by Melissa Simmerman | Mar 18, 2026 | Brand Strategy, Inspiration, Packaging Design, Prototyping, Sales and Influencer Kits, Structural Design, Thought Leadership
Launch it to Last: Brands That Win Aren’t Just Seen — They’re Experienced Belief is the hardest thing to earn in CPG. Thousands of CPG products launch every year, and after walking the ExpoWest show floor and speaking with many of the founders...
by Melissa Simmerman | Feb 25, 2026 | Innovation, Packaging Design, Prototyping, Structural Design, Sustainability, Thought Leadership
Why the Best CPG Innovation Teams Invest in Early Stage Product Prototyping The world is full of great product ideas. But even the best ones, the ones that have the potential to solve real consumer problems, stay stuck in “The Land of What Might’ve...
by Melissa Simmerman | Feb 18, 2026 | Packaging Design, Prototyping, Sales and Influencer Kits, Thought Leadership
Tradeshow Packaging Tips: How to Win Before You Even Arrive Tradeshows… 20,000 steps a day and that’s only half the hustle. We’re about to hit Natural Products Expo and it got us thinking: a successful tradeshow starts long before you reach the...
by Melissa Simmerman | Jul 2, 2025 | Brand Strategy, CPG Trends, Packaging Design
The Summer of Candy Salad is Upon Us Ah, summer. It’s a sweet, simple time of togetherness, full of wet swimsuits and sunscreen, campfires and fireflies, s’mores and hot dogs. Unless you work in CPG. Then it’s a full-on race to sell more of the...
by Melissa Simmerman | Jun 6, 2025 | Brand Strategy, Innovation, Packaging Design, Sustainability, Thought Leadership
The CPG Packaging Lifecycle Not to state the obvious, but we are packaging designers and have been for 30 years. We’ve long understood our responsibility to our clients and consumers—clarity, communication, the need to trigger a purchase decision—but our work...
