private label

noun

: a label associated with a specific chain store
also : a brand or product having a private label
usually hyphenated when used attributively
private-label clothes

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The luxury market is sputtering and Walmart has been a beneficiary, attracting high-income shoppers with its value pricing on brands and growing reputation for quality private label goods. Greg Petro, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Target plans to unveil 600 new food and beverage items across Good & Gather and Favorite Day, another private label brand, and revamp its pet supplies brand, Boots & Barkey. Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025 Another large producer, Daybreak Foods, supplies eggs to McDonald’s, and Hillandale Farms sells in grocery stores under its own name and as a private label brand. Danielle Kaye, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025 Zoom in: Kroger introduced a few of its own private label brands that have higher profit margins than national brands, including the Simple Truth organic line, to Harris Teeter following the merger. Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 24 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for private label

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of private label was in 1950

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“Private label.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20label. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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