Article: Viva la difference! Packaging can make an effective private label differentiator in a crowded category.(Trend Watch: PACKAGING TRENDS)

An old saying insists you can't judge a book by its cover, but the right product "cover"--that is, unique or innovative packaging--certainly can help spur a sale. And packaging that helps differentiate a product from the rest of the pack is becoming increasingly critical to the purveyors of store brand items.

That's a huge change from private label's traditional unobtrusive positioning, notes Linda Carroll, color insight manager for Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Ampacet Corp.

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"I look to the [private label] market and say, boy have they evolved into a mindset of packaging with ego," she says. "Now I'm seeing strength and ...

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