The Vertex Awards Are Now Open for Entries

The world’s leading competition celebrating excellence in Retailer-Owned Brand, private brand, and private label package design officially opens on November 14, 2025. This is your moment to showcase the most innovative, strategic, and creative private brand design...

 VERTEX AWARDS 
NORTH AMERICA

May 7, 2026
Broadway – Times Square
New York City, NY, USA 

VERTEX AWARDS 
AMSTERDAM

May 18, 2026
Tobacco Theater
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

STANDARD

Dates: 12.13.2025-1.16.2026
$299/per entry
  • Dates: 12.13.2025-1.16.2026
  • All works presented must have been available for sale to the public for the first time from November 2024 to November 30, 2025.
  • The Vertex Awards is exclusively for brands owned by retailers/private brands/private label/own brands.

LATE

Dates: 1.17.2026-1.31.2026
$349/per entry
  • Dates: 1.17.2026-1.31.2026
  • All works presented must have been available for sale to the public for the first time from November 2024 to November 30, 2025.
  • The Vertex Awards is exclusively for brands owned by retailers/private brands/private label/own brands.

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The Vertex Awards are the only global competition devoted exclusively to the art ofPrivate Brand package design. The awards are judged by a highly esteemed panel of industry experts from around the world and awarded based on Creativity, Marketability, and Innovation. The awards were created by Christopher Durham the president of the Velocity Institute and Phil Russo the publisher of Global Retail Brands.

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