Editorial A year of growth and new challenges for our magazine

A year of growth

and new challenges for our MAGAZINE

One year has passed since the first release of PL Magazine. Started as a gamble, although well reasoned, a year later, it has proved to be a winning choice: to narrate the evolution of an industry, that of Private Label, which is constantly growing, and to stimulate challenges, innovations, collaborations and openings at an international level. The idea came from an intuition of the editor Armando Brescia and was supported by the editorial staff of Edizioni DM and by the consulting company partner, IPLC. Many other professionals have decided to take part in this project, enriching and supporting us through this journey. Above all, the guide and support of our Scientific Committee comprising the leading experts in the PL industry. Then, the interest, which became consensus, of our readers, every day more numerous, that follow us. Since the beginning, we’ve decided to publish our PL Magazine in two languages, Italian and English, to better represent the dual souls of the Italian excellencies that make up our private labels: proud of our origins and of our knowledge, but open to the world and to exportation. And so, also from abroad, the interest in the magazine that recounts the strategies and what’s new in distribution and in the PL supply chain was not long in coming. We have readers virtually from every part of the world: Europe, in particular, from the United States, Central and South America, Middle East, to the Far East (with India, China, Taiwan and Japan mainly), down to Australia. This success is not enough for us, though. For this reason, we decided to relaunch and grow further. Starting with frequency: in 2022 we will release our PL Magazine every two months. Furthermore, as we have experimented in this first year, we will continue to build this system of information and in-depth analysis on the subject of PL, which includes debates, events (such as the PL Awards), partnerships and reports from the main trade shows and distribution chains all over the world. There is no shortage of stimuli and will to broaden our horizons. Stay tuned.

Maria Teresa Manuelli Editorial director