Packaging - The Silent Salesperson
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Identify the brand image and highlight the product features. The packaging can use images, text and colours to highlight the product's features and advantages, attracting consumers' attention and interest.
Packaging data should also be in line with the brand image and values, so that consumers can recognise the brand at a glance and build brand trust.
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Coca-Cola's packaging design uses the brand's iconic red and white colour scheme and classic shapes, which make the product easily recognisable in the marketplace.
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Apple's packaging design is minimalist, highlighting the brand's premium and technological feel.
Apple's packaging is typically white with simple black lettering and the brand's iconic Apple logo.
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Tiffany & Co.'s blue box design is very much part of the brand's identity. This particular shade of blue is called "Tiffany Blue" and it represents the brand's high-end and elegance, and makes the packaging associated with the brand in the mind of the consumer.
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Nike's packaging is usually designed in black or white, with the brand's iconic 'Swoosh' pattern and the brand's name prominently displayed. These design elements characterise the brand's identity and demonstrate the brand's sportiness and innovation.
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Why is packaging the silent salesperson?
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Let's go back to the example of luxury brands and Harrods. In a department store, customers can experience various elements such as special smells, interior lighting and dark corners, product displays, and staff attire, all of which can shape a brand's image.
However, the shift to an e-commerce model has meant that these elements no longer exist, and have been replaced by things like website design and online customer service.
As a result, packaging is beginning to play an important role as a sales tool. It's one thing to send a box, but if it makes a lasting impression, it can build a connection. Luxury brands therefore need unique packaging solutions, even for non-online shipments, and packaging design is very important in the perfume industry. Designers working for the world's leading brands create true masterpieces that fill these little bottles with soul.
Packaging is therefore not only the outer shell that protects the product, but can also be an important element of the brand's image, and can even be a silent sales enabler, bringing more value and impact to the brand.
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What kind of paper packaging solution meets the concept of a high-end brand?
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Simple but tasteful. Many luxury brands tend to adopt a minimalist style in their packaging design, using plain paper and black logos to ensure brand presence. But at the same time, in order to stand out in the marketplace, designers also inject new elements, such as ribbons, special box openings and textured paper, to give customers a unique touch when they touch it.
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How can packaging be used as a tool for unlimited promotion?
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Packaging can be used to promote your brand's slogan to increase brand awareness and market share.
Examples:
Subway: Eat Fresh
IKEA: The Wonderful Everyday
McDonald: I'm Lovin'it.
These slogans are short, easy to remember, interesting and infectious. These slogans are short, easy to remember, fun and infectious, which can effectively convey the brand concept, enhance brand awareness and image, and attract consumers' attention and purchase desire.
*Provide product information is needed: The package should contain enough product information, such as ingredients, usage, production date and shelf life, etc., so that consumers can make the right purchasing decision.
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As luxury brands move online, customer preferences are changing, and the growth of e-commerce is creating a huge space for new entrants in the market.
The growing e-commerce sector has created a huge space in the market, providing opportunities for newcomers.
In the future, packaging design will become even more diverse, with designers adopting more innovative techniques to provide a richer user experience.
However, no matter how much things change, luxury brands will always need to uphold quality and uniqueness and pass these values on to their customers.
It is only when the products are at a premium level and meet the needs of customers at a higher level that a brand can truly win the market and be successful in the long run.
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Customise Your Own Packaging
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