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Branded Sampling

Brands focus on sample sizes to offer consumers variety

Implications - Realizing the importance of garnering consumer loyalty, brands have begun focusing on small, easy-to-sample product sizes for simpler consumption. By encouraging buyers to test out different options, brands avoid bombarding and pressuring consumers, and instead entice them with possibility and variety. In a society that fears missing out, this approach offers consumers a non-committal way to get to know both product and brand.
Workshop Question - If you were to launch sample kits, which products would you include samples of?
Trend Themes
1. Sample-sized Products - Brands are focusing on smaller, easy-to-sample product sizes for simpler consumption to offer consumers variety and avoid bombarding them.
2. Convenient Packaging - Aloha Vitamins and Sachette packets are examples of products that are separated into conveniently packaged sachets for on-the-go use, which is a huge convenience for busy consumers.
3. Holiday-themed Gift Sets - David's Tea, and The Cold Brew Coffee Company offer holiday-themed gift sets that provide consumers with a sample of different flavors, which are perfect for the holiday season as gifts or personal indulgences.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Packaged Goods - Consumer packaged goods companies can capitalize on Sample-Sized Products trend by offering smaller, easy-to-sample product sizes for simpler consumption to offer consumers variety.
2. Food and Beverage - The food and beverage industry can take advantage of Convenient Packaging trend by providing products in sachets for on-the-go use, which is a huge convenience for busy consumers.
3. Retail - Retail industry can leverage the Holiday-Themed Gift Sets trend by offering a variety of holiday-themed gift sets that provide consumers with a sample of different flavors perfect for the holiday season as gifts or personal indulgences.
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