He started his own label in 1997, after dropping out of fashion school in Brussels.
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His latest single Night Air was released in October on his own label Candent Songs.
One response is to shift to own label goods, which Wal-Mart is doing aggressively.
It gives Ramona Valley its own wine appellation, meaning wine produced in the area can carry its own label.
"Currently we have two own label brands which are easily recognizable as healthier alternatives, " a spokesperson said.
He then moved on to set up his own label, Hannibal Records, which put out world music.
Poku said he doesn't want to start his own label or become a "Project Runway"-style celeb just yet.
The couple dropped the idea, and in 1975 they started their own label.
He has released albums on the Narada, Epic and Hollywood labels, as well as six releases on his own label.
While JustFab has its own label, it brings in famous names to design special collections such as Avril Lavigne.
Scott learned some valuable lessons when he recorded his debut release, The Source, on his own label, World Culture Music.
In terms of energy and productivity, Tyner has won five Grammy Awards over three decades, and in 2007 started his own label.
Young self-produced her new CD and released it on her own label.
He said the group wanted to buy the rights to the second album from Atlantic and re-release it on their own label.
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In the late 1960s, she founded her own label, Bet-Car, which produced such classic recordings as the Grammy-nominated "The Audience with Betty Carter".
Saks has been especially astute at this, not least by increasing significantly the share of goods on its shelves that carry its own label.
Maurizio Braschi, who has his own label in San Marino, says that dressing and manufacturing costs are up, respectively, 50% and 40% over the past decade.
Recently he launched his own label Simplyred.com, using the web as a means of marketing his music without the massive publicity machines used by major labels.
Now operating under their own label, Paracadute Records, OK Go has served as a role-model for aspiring musicians questioning the traditional goal of a major label contract.
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Although Veirs has been on Nonesuch Records for her past three albums, July Flame will come out on her own label, Raven Marching Band Records, on Jan. 12.
So from 1998 to 1999, Ludacris recorded and independently released his debut album, Incognegro, launching his own label, Disturbing Tha Peace, with his managers Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon.
In effect, the branded cereal would cede the most price-sensitive segment of the market to the own-label cereal, in the hope that the own-label firm will keep its prices up.
Bankrolled by its toy sales, it has moved into cordless telephones, and now has half the market in America for high-frequency models, under its own label and for Lucent and Sony.
Also, in a fascinating trend, the survey found that for those who want to affix their own label, the first preference is tied to an individual's country of origin or that of their parents.
In the street market along the city's busy Reforma Ave, the Zetas sell pirated CDs, and have their own label: "Los Unicos, " or "The Only Ones, " with a logo of a black horse surrounded by four Zs.
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Espirito Santo Investment Bank analyst, Caroline Gulliver, said the news was "likely to, at least temporarily, reduce consumers' trust in the quality of Tesco's products", which was unhelpful at a time when the retail giant was seeking to promote "the quality underpinning Tesco own label and Everyday Value products".
Wegmans and Costco have already committed to keep prices on their own-label products stable.
In many cases, brand names had higher levels of salt than the supermarket own-label equivalent.
The brands affected include Bertolli as well as own-label sauces made for supermarket chains Sainsbury's and Safeway.
Even big brands that create consumer demand through advertising and promotion are vulnerable to the distributors' own-label products.
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