Private Label Trend Presents "Scary Reality" for Brand Makers
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Recent growth in private-label consumer packaged goods foretells a potentially "scary" scenario for branded product manufacturers, according to a market equity research firm
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