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In a move towards healthier food options, Walmart announced on Wednesday its plans to eliminate synthetic dyes from all its private-label food products in the United States. Products under its Great Value and bettergoods brands will be free of these dyes by…
Swiss retailer Migros is to sell private label products into two Japanese retail chains. Switzerland’s largest grocer, and one of the world’s 40 largest supermarket chains, is to sell lines to Lawson’s Seijo Ishii stores and Seiyu, which is Walmart’s Japan…
As South Korea’s giant retailers are affected by damaging progress, personal manufacturers (PB), or personal labels (PL) are providing a ray of sunshine to Korean retailers. Gross sales of personal branded items have elevated 20 to 30 per cent within the…
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