Spec Summit 2026 – Inside the Retail Mindset: Packaging Data, Private Label, & the Realities Brands Need to Understand
Retailers play a fundamentally different role in the packaging ecosystem—especially in private label—yet brands often underestimate how differently retailers think about cost, compliance, and data. In this fireside chat, Elizabeth Wolniakowski shares a candid, retailer-informed perspective on packaging data maturity, the unique economics of private label, and how retailers weigh compliance decisions like EPR in the context of broader business realities.
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What brands and suppliers often misunderstand about retailer decisions
Why packaging data has become so critical
How retailers are navigating an industry where AI, sustainability, and regulation are advancing faster than organizational readiness
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