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Lifestyle Engagement

Instructor: Gil Haddi
Future of Content
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We’re seeing a growing resistance towards traditional marketing in favor of a more authentic approach, putting a premium on consumer trust. In our third and final module, we’ll be diving into best practices for sharing your brand message in the most authentic way possible, building up trust and integrity with your consumers. From fake influencers to exposing uncommon truths, we explore several tactical ways for brands to avoid common pitfalls of inauthentic marketing.

Furthermore, to truly integrate into the consumer’s lifestyle, this module explores the importance of design branding and how to make your brand part of your consumer’s branding. We round out our third module with a look at interactive packaging and rebuilding consumer trust through brand rituals and packaging that satiates consumer desire for instant gratification.
Related Trend Report: Future of Content
Workshop Question:
How does your brand integrate into your consumer's current lifestyle?
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Featured Insights

Branded Merchandise
Brands outside the fashion industry dabble in apparel for exclusive launches
Implications - Brands are venturing into adjacent industries to create brand new products not typically associated with the brand’s heritage or legacy. As the hype for streetwear and concert merchandise becomes more mainstream, brands are taking note and getting into the game themselves. Creating their own distinct fashion lines and collaborating with actual designers, brands, most often in the food and beverage industry, are venturing outside their comfort zone in order to connect with consumers through products they can actually identify with. Such exclusive releases help redefine how these typically traditional brands are perceived, especially by younger audiences.
Workshop Question - What adjacent industries can your brand tap into as a way to create exclusive experiences for your consumer?
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NFC Engagement
Brands increase engagement with consumers by integrating NFC tags into packaging
Implications - With brands across the board developing more visually interesting and appealing packaging, standing out on the shelf is more competitive than ever. To address this, brands are turning to NFC technology in order to engage consumers with interactive digital content. Moving beyond the practical security and inventory-related applications of NFC tags, this approach gives companies a chance to more deeply connect to consumers.
Workshop Question - How could you leverage technology to more deeply connect with your consumer?
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Content Certainty
In the era of 'fake news,' consumers seek out trust-forward alternative outlets
Implications - The Internet has democratized the gathering of information, but it's also granted almost anyone the ability to create content. This creates a lack of trust for all news sources. For the Millennial generation, there is an extra level of mistrust surrounding large news outlets that can only be alleviated by way of alternative outlets that lead with accountability.
Workshop Question - What could come off disingenuous about your product or brand, and how are you closing that information gap?
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Insights by Trend Hunter AI

