by Kaleidoscope Chicago | Jan 24, 2026 | Brand Strategy, Kaleidoscope, Packaging Design, Thought Leadership
January 24, 2026 There’s a pattern that shows up in CPG packaging projects more often than it should. A brand begins losing momentum in the market, sales soften, shelf presence feels weaker than it once did, and internal conversations eventually arrive at the...
by Kaleidoscope Chicago | Jan 16, 2026 | Brand Strategy, Kaleidoscope, Packaging Design, Sales and Influencer Kits, Structural Design, Thought Leadership
January 16, 2026 A packaging design brief is where projects succeed or fail. Not at the design review or at the retailer presentation. After 30 years of working with CPG brands across food, beverage, wellness, pet, and beauty, we’ve seen the same patterns repeat...
by Kaleidoscope Chicago | Jan 8, 2026 | Author, Brand Strategy, Kaleidoscope, Packaging Design, Prototyping, Structural Design, Thought Leadership
January 8, 2026 Most CPG brands treat packaging design and prototyping as two separate phases. You design first and then somewhere downstream you prototype. Files get handed off, a physical sample gets built, and everyone crosses their fingers that the original intent...
by Kaleidoscope Chicago | May 12, 2021 | Guest Posts
Guest Author Where Is Your Consumer? Adam Schumacher NXT Ascent May 12, 2021 Too often companies look at customer acquisition too narrowly and place them into two categories: retail-only or direct-to-consumer (DTC). For instance, legacy or incumbent brands may only...
by Kaleidoscope Chicago | Mar 3, 2021 | Guest Posts
Guest Author Finding Calm In The Chaos Kyle SchlegelWeber-Stephens Products March 3, 2021 The year 2020 will not be soon forgotten. It has challenged us to our core in every walk of life—personal, professional, and political. 2020 became the crossroads that Robert...
