Seasonal packaging explained

Seasonal packaging is a way of marketing a product and sparking sales in consumer segments that infrequently buy the product, by wrapping the product in a package closely related to seasons or holidays such as Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, back-to-school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. It is efficient as a marketing tool.^[1]

Rationale

• Packaging works as a "silent salesman," ^[2] and occupies seven out of ten as a strategic part when a customer makes the decision to buy a particular product.^[3] It can be used to attract consumers' eyes and increase in-store purchase decision rate by using unique packaging.^{[4] [5]}

Meaning

• Develop the festival culture.^[6]
• Make consumers well-informed about events.^[7]

Development

Seasonal packaging was embraced by brands in order to make products stand out from the similar category. Nowadays, the innovative design of product seasonal packaging emphasize the demand of customers rather than competition itself.

Market power

Seasonal packaging use digital printing to print, so that large demand for seasonal packaging production motivates the development of printing market.^[8]

Examples

Examples of products that has used seasonal packaging are

• Toblerone (Changing logo to "ToMyLove" or "HoHoHo")
• Quality Street (Changing logo to Quality Dad)
• Coca-Cola Christmas packaging^[9]
• Eid packaging^[10]

Notes and References

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2. Organizing for Effective Packaging Management. 20712318. Transportation Journal. 1974-12-01. 53–57. 14. 2. EDWARD J.. BARDI. LARRY G.. KELLY.
3. Packaging Ethics: Perceptual Differences among Packaging Professionals, Brand Managers and Ethically-Interested Consumers. 25074279. Journal of Business Ethics. 2000-04-01. 199–213. 24. 3. Paula Fitzgerald. Bone. Robert John. Corey. 10.1023/A:1006257523743. 152582728.
4. Gaining competitive advantage from packaging and labelling in marketing communications. British Food Journal. 1998-03-01. 0007-070X. 110–118. 100. 2. 10.1108/00070709810204101. Nancarrow. Clive. Tiu Wright. Len. Brace. Ian.
5. Packaging design: creating competitive advantage with product packaging . British Food Journal. 2009-09-05. 0007-070X. 988–1002. 111. 9. 10.1108/00070700910992880. Rundh. Bo.
6. The Communicative Power of Product Packaging: Creating Brand Identity via Lived and Mediated Experience. 40470084. Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice. 2003-01-01. 62–76. 11. 1. Robert L.. Underwood. 10.1080/10696679.2003.11501933. 167508118.
7. Existential consumption and irrational desirenull. European Journal of Marketing. 1997-04-01. 0309-0566. 285–296. 31. 3/4. 10.1108/03090569710162371. Elliott. Richard. 10.1.1.523.122.
8. .Inkjet – teknologia, sovelluskohteet, prosessit.. Heilmann, J.,& Antikainen, H.. 2009. GT-raportti 3/2009. Finland: VTT. (In Finnish).
9. Web site: Coca-Cola launches Christmas packs Packaging News. Packaging News Jobs Production Design Innovation. 2015-10-25. en-US. 2014-11-17.
10. Gordon . C . Nero Atelier Created Gorgeous Packaging For The Eid Mubarak Festival . Print . 24 May 2021. 11 September 2022 .