Brand packaging design may not be rocket science, but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that today’s competitive landscape does make it pretty challenging, to say the least. As the number of brands vying for the consumer’s attention grows by the day, no packaging designer can afford to be guilty of the […]

Sustainability is a trend no industry can afford to ignore these days. As consumers are more and more concerned with the environmental impact of their purchases, brands and packaging suppliers must pull out all the stops to establish and maintain a green reputation if they want to continue to thrive in today’s increasingly competitive landscape. […]

Consumer behaviors and attitudes are forever changing, which means packaging design must follow suit for brands to continue to thrive. This article takes a closer look at recent shifts in consumer behaviors and extends those trending changes to specific solutions both brands and packaging designers today cannot do without. 

Is your food or beverage brand well on track and ready to go global? Don’t forget to include packaging design in your market research! This article lines up four crucial factors to consider before finalizing your export strategy.

Online shoppers may not always know what they want, but they do know they want it delivered to their doorstep in a matter of hours, in pristine condition and, preferably, wrapped in packaging so amazing they just have to make an unboxing video to share it with their followers. With over 2.5 billion consumers currently […]

Trying before buying is all well and good if consumers actually purchase the product, but in many cases products that have been opened in-store only end up sitting on the shelves until they expire – would you buy something that’s evidently been opened by some stranger? Enter the tamper-evident packaging trend, which not just prevents […]

Some 20 years ago, buying something by simply clicking a button on a screen seemed like something from a sci-fi novel to most. Today, we can’t imagine the world without e-commerce and all the opportunities it offers to brands and retailers. However, some things haven’t changed. Buying online is still a leap of faith for […]

Every packaging designer knows that finding the perfect balance between brand consistency and local customization is no easy feat. As brand identity and consumer confidence go hand in hand, it seems logical for brands to stick to one global look. However, with local markets come local challenges. Understanding consumers’ needs and expectations on a local […]

  Consumers know what they want these days – and brands are happy to oblige by offering them an increasingly vast range of products, not rarely tailored to the consumer’s personal specifications. But while much is being invested in product innovation, brand packaging design often either remains identical or is changed without testing the effects […]

Do you ever wonder what packaging designs will look like ten years from now? One thing’s for sure: there are plenty of disruptive forces at work, driving innovation in packaging and thus encouraging the retail landscape to evolve at full speed. Smithers Pira expects the global packaging market’s value will reach 1 trillion USD by […]

The colors you pick for your brand packaging design can make all the difference between soaring sales and a major flop. Don’t believe us? The good people at Pepsi-Cola will have you know that when they switched the color of their vending machines in South East Asia from royal blue to light blue back in […]