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...
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 Melissa Simmerman | Jun 5, 2024 | Brand Strategy, Ecommerce, Innovation, Packaging Design
Connected Packaging and the Future of Brand Storytelling Before the pandemic, marketers would often ask us: do people really use QR codes? It made sense when QR codes were relatively new and untested, and scanning something with your phone’s camera was still...
