By Poyry Management Consulting’s Sanna Sosa, principal, and Sivashankari Bharathi, intern. Online shopping has experienced rapid growth over the past few years. According to the US Census Bureau, for the fiscal year of 2018, US consumers spent about $517bn in online retail, growing 15% from 2017 e-commerce sales. And as of the first quarter of 2019,...
Brands and private labels – premiumisation, digitalisation and bricks & mortar
By Soile Kilpi, director, Pöyry Management Consulting The retail sector continues to go through a transition. Online shopping is just one of the catalysts. New retail stores are opened, some closed, repurposed for fulfilment … and how does all this then relate to tissue products? Moving on up… The quality tiers in retail (At-Home) tissue products are...
Impact of a private label orientated business
Have you ever thought about the launch process of a private label Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)? If yes, you may have realised that this SKU was not a new product, but actually it was a follower of another brand’s great idea. By saying that, we are verifying that there is not a high risk involved when a retailer decides to add a new product to its own brand...
Delivery economy – centre store online?
The retail sector is going through a transition. Everything can be purchased by a click of a mouse, or a swipe on an app, and get delivered to your doorstep, including tissue and hygiene products. Major retailers, including Walmart and Target, are fighting against stagnant retail store sales. Based on reports by CNN, there have been 5,300 retail store...
Super soft and super premium quality gaining momentum
By Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry TRENDS REVIEW: Euromonitor International’s head of tissue and hygiene industry Svetlana Uduslivaia talks to TWM about trends across the private label and branded tissue markets. Developed markets are still the largest in terms of private label share of sales....
Private label and brands: Which has the edge now?
By Ron Shirk, industry specialist Locally and globally, markets are experiencing “retail climate change.” Relationships are shifting, including the relationship between private label and brands. Presently, three areas stand out where change has the potential to dramatically affect the balance of power. Consumers have spoken Two Nielsen studies speak to...
Private label and brands – global market dynamics
By Pöyry Management Consulting’s Soile Kilpi and Sanna Kallioranta The key forces shaping private label versus branded tissue markets stem from consumer behaviour, structure of the retail channel and supplier strategies. Here, Poyry Management Consulting examines examples of each force at play in North American, European and Chinese retail tissue...
Private label and brands – global market dynamics
By Pöyry Management Consulting’s Soile Kilpi and Sanna Kallioranta The key forces shaping private label versus branded tissue markets stem from consumer behaviour, structure of the retail channel and supplier strategies. Here, Poyry Management Consulting examines examples of each force at play in North American, European and Chinese retail tissue...
Timing is everything in private label evolution
By Nielsen SVP’s Todd Hale The private label sector in the US experienced a sizeable growth spike during the recent recession and that upward trend continued through 2010 and 2011. However, as global economic conditions improved in the years that followed, share growth among store brands flattened. Following are some tips on how private label and brands...
Private Label vs Brands: latest trends and developments
By Mintel’s Jamie Rosenberg Worldwide, the private label and brands markets are rapidly evolving. In our Special Feature, TWM spoke to Mintel and Nielsen to get the latest on the respective markets in Europe and America. A TW report. The timing of consumer trends, economic conditions and manufacturing technology has created very different...