Retail Services

Trade shows are all about networking opportunities, sourcing products and finding new suppliers. To help retailers and wholesalers connect with private label manufacturers on a global scale, PLMA organises the World of Private Label International Trade Show in Amsterdam each May and the U.S. Private Label Trade Show in Chicago each November. Both shows are leaders in their category and offer complimentary participation to verifiable retailers and wholesalers.

Keeping up with the latest trends, solving industry-wide challenges, and helping retailers and wholesalers to network with manufacturers is the focus of PLMA’s annual conferences. PLMA’s Annual Private Label Summit in Europe is held in October, the Packaging Conference is taking place every two years in January in a European city; and PLMA’s Annual Meeting & Leadership Conference in the U.S. is held in March. PLMA member companies and verifiable retailers and wholesalers benefit from reduced participation fees.

To help retailers, wholesalers and member manufacturers train and educate their management personnel, PLMA organises Executive Education Programmes focusing on interactive teaching with traditional lectures and case studies. Retailers, wholesalers and PLMA members are eligible for reduced participation and tuition fees.

PLMA’s Lunch and Learn is designed for private label manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers, who want to expand their knowledge of the private label business. PLMA organises several sessions a year, each focusing on dedicated topics and trends.

Participation in PLMA's Online Lunch & Learn Speaker Series is free for PLMA members and verifiable retailers and wholesalers.

Retailers and wholesalers have free access to exclusive market research data prepared by NielsenIQ for PLMA’s Private Label Market Report. The report contains market share data on more than 7.000 product categories in 17 European countries. 

"A Mosaic of Markets: PLMA’s 2026 Report On The Status Of Private Label Across Europe"

The report details sales results during 2025 of both private label and manufacturer brands across seventeen countries monitored exclusively for the Private Label Manufacturers Association International Council by NielsenIQ.

Given consumer concerns on inflation and the increased cost of items for daily use, it comes as no surprise that also in 2025 European shoppers appreciated private labels, offering real value for money. Both in value and volume, private labels outpaced in 2025 the overall annual sales growth in the grocery sectors of those seventeen European countries.

PLMA's 2024 study -- "European Retailers & Manufacturers Talk About the Future: What will the private label landscape look like over the next five years?" -- focuses on the factors contributing to the growth of private label throughout Europe; the evolving relationship between manufacturers and retails; and the state of the product innovation and development, among other topics.

The report contains the results of a survey PLMA conducted earlier this year among 1,017 private label executives from 865 companies across 37 countries, including 863 manufacturers and 154 retailers.

To access the reports, please click here.

Additional complimentary services available to retailers and wholesalers are PLMA’s monthly industry newsletter e-Scanner, PLMA’s monthly video news service PLMA Live.eu, as well as regular consumer and market survey results.