Importance Of Packaging In The Apple

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Good decision making when it comes to packaging is key in making a successful company and brand image. Packaging is a crucial part of selling and marketing a product as well as raising their brand image. Packaging has two different types: primary package and secondary package. Primary package is the “one that the consumer uses, such as the toothpaste tube” (Grewal and Levy 360). Secondary package is “the wrapper or exterior carton that contains the primary package and provides the UPC label used by retail scanners” (360). Companies use product packaging as a way to protect their products as well. An example of this would be with how Apple packages their products. With the Apple iPhone, they package it in a way that is attractive to their customers. …show more content…

What may ultimately determine the success in some instances may be packaging. If a company does not have a positive brand image or they do not have one in which someone recognizes, their company may fail. By having a strong brand image and good packaging, it ensures that customers will be more drawn to your product, or products, because it allows the products to appeal to multiple markets. Packaging is important to the success of an organization because of how it influences product sales. Packaging is important because it could determine the success of the company. Packaging not only affects its customers, but the retailers and manufacturers as well. As a result of poor packaging, a company could gain a negative brand image. In order for a company to become successful, they must be careful as it pertains to what they want their customers to see. As a company, you want to attract the customer to the product. In order to create a competitive advantage, they must stand out from their competitors and a way they could do so is by creating promotions to attract customers. The way in which they package could also affect a consumer’s decision. It …show more content…

Packaging has the ability for companies to charge more for their product, when their product has changed at all. Making packaging more appealing, or just simply changing the packaging, can affect consumers perception about the value of the product. For example, milk companies in the past have sold their milk in plastic gallons. This packaging is a classic form of packaging that doesn’t add any value to the product, but effectively packages the product safely. Recently different milk companies like Fairlife and Trumoo have developed different bottles to contain their milk. Fairlife's largest bottle is a 52 oz. bottle of milk that doesn’t look anything like the typical plastic gallon. Since this packaging is more appealing and adds a perceptive value, Fairlife charges $4.29 a bottle. A typical gallon of milk usually costs around $2, and 52 oz. is less than half a gallon. This staggering price comes from simply from packaging. By changing their bottle to a fancier and more attractive bottle, they are able to charge a higher price for a smaller bottle. Since these bottles are smaller, they are also able to charge more hoping that consumers will buy more than one bottle at a time. Taking advantage of people’s perception of what is actually valuable, Fairlife is able to make a large profit off of less actual product. Another way companies are able to charge more for their products is by packaging their

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