by Melissa Simmerman | Apr 3, 2026 | Brand Strategy, CPG Trends, Innovation, Inspiration, Material and Finish, Packaging Design, Prototyping, Structural Design, Thought Leadership
Your Packaging Is Saying More Than You Think Consumers create and assign meaning to many things. As a brand, some of that is out of your control. Much of it isn’t. Consider the name “Corona” during the pandemic. Not controllable. But how the brand...
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 Anna Kniesly | Mar 9, 2026 | Brand Strategy, Conference Recap, CPG Trends, Inspiration, Packaging Design, Thought Leadership
What Expo West 2026 Told Us About the Future of CPG Packaging Our team spent the week walking the floor at Expo West, and several signals stood out about where food & beverage, and the brands behind it, are heading. Beyond individual products, what stood...
by Melissa Simmerman | Dec 13, 2024 | CPG Trends, Inspiration, Packaging Design
Trends 24 from ’24:The Conversations, Trends, and Projects That Made Our Year Melissa SimmermanSr. Director, Growth & Strategy December 13, 2024 Are we about to get on the year-in-rewind bandwagon? Obviously! Call it our version of #Wrapped without the psychedelic...
by Melissa Simmerman | Oct 3, 2024 | Brand Strategy, CPG Trends, Inspiration, Packaging Design, Thought Leadership
Instant Impact: Packaging Design at the Speed of TikTok Even if you aren’t on TikTok, you’re being influenced by it every day. The chokehold it has on consumer culture is undeniable, and if you are in the business of selling anything to anyone, you...
by Bart Laube | May 16, 2024 | CPG Trends, Inspiration, Packaging Design
Five Ways Better-for-You Food Packaging is Changing Brand Design Last year, we looked at five emerging trends in packaging design within the exploding better-for-you food and beverage category. We believed then, and still do, that BFY is setting the trends...
