Consider what product packaging design does to your product: Most importantly, packaging identifies your brand.
Packaging communicates with the consumer and presents an image, whilealso providing instructions for its use.
Packaging distinguishes your product from your competitor’s in its design, colour, and shape.
To see how important a product label design is, take the case of Derma Quest which produces a line of skincare products. Although their products are of high quality, their initial packaging was not impressive and did not say much about their product. After working with a team of professional designers and branding houses their skincare products were given a totally new makeover. Allyson Rogers, director of education at Derma Quest said, "It's made a huge difference. It's helped us get into new doors that we weren't in before. This is something that appeals to doctors. It's clean, scientific and elegant-looking." The new look resulted in doubling their sales.
Generally packaging works out at 10% of the retail cost of a product. However this margin would go up or down considering the product you are selling. Cosmetic and electronic manufacturers may spend up to 40% or more of the product cost on packaging, as would gift items. An attractively packaged product makes all the difference at the point of sale. The extra care and cost required to produce an attractive package are more than covered through increase in sales.
There is a psychology to a consumer’s selection of a product and it depends on product design and packaging.
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