PLMA says it could not host the in-person event “in light of continuing uncertainties concerning the health and safety of participants at large-scale, in-person gatherings.”

Consumers are willing to spend more money — but only for products that they perceive as having a good value.

With the entrance of online behemoth Amazon and German discount retailer Lidl into the U.S. grocery market, its fate — and associated opportunities — were on the minds of exhibitors and attendees of the 2017 Private Label Trade Show, hosted by the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) in Rosemont, Ill. this week (Nov. 12-14).