne

Discount Retail Chain Lidl USA opened its first store in the United States, less than a decade ago, bringing its European grocery acumen and a focus on private label to this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Since the doors opened at the grocer’s initial locations in North Carolina and Virginia in 2017, the ride has been a bumpy one at times and included a management change in 2023 when  Joel Rampoldt was named CEO and officially took over in September of that year. Now, more than

Discount Retail Chain Aldi USA is undertaking a major US product rebrand by stamping its name on all private label products, reducing the number of own private label brands from approximately 90 to 26, and introducing the namesake "The Aldi Brand" for some products. This initiative, launched in late September in response to customer feedback, aims to make Aldi's private label quality more recognizable and visible to shoppers. “The new look and feel of our products is the next

Discount Retail Consulting Management joined forces with the procurement team of Ottno China at #Anuga 2025 to evaluate potential partnerships with A-brand and private label food manufacturers for one of China’s fastest-growing discount retail concepts, headquartered in Chengdu. Founded in 2021, #Ottno has rapidly expanded to 300 value-for-money discount stores across Sichuan and Chongqing province, offering an assortment of 800 SKUs from international and local brands, compl

Discount Retail Consulting Management was also invited by China Ants Alliance (CAA), after visiting various manufacturers and trading platform companies ( see also our reports on small commodity production city Yiwu  and food production city Luohe  and Aldi China store Shanghai ). CAA is a voluntary retail buying alliance of over 100 regional retail chains operating in 29 provinces across China, jointly operating 9,000 stores with a total annual turnover of about RMB 100 bill

Discount Retail Consulting (DRC) was also present in the media in China as a journalist followed us on our discount food and non-food private label trip to Shanghai, Yiwu, Luohe, Zhengzhou and Hangzhou. Read more: Weixin Official Accounts Platform #smartdiscount #weixin #trip #china #fmcg #nonfood #privatelabel #pl #drc #discount #retail #consulting #discountretail #discountretailconsulting #retailconsulting #google #yiwu #luohe #shanghai #aldi

Discount Retail Consulting Management naturally needed to visit during its business development trip (see also our reports on small commodity production city Yiwu and food production city Luohe ) some Aldi China store locations in Shanghai. The discount retail trend has also gained traction in China. Recently, various discount concepts have been launched and implemented by local Chinese retailers and e-commerce companies. Meanwhile, Aldi, the pioneer of global discount retai

Discount Retail Consulting's management recently undertook a business development trip to China, including a visit to Yiwu, located about 1,000 km southwest of Shanghai. Yiwu is home to over 75,000 company booths spread across six expansive multi-level buildings, offering 2.1 million commodities that encompass nearly every conceivable type of small commodity. They provide every non-food category, catering to businesses with the most competitive prices! From clothing, home app

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