With beverage-makers constantly innovating their product lines to offer consumers healthier options, consumers are at no loss for choices.  

 Private label continues to be a top seller in bottled water, bagged tea, ground coffee, juice and dairy alternatives, according to sales data from Chicago-based market research firm SymphonyIRI Group cited in this month’s State of the Industry 2012 report. 

Conversion of stores to supercenters affects mass merchandise statistics.  Once featuring large stores selling primarily hardlines with a dash of grocery, leading mass merchandise retailers, including Target, Wal-Mart and Kmart, have converted so many stores to supercenters that the traditional mass merchandise channel fell more than 5 percent...

It’s known throughout the industry that beverage packaging is of utmost importance to woo and, in some cases, win over consumers.