With less than one month to go before PLMA’s 2022 Private Label Trade Show opens its doors at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago, PLMA has announced the trade show floor is sold out.
There will be more than 1,300 exhibiting companies participating in the show. Those companies represent nearly 2,300 booths. Exhibits will be spread out in separate halls of the convention center so exhibitors can be found easily. The South Hall is devoted to health and beauty, household goods, kitchenware, and general merchandise. Food, snacks, beverages, refrigerated and frozen products will be featured in the North, South and Sky Halls.
“The exhibit hall will be filled with thousands of new products that will shape the future of store brands,” said Peggy Davies, president of the Private Label Manufacturers Association.
Dedicated to helping retailers, wholesalers and others make the most of their time when visiting the show, PLMA offers a range of pre-show services and special on-site exhibits.
These include:
- PLMA's Matchmaker™ online service lets registered retailers arrange appointments with exhibitors in advance of the show.
- PLMA’s New Product Expo displays the latest product innovations submitted by exhibitors.
- PLMA's Idea Supermarket® for best-in-class private label branding concepts, products, and packaging from retailers across the country and around the world.
- PLMA's Annual Salute to Excellence Awards display. The annual Salute to Excellence Awards give recognition to outstanding new store brand products.
- PLMA's Show Navigator is a comprehensive resource for the show where all registrants will find the following details:
- Exhibitors
- Product Announcements
- PLMA's Idea Supermarket
- Trade Show Facts
- Show Floor Plan
- Sunday Afternoon Seminars
During the show, PLMA's Show Navigator can be used by smartphones or tablet to allow attendees to move around the show floor efficiently. This tool is also available for many months after the event. In addition to all the exhibitors of private label products and the presentations during the show, there are other aspects which make visiting the show a must.
Nearly two dozen national pavilions with more than 300 international exhibitors will be featured for retailers who are seeking ethnic and international food products to put their store brands on.
The participants in pavilions from Europe, Latin America and Asia will join more than 1,000 other exhibitors of food and non-food store brand products at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, in Chicago.
The PLMA Show will have delegations from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Denmark, France, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Peru, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, and Turkey.
This reflects the growing popularity of new and exotic cuisines among consumers. Products with a strong ethnic or international character continues to increase on store shelves as consumers seek these new products.
"U.S. retailers don’t have to cross the pond to find a great selection of ethnic and international store brand food products," added Davies.
It has been three years since the last in person PLMA Trade Show was held in Chicago. Participants as well as attendees are both looking forward to doing business on a personal level as they have done for so many years before.
"A lot has happened since our industry last met in Chicago three years ago," said Anthony Aloia, PLMA’s corporate vice president.
For starters, sales are up. So far in 2022, dollar sales have grown by 9.8%, according to IRI and in the past three months, 15 of 17 departments have seen store brand sales growth. Store brands reached $200 million in sales in 2021 and are projected to climb well over $210 million this year. By the end of 2022, PLMA projects annual store brand dollar sales will have increased by 36% over a five-year period.
For more information, go to www.plma.com, or call us at +1 212 972-3131 or e-mail info@plma.com.