How Important Is Packaging Design To Your Products Success?

Packaging is the third largest industry in America valued at $110 billion per annum. It is estimated that there are 350 billion packages which comprise of the tiniest item in pharmaceuticals to supersacks used that are accustomed carry thousands of pounds of content and which can withstand rigorous transport.

Product Packaging Design

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Consider what product promotion design does to your product:

• Most importantly, promotion identifies your brand.
• Packaging communicates with the consumer and presents an image, displays the product and also provides operational instructions for its use.
• Packaging distinguishes your product from your competitor's in its design, color, and shape.
• Packaging is your product's promotional advertisement. It is the last affair the consumer sees about your product before making a decision to purchase it.

To see how important product label design is, take the case of DermaQuest which produces a line of skin care products. Although their products are of high quality, their first promotion was not impressive and did not say much about their product. After working with a team of professional designers and branding houses their skin care products were given a altogether new makeover. Allyson Rogers, director of education at DermaQuest said, "It's made a huge difference. It's helped us get into new doors that we weren't in before. This is someaffair that appeals to doctors. It's clean, scientific and elegant-looking." The new look resulted in doubling their gross sales.Generally promotion works intent on 10% of the retail cost of a product. However this margin would go up or down considering the product you are marketing. Cosmetic and electronic manufacturers may spend up to 40% or more of the product cost on promotion, as would gift items. An attractively packaged product makes all the difference at the point of sale. The extra care and cost required to produce an attractive package are more than awninged through increase in gross sales. Sanjay Sood, associate prof of marketing at UCLA's Anderson School of Management said, "Packaging may provide consumers with some kind of interest or incentive that can help get customers to try it, but for repeat buys, that's where the product will live or die on its own." There is a psychological science to a consumer's selection of a product and it depends on product design and promotion.

Points to Consider in Product Label Design:

• Packaging should be functional. It should protect your product against any kind of damage or deterioration.
• It should also be able to withstand transport and shipping.
• It should be environmentally friendly
• It should be easy to open and the product easy to use.
• It should be tamper proof.
• Packaging should have consumer appeal, a distinctiveness that makes your product stand out against a hundred other products on the shelf.
• Packaging, labeling and any additive information should be designed keeping in mind the visibility of your target consumer. Understand your market and target them specifically. Packaging for a generic audience can confuse the consumer.
• Packaging should help build your brand image. It's about communication your product and building a relationship with your consumers through your brand image
• Packaging should stand out against your competitor's products.

Product Label Design: Health Supplements

• Labeling on health supplements is important. Labels on the package should contain Supplement Facts about the ingredients and their nutrient value and abide by with other FDA guidelines regarding dietary supplements.
• Additional information on the package on how the product works could provide the consumer incentive information that will help the consumer to make an educated decision over your competitor's products.
• Promotional leaflets inside the promotion can help consumers to be more aware of the product and how it beneficially impacts the consumer's health. This can build credibility and trust. These leaflets can also be accustomed introduce other products in your line of production.
• Adding one or more health claims on health products could boost your gross sales by 20%. This was the conclusion of an online study conducted by National Starch. Consumer perception was tested for leading brands of bread, pabulum bars and cereals. It was found that consumers began placing a higher value on these products when the promotion was altered to let in additive health claims such as: "increases dietary fiber inake", "promotes a healthy digestive system", "helps to control blood glucose highs," "provides a balance of energy" and "delivers prebiotic properties."

Packaging trends are kinetic constantly. There are new innovations all the time. Keeping au courant of promotion and label trends will give your products a competitive edge.