Private Label Momentum: NielsenIQ/World Data Lab finds 58% of shoppers don’t care if a product is national or private label, and Gen Z increasingly sees store brands as just as good—reshaping competition across value to premium. Retail Innovation: PLMA’s Private Label Trade Show signals strong demand for own-brand products, with more international pavilions and a “World of Ideas” trend showcase. Connected Events Tech: AudienceView expands its live-event platform with deeper ticket-to-engagement capabilities, including gamification and cashless/RFID-focused tools via recent integrations. Consumer Product Launch: Charmin turns roommate bathroom drama into a “Forever Roll” campaign built around longer-lasting, shareable toilet paper. Foodservice Automation: California Pizza Kitchen partners with T-ROC to deploy up to 1,000 automated retail kiosks nationwide over three years. Home Oral Care Tech: LumenStim’s peroxide-free teeth whitening system heads to Kickstarter, designed to fit into a daily sonic-brushing routine. Display Manufacturing Breakthrough: LG Display’s FLiPP OLED pixel patterning replaces fine metal masks with photolithography, aiming for brighter, longer-lasting, lower-power panels. Energy & Data Center Costs: TVA raises data-center grid connection rates, shifting them into a higher-charge class to protect reliability while keeping residential rates low. AI + Social Media Trial: A landmark Meta child-safety trial could push changes to addictive design features on Instagram and Facebook.