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Author Lincoln, Keith.

Title Private Label : Turning the Retail Brand Threat into Your Biggest Opportunity
Published London : Kogan Page, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (312 pages)
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction: the new privatization; Part 1 Understanding the opportunity; 1 Private facts; The nature of the beast; The global facts; The local facts; The brand facts; The people facts; The dependence facts; The category facts; 2 Private myths; Myth 1: Private Labels are for people who buy Private Label; Myth 2: We buy Private Label now and then; Myth 3: Private Labels are for people with no money; Myth 4: It can't grow any bigger; Myth 5: Private Labels are not business builders; Myth 6: People don't like Private Label
Myth 7: Let's call it anything except a brandMyth 8: It's not profitable anyway; 3 Private past; We've seen it all before!; But a funny thing happened 'on the way to the forum'!; The new old thing; Freedom brands -- blame the French; 4 Private present; The trends show the way; It's a brand, stupid!; The US experience; The UK experience; A closer look at some key brands; And the trend continues ... ; 5 Private future; How big can it get? As big as you want it to get!; The volume versus value distortion; Heaven or hell, opportunity or threat; Will it continue to grow?; What determines the future?
Private Label driversThe online driver; The Tesco effect; Part 1 summary and implications; Part 2 Identifying the opportunity; 6 The S & S X Global Research Report; An 'all parties' perspective; 7 The shopper perspective; Let's start with the shopper; Achieving product parity; Category differentiation; The shopper's Private future; 8 The brand perspective; The silent wall; The other side of the coin; 9 The retailer perspective; Finally the retailers!; 10 The overall perspective; We agree to disagree; Part 2 research summary: key points; Part 3 Retailizing the brand opportunity
11 For every threat there's an opportunityBack to spiffing!; Redefining the brand; Better understanding the threat; 12 The Private principles; The Private Label Way; The 10 principles; 13 Private principle 1: Running the risk and living the reality; Headlines; Reorganize to reflect the future, not the past; Begin by asking three questions; Become PRIVATE CENTRIC; Why the conventional simply isn't good enough; Summary and opportunities; Actions to consider; 14 Private principle 2: Retailize and be radical; Headlines; Avoiding the conventional; Question the status quo
Make sure you're not a commodityLove me do, love me not; To supply or not?; Cut the tail; Develop a brand price architecture; Decide if you are 'in' or 'out'; Prove you still have a role; Summary and opportunities; Actions to consider; 15 Private principle 3: Tomorrow's global, social and environmental issues are your opportunities today; Headlines; Trusting in the future; Greenwashing versus realizing the big issues; The big issues defined; Big global issue 1: health issues; And it's not just the small brands; Big global issue 2: participation issues; Big global issue 3: lifestyle issues
Summary Private Label is a powerful and compelling book of international scope on both the dangers and the opportunities posed by the rapid growth in recent years of private label or retail brands (those owned, sold and distributed by retailers). Private label growth is outpacing that of manufacturer brands, and the private label industry is now worth an estimated one trillion US dollars. Debunking the myths and looking at all possible scenarios, Private Label encourages brand owners to see the "own brand" problem as a genuine business opportunity that will inspire them to innovate. Moreover, Private
Notes One for all and all for one
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Retail trade.
Branding (Marketing) -- Management
Brand name products -- Management
Business competition.
Sales & marketing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Advertising & Promotion.
Branding (Marketing) -- Management
Brand name products -- Management
Retail trade
Business competition.
Sales and marketing.
Brands and branding.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780749457396
0749457392
0749452862
9780749452865