Private Label Shopping

From Generic to Preferred: The Growth of Private Label Shopping

The late Mr. Dave Nichols who revolutionized branding launched Canadian retailers’ first private-label brand in the late 1980’s. Setting out to make the perfect chocolate chip cookie and to outdo Christie’s then-best-selling Chips Ahoy, he personally approved the President’s Choice Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookie. Having set the gold standard for the private-label brand, some 25 […]

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Canadian grocery branding strategy

Storytelling in Your Canadian Grocery Branding Strategy

The Canadian grocery branding strategy has never been more critical, as the sector faces ongoing turmoil—further complicated by anticipated tariff wars. For the 52-week period ending December 28, 2024, the Canadian grocery sector achieved a mere 1% unit growth, with 49.7% of all sales happening on promotion.[1] Coresight Research in the United States projects only […]

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