AGILE RESEARCH SYSTEM - PACK TESTING

Make your packaging the best sales person

Create packaging that stands out on shelf, works for your brand, and makes shoppers choose your product in a split second.

Pepsico logo in black on a transparent background
The logo for Reckitt.
Vodafone logo in black on a transparent background
McDonalds logo in black on a transparent background
The Clorox Company logo in black on a transparent background
SoFi logo in black on a transparent background
Mars logo in black on a transparent background

Your research questions answered

The right packaging design can make the difference between a successful product and one that gets overlooked.

    Which of my pack design routes have the most potential to stand out and drive purchase?
    How can I improve my pack designs to maximize their impact?
    How do the packs perform on shelf and fit with brand?

Identify & optimize your winning pack ideas

AI QUICK REPORTS

Stakeholder-ready reporting in minutes

Turn results into clear direction — fast. AI Quick Reports surface the key takeaways, implications, and story behind your pack’s performance, so teams get to the “so what” without digging through charts.

COMPREHENSIVE PACK ASSESSMENT

Quickly identify winning design routes

Identify the best designs early on, within hours. Get a holistic assessment of all aspects that drives in-market success of your packaging:

  • Does your pack get noticed: distinctiveness, in-context stand out and findability

  • Does your pack drive purchase: purchase likelihood, appeal, in-context purchase choice

  • Is your pack on brand: brand recall and brand diagnostics

RICH DIAGNOSTICS

Optimize for success with rich diagnostics

Get rich consumer feedback & clear guidance on what to improve & why with a 360' assessment of the package & comprehensive diagnostics.

  • Heatmaps: Find the best & worst parts of your pack and why

  • Emojis: Understand system 1 emotional response

  • Message recall & Improvement ideas: AI-summarized open-ended feedback

COMPETITIVE CONTEXT

Get a real read on shelf performance

Our pack test evaluates your pack in the context of competitive products. Get an on-shelf read on stand out, findability, spontaneous and prompted brand recall, and reason for purchase choice — for both your pack and competitors.

THE RIGHT BRANDING

Make sure your pack works for your brand

Go beyond attention and appeal. Get a clearer read on whether your packaging reinforces the right brand signals — and builds recognition, not confusion.

  • Brand Recall: spontaneous and prompted

  • Distinctive Brand Assets: Recognition of key brand cues

  • Brand diagnostics: brand linkage, feeling, believability and attributes

No.1 agile research platform

Great innovation comes from a process of continuous experimentation and iteration. No matter where you are in that process, we’ve got a system that helps you turn great ideas into great products.

    Innovate with confidence
    Smart research design built in partnership with leading brands gives you strategic direction for launch and insights into incremental growth.
    Optimize for success
    Rich diagnostics give you clear guidance on what to optimize and why. Our speed & value lets you be agile and iterate, leading to more successful innovations.
    Get smarter over-time
    Innovative platform that builds knowledge over time and gives you a head start for your next innovation
    Super flexible
    Combine tried & tested methods tailored with your business' knowledge. Flexible audiences, custom questions, slicing & dicing of your data on the fly.
    Highest qualiy responses
    ESOMAR & ISO certified suppliers combined with market leading quality checks.
    Co-created with leading brands
    Our research & data science experts work with leading brands to co-create solutions. To deliver research that is effective in the real world.

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