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Learning to Launch a Brand or Product by Example

Get your launch right by learning from already established brands.
March 1, 2013

Brands just starting out need examples on how to handle product launches and lines.


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Big League Packaging

How to use packaging's structure and design to bring consumers in from left field.
March 1, 2013

Over the last decade, almost a quarter of a million new products have been announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And what percentage of these product launches has actually made it to a shelf at Best Buy or Wal-Mart stores?


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Ace The Product Naming Game

Great product names propel brands to the top. How to get one for your packaging.
March 1, 2013

A great name can propel a brand to the top of its category.


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Rewinding Design to Move A Brand Fast Forward

The Goldstein Group looks at Aqua Net's history to reinvigorate the brand.
February 1, 2013

Whether holding a bouffant or beehive, Aqua Net has played a leading role in women’s hairdos since the fabulous fifties.


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Lose the Superiority Complex, Gain Brand Differentiation

How to move beyond "er" to authentic brand differentiation.
February 1, 2013

Walk the aisles of any store, and you will see brands trying to one-up each other with claims of “bigger,” “better,” “bolder” … what I like to call “-er” statements 


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New Design for Brand Brings Fun Focus

January 16, 2013

Tostitos, one of the world’s largest brand of tortilla chips and salsas, has unleashed what is meant to be a dramatic new design for its brand.


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Shock Top's Bottom Line

November 1, 2012
Shock Top, a traditional Belgian-style wheat ale, originated in 2006 under the name Spring Heat Spiced Wheat.
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Pruning Away Audience Misconceptions

November 1, 2012
“A new generation of young, health-conscious consumers is looking for wholesome, nutritious snacks,” says Ian McLean
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I’ll Have What He’s Having

October 1, 2012

Two guys walk into a bar. One orders a water, the other orders a shot of Vaska.  


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When Brands Get Plastic Surgery...

October 1, 2012

The other night, I was reading a marketing article in bed about the new Twitter logo when I looked over to see my wife reading a “before and after” plastic surgery article in US Weekly.


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10th Annual Packaging That Sells Conference, Chicago, October 2012

BRANDPACKAGING’s packaging conference returned for a tenth year with a focus on a single message: Make It Matter.

2/6/13 2:00 pm EST

Packaging Matters: Studying the Satisfaction Gap in Consumer Packaging

On-Demand Consumers often choose products based on packaging, but how satisfied are they once they try to carry, store, open, use or dispose of the product package?

THE MAGAZINE

Brand Packaging Magazine

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April 2013

The April 2013 issue examines sustainabiltity and its place in brand packaging. You can also read the issue at the Digital Editions.

 

Take a look at Consumer Insight, our monthly infographic focus on current data and demographic facts happening in the groups you and your customer’s brands are reaching. This month examines personal care and health and beauty aids.

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BRANDPACKAGING Design Gallery Volume 10

A design annual unlike any other, Design Gallery Volume 10 is not just a study in good design. It’s a look at how packaging can successfully demonstrate structural and graphic innovation, make strong shelf impact, meet consumer, shopper and retailer needs and support and convey the brand story.

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