Rumpled Romance
Ultrafeminine style evolves with intentionally imperfect, carefree elements
Trend - A more casual, carefree evolution of the ultrafeminine aesthetic is gaining momentum, characterized by intentionally imperfect styling and relaxed glamour. This "rumpled romance" look incorporates nostalgic elements from turn-of-millennium pop culture with contemporary casual wear, featuring haphazardly tied ribbons, statement bows on everyday apparel, and accessory-heavy styling.
Workshop Question - How could your brand incorporate elements of this romantically undone aesthetic while staying true to your established identity?
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Boldened Snack
Packaged snack brands are refreshing packaging portfolios to improve recognition
Trend - CPG snack brands are refreshing their packaging designs to draw more attention to their products while emphasizing standout features. These features include better-for-you ingredients and reduced environmental impact, with intent to capture younger audiences with such practices.
Workshop Question - How might we innovate our brand's approach to packaging and product design to effectively resonate with environmentally conscious and health-focused younger consumers?
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Visual Aid
Brands are designing packaging to be accessible for consumers with visual impairments
Trend - Brands are creating packaging designs with smart solutions for consumers with visual impairments. These solutions include scannable codes or symbols that interact with smart applications to provide either easier-to-read or audio-based information, more effectively supporting shoppers.
Workshop Question - How can we leverage technological solutions to make our products more accessible for a wider range of consumers?
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Traceable Sustainability
Packaging brands are adding traceability to packages for verification
Trend - Packaging brands are creating tech-based solutions for traceability. These enable consumers, and partnered businesses, to trace packaging back to its source. Often via scanning a QR code, NFC touchpoint, or blockchain ID, it is easy for any user to verify stated sustainability claims.
Workshop Question - How could your brand deepen its connection to consumers by increasing transparency?
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Sustainable Sourceable Packagings
Sustainable Sourceable Packagings
Securikett's Eco-Friendly Packaging are Verifiable by Consumers
Securikett’s packaging solutions focus on sustainability and security. The company offers a range of eco-friendly packaging options, including PaperVOID labels and tapes, which are designed to be... MORE
Blockchain-Traceable Packagings
Blockchain-Traceable Packagings
'TraceX' Enables Consumers to Freely Verify Packaging Sources
TraceX Technologies is a company that leverages blockchain technology to enhance traceability and transparency within the food supply chain. Their traceability solutions enable businesses to track... MORE
Plastic Lifecycle Tracking Systems
Plastic Lifecycle Tracking Systems
SMX and Skypac Unveil a Plastic Packaging Traceability Alliance
SMX and Skypac Packaging have launched a partnership to bring traceability to flexible plastic packaging. The new system integrates SMX’s molecular marker technology and blockchain tracking into... MORE
Hyper-Traceable Pet Foods
Hyper-Traceable Pet Foods
Goodlands Uses On-Pack QR Codes to Support Ingredient Transparency
Goodlands makes various dry food formulas for puppies, kittens, dogs and cats that offer unparalleled transparency to support a new generation of ingredient-conscious consumers. Rhodes Pet Science&... MORE
Connected Fragrance Bottles
Connected Fragrance Bottles
Two Bastille Fragrances are Now Bottled with Links to Digital Twins
Two Bastille fragrances, including the best-selling Pleine Lune and the newly released Paradis Nuit, are enhanced with packaging that includes RFID tags and QR codes that link to cloud-based digital... MORE
Seamless Engagement
Pop-ups that require minimal time to engage consumers are gaining traction
Trend - Brands are creating passive pop-ups, such as billboards or signposts, that beget consumers to engage with only a brief action. These are more engaging than regular billboards while not requiring much time from consumers. Additionally, brands do not need to staff these pop-ups, thus reducing costs.
Workshop Question - How could your brand benefit from passive engagement opportunities to enhance its marketing strategies?
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play_circle_filledHug-Activated Marketing Machines
Hug-Activated Marketing Machines
UNIQLO France and The Pull Launch the Hug to Unlock Ad
UNIQLO France unveils the Hug to Unlock campaign with the help of Paris-based marketing agency The Pill. The campaign encourages passersby to embrace in a hug to initiate a surprise by the brand. It... MORE
play_circle_filledIllusory Fry Billboards
Illusory Fry Billboards
KFC is Promoting Its Fing Fing Cajun Chips with a Clever Billboard
In China, KFC is promoting its new Fing Fing Cajun Chips with an optical illusion billboard that has people literally shaking their heads. With “fing fing” meaning “shake” in... MORE
play_circle_filledFood Truck Billboards
Food Truck Billboards
McDonald's Transformed Billboards into Digital Food Truck Displays
McDonald’s Sweden recently launched a new fried chicken burger inspired by street food culture. As part of the launch campaign, the fast-food giant transformed digital-out-of-home (DOOH)... MORE
play_circle_filledRecord-Breaking AR Mirrors
Record-Breaking AR Mirrors
Maybelline New York & FFFACE.ME Debuted a Large Interactive Experience
Maybelline New York worked with XR company FFFACE.ME to unveil a record-breaking augmented reality mirror with a screen size of 43,000 square feet on the side of the Gulliver Mall in Kyiv. This AR... MORE
play_circle_filledDeserted Island Billboards
Deserted Island Billboards
Silk & Spice Set Up a Billboard for Fans to Go and Find
While most billboards are strategically positioned in high-traffic areas to maximize visibility, Silk & Spice is taking a different route, opting to set up a desert island billboard and initiate... MORE
Ethical Meat
Animal protein brands are highlighting ethical farming practices on packaging
Trend - Animal protein brands with CPGs are more heavily emphasizing ethical farming practices on product packaging. In addition to organic or cruelty-free labels, the ethically sourced label denotes a higher level of care given to the farmed animals, ensuring consumers of the brand's priorities and values.
Workshop Question - How could your brand incorporate ethical or sustainable practices into its business model to better connect with consumers?
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Informative Yogurt
Dairy brands are redesigning packaging to explicitly advertise health benefits
Trend - Brands in the dairy industry are redesigning product packaging to be more explicitly informative. These new packagings highlight the ingredients' exact nutritional benefits, such as benefiting gut health. Many such products are also advertising organic or eco-friendly ingredients.
Workshop Question - How could your brand redesign its packaging to ensure it best appeals to the desires of its consumers?
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Canned Soap
Cosmetics brands are using aluminum cans to aid sustainability efforts
Trend - Self-care products are being offered in aluminum cans to enhance sustainability. Often coupled with refillable designs, these cans reduce packaging costs and are nearly infinitely recyclable. Additionally, the resilience of aluminum packaging simplifies shipping and logistics systems.
Workshop Question - How could your brand benefit from circular packaging materials, such as aluminum or paper?
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