Are you wondering what trends are taking off this year? These trends are hot, as in right off the production line, because it’s all the first hand experience seen by my friend Pete Grego of Nor-Cal Beverage Co., Inc. Pete is a black belt master manufacturer of emerging brand beverages and a vendor partner of…
To effectively leverage color block merchandising, you need to get in the store and see what’s already on the shelf. Published on ECRM Marketgate Blog 3/10/2019 ECRM and Emily Page bring you – Color Blocking Strategies: How To Make Your Brand Jump Off The Shelf! Unless you are looking only to win design awards, the…
What is the difference between these 2 products I just purchased on Amazon? Both bottles of 16.9 oz of #drinkingwater are from well known #brands like Nestlé & VOSS Artesian. Both are in plastic bottles & sold all over the world… but have you noticed the price difference? The #Nestle x 24 pack is $9 and the #VOSSwater x 24 pack is $30. Why? What…
What is brand equity? Why should I care? And how do I get it? “I’m a busy emerging brand – why the heck should I care about brand consistency? I only care about speed to market on artwork and keeping things cheap! And design consistency slows things down and takes a lot more money!” What…
How can packaging improve your product shelf life?… Naturally?! Believe it or not but it’s packaging! Shelf-life has a direct economic impact on the value of your product because: Let’s talk about 3 ways packaging can NATURALLY help increase the shelf life of your product in this short 5 minute video or read the executive…
Originally posted on ECRM’s BLOG on 4/22/19 and written by Joe Tarnowski If you’re not in the LinkedIn game, you’re missing out on a TON of opportunities. Pearl Resources CEO Emily Page and Joseph Tarnowski connect via LinkedIn Long gone are the days of the platform merely being a repository of resumes. Over the past…
I have seen a DRAMATIC shift in the outcome in sales presentations when a brand owner has REAL samples, in full color, that appear retail ready. Pictures on a flyer or samples to taste that aren’t in retail packaging, aren’t convincing or exciting for anyone. It is therefore WISE to have full color and real…
Which CPG products sell in a recession in the food and beverage? Did you know during the last Great Recession of 2008, FROZEN food sales actually went up? For example sales increased for chicken pot pies by 23% and frozen side dishes like appetizers and frozen peas went up by as much as 48%… It’s…
This article was first published on RANGEME (February 6, 2020) and ECRM (January 22, 2020). Today’s consumer shops both online and in brick and mortar stores. If you are a direct-to-consumer brand that’s looking to get on the shelves, such as many brands on RangeMe that are heading to their first tradeshow like ECRM looking to get into…
Natural food bands are leading the trend packaging and branding. What can you learn? This article was also published on ECRM’s Blog on 5/6/2020. Packaging in the old days of natural foods was what we would call… “scrappy.” Emerging brand owners didn’t have a lot of visibility, demand or capital so their packaging reflected it….
