Abstract
Overview
Introduction
Innovation is a major driver of growth yet statistics suggest that around
80-90% of all new products fail and industry executives are generally
disappointed in their ability to stimulate innovation. This report is designed
to help by effectively aligning NPD activity with substantive consumer trends.
It does so by identifying ' on-trend' opportunities that arise from the
individualism mega-trend
Scope
- Identifies consumer needs and ' on-trend' product and marketing
opportunities that arise from the individualism consumer mega-trend
- Global coverage: offers examples of ' on-trend' innovation from across the
globe both within and outside of consumer packaged goods
- Detailed recommendations and interpretation offering practical strategies
based on the trends and insights uncovered in the report
- One of a series of six trend specific reports designed to help FMCG
companies innovate more successfully
Report Highlights
One of the major problems associated with innovating successfully is capturing
consumers' imagination. The annual US based "Most Memorable New Product Launch
Survey 2007" found that even among those with strong brand names, 77% of
respondents could not name one of the top 50 new products of 2007 on an
unaided basis
The trend towards personalization is becoming more pronounced, with a
' just-for-me' ethos driving a desire for products, services, and experiences
that cater to specific needs and identities. As a result, shoppers will
increasingly expect additional possibilities by which they can co-create and
self-customize
By providing a platform for customization possibilities, companies also
enhance the probability of benefiting from word of mouth multiplier effects.
Enabling ' participative consumption' also offers an opportunity to command
price premiums
Reasons to Purchase
- Ideation and inspiration: spark new ideas by learning from innovative
on-trend products and marketing campaigns in the FMCG industry
- Trend understanding: familiarize yourself with the key individualism
related sub-trends that should be driving NPD and marketing efforts
- Understand the most pertinent opportunities to drive brand growth and NPD
investment
Table of Contents
- DATAMONITOR VIEW
- ANALYSIS
- INTRODUCTION: Using trend frameworks develops the means to boost the
quality and frequency of insight generation and new product planning
- There is a funnel approach to identifying the manifestation of trends
- TREND: Innovation is a major driver of growth but is a challenging process
- A number of internal problems can lead to ineffective approaches to
innovation
- Four different types of innovation strategy exist
- One of the major hurdles to successful innovation appears to be
capturing consumers' imagination
- TREND: Individualism reflects the value that consumers place on
self-expressive and more personalized goods and services
- The rise of individualistic values and attitudes is visible in consumer
behavior and society at large
- The market maturity that characterizes more developed consumer
societies also drives individualism
- There are a number of personal motivations/benefits associated with
customization opportunities
- TREND: Offering customization possibilities has been one of the most
profound areas of packaged goods' marketing and innovation
- INSIGHT: Occasion and body part specific products are being used as a way
of helping consumers to maximize enjoyment while creating a
' just-for-the-moment' positioning
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Occasion specificity is a potentially compelling
draw, but there are limitations
- INSIGHT: Consumers are empowered by additional choice and the new
possibilities to adjust and adapt the benefits offered by a broad range of
product formats
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Empowering consumers, especially the younger
' Generation C' , with customization possibilities is likely to bean
important marketing tactic in the coming years
- INSIGHT: Gender customization is an increasingly important route to
satisfying specific consumer needs
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Formