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Re:Amazon’s New Competitive Advantage: Putting Its Own Produ... by sidlls on Monday June 08, 2020 @04:54PM (#23460683)
The value in those private label items is sometimes the aesthetic is more appealing. One example: the pattern on a textile such as a curtain or blanket, or the colors/patterns on casing for an electronics item.

There are considerations people have that are above and beyond the purely utilitarian.

Re:Amazon’s New Competitive Advantage: Putting Its Own Produ... by chillacy on Monday June 08, 2020 @08:24PM (#23462311)
Yea in those cases I agree that they do have more involvement than slapping a logo on. That's the case of sunglasses and luxottica: companies are selling a design/logo which is the distinguishing factor, and the manufacturer is simply building it. On the opposite end is where a manufacturer of pasta/salt/milk puts the exact same product in boxes with different labels.