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The French Connection: Coca-Cola Knocks Out A Dizzy Yoplait

Posted in Advertising, Branding, Food, International, Marketing, Non-Traditional Trademarks, Product Packaging, Trademarks

Josh Brooks of packagingnews.co.uk reports, here, that Coca-Cola has succeeded before the Paris Court of Appeal in banning the production and sale of Yoplait’s Dizzy brand "milk-based fizzy drink." Coca-Cola’s winning Blak bottle is shown below side-by-side with the losing Yoplait Dizzy bottle:                                                It appears from the news report that the French success was based purely on the… Continue Reading

Understanding the Critical Role of the “Brand” in Product Packaging

Posted in Advertising, Guest Bloggers, Marketing, Sight, Touch, Trademarks

Building a packaging brand seems simple at the outset. The only problem is you have to understand what the consumer wants and expects in their product packaging. That consumer is on the move too. They are time crunched, overworked and overwhelmed with information and even worse you have only 2.6 seconds to convince them to… Continue Reading