With over 30 years of experience, REAL Insight has led projects across a variety of industries that successfully identified consumer behavior and expectations, helping CPG companies, retailers, and other clients understand how consumers act in a variety of contexts.
Have you ever returned home from a shopping trip and realized you bought way more than you had planned? The Gruen Effect might be to blame. The podcast 99% Invisible broke down the phenomenon. The Gruen Effect occurs when you are so distracted by a store’s lights, colors, and beautiful product display that you lose track…
Introduction Every package—sustainable or not—needs to nail three key functions to be effective: When considering sustainable packaging, if the design doesn’t meet these goals, it doesn’t matter how sustainable the offering is: it’s missed the point entirely. Protect The most sustainable packaging is the one that actually keeps a product intact until it is used. When products…
Back to Nature Redesigns that represent a major departure are always a watch-out for us, but the true risk is completely related to who the brand is and what the objectives are for the redesign. If you are a strong brand with specific equities that mean something to shoppers, you will want to tread carefully.…
In a seemingly serious contradiction, Luke Cahill is a self proclaimed introvert who has spoken to thousands of complete strangers. Listen to Real Insight CEO & Chief Nerd as he explains why real conversations with shoppers still matter https://open.spotify.com/episode/2vyL5FShNDZSV3nxVCm7Bb?si=7cafd1b5445e4185
As Seen in the Wild We humans are highly influenced by our environment consciously and in non-conscious ways. This is especially true in the store environment. After thousands upon thousands of hours doing consumer research in stores, REAL Insight understands the immense value of collecting data that accounts for the chaos and variance you can…
As Seen in the Wild Series After diving into breakthrough barriers in the store environment in part 1, we are going to zoom in on potential package pitfalls that are easy-to-miss. With thousands of packages vying for a shopper's attention throughout a trip, the little details that you can only see in-store, make or break…
As our team spends countless days in stores, we are confronted with the reality that it is incredibly difficult to succeed in-aisle. Not only is it difficult to develop products that meet real needs and win against competition, but there are also many other factors that add friction to the ultimate goal of being seen,…
One of the biggest myths about qualitative data is that it isn't actionable. That it needs to be used in conjunction with quant to uncover the real story. But just like quant, its ability to be actionable is completely linked with its level of data quality. In the case of qualitative research, QUALITY comes from…
Working on redesigns is one of our specialties at REAL Insight. Our in-context solutions and shopper expertise allow our clients to navigate the risks and create optimal packaging. The biggest risk to a redesign is subconscious alienation. This happens after a redesign when a shopper enters a category they shop in every week, scans the…
What if there was a way to collect behavioral data at the speed of shopping? Renown psychologist Daniel Kahneman identified that our brain is split into System 1 (S1) and System 2 (S2) thinking. We spend 95% of the time using System 1 which consists of our automatic, intuitive, instinctive, and impulsive thinking. Reacting to…