Korean slang profile
PB
PB
An abbreviation for products offered under a retailer’s own brand, or that brand itself.
An abbreviation for products offered under a retailer’s own brand, or that brand itself.
- Expanded form
- Private BrandPrivate Brand
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Jul 8, 2010
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
마트에서 자체 브랜드인 PB 상품을 골랐다.
I chose PB products, the supermarket’s own brand.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Korea Food and Drug Administration material gives PB alongside ‘Private Brand’. The candidate article introduces retailers’ own brands as PB. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and usage were compared directly with the evidence. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 이산화황 초과 검출 “옥수수전분” 회수조치 (식품의약품안전청·정책브리핑)Published Jul 8, 2010Original source checked Nov 13, 2026
- “장보기 겁나면 편의점 오세요”…PB·소포장 상품으로 가격 낮췄다 (경향신문)Published Jun 13, 2022Original source checked Nov 13, 2026