U.S. News reveals the 2024 Best OTC Medicine & Health Products
WASHINGTON – U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in health care rankings and consumer advice, today published the second annual Best OTC Medicine & Health Products.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions releases new fraud study
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has revealed the findings of the fourteenth edition of its annual LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study: Ecommerce and Retail Report – U.S. and Canada Edition. The report, based on a commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting, shows that merchants in the U.S.
Circana: Consumers settle into new spending patterns
U.S. retail sales revenue in February remained flat in the discretionary general merchandise and consumer packaged goods categories and units declined 1% compared to the same month last year, according to. Circana.
PLMA elects new board chair, directors
Kristal Sevcik, vice president of business development at AmeriQual Group LLC, has been elected chairperson of the board of directors of PLMA, the trade association for the global store brands industry.
Unilever to spin off ice cream business
LONDON – Unilever PLC plans to spin off its ice cream unit that is home to the Ben & Jerry’s, Wall’s and Magnum brands as part of a restructuring, the company announced March 19. “Ice cream has a very different operating model,” the company said in announcing the plan.
CRN said it shares concerns about tianeptine
The Council for Responsible Nutrition responded to a letter from U.S.
HRG adds Beth Maas to its owners group
WAUKESHA, Wis. – HRG has added Beth Maas, SPHR, to the company’s owners group, effective January 1, 2024. Maas, HRG’s director of human resources, has been with the company since 2006.
Jeff Needham receives CHPA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) awarded its Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award to longtime industry leader Jeff Needham at the opening session of its annual Self-Care Leadership Summit (SLS)today in Florida.
Circana announces its U.S. CPG Growth Leaders
CHICAGO – Circana on Monday announced the leading companies in its latest Growth Leaders rankings. The firm analyzed the growth performance of hundreds of public and private consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies ranging from $100 million to $60 billion in annual sales to develop the rankings.
Epsilon launching next-generation retail media platform
LAS VEGAS – Epsilon, a global advertising and marketing technology company, today announced the launch of the next generation of its retail media platform.
CRN challenges constitutionality of New York law
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a recently enacted New York state law that would impose age-based restrictions on the purchase of certain dieta
Circana report: private brands surge amidst inflation
Private brands have experienced growth in the face of inflation, according to a new report from Circana, with sales surpassing $217 billion.
CRN Annual Conference set for October 9–11
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) will host its annual conference, CONVERGENCE ’24 on October 9 through October 11, at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.
Store brands achieved record success in 2023
NEW YORK – Sales of store brands increased $10.1 billion to a record $236.3 billion last year compared to 2022, according to PLMA’s just-released 2024 Private Label Report. That represents a 4.7% rise in dollar sales in all outlets from Jan. 1 to Dec.
Congress urged to move on PBM reform
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the National Community Pharmacists Association, FMI – The Food Industry Association, the National Grocers Association, the American Pharmacists Association, the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy, and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Asso