While the margin and branding benefits of selling private label products may be attractive to distributors, such a move can create tension in the channel. This article examines the potential challenges and how distributors and manufacturers may be able to mitigate them.

This is the third in a series of articles from MDM on private label in the wholesale distribution industry.

This article includes:

• Drivers of conflict between manufacturers and distributors
• How distributors balance private label and national brands
• Why some manufacturers offer contract manufacturing for private label and others avoid it

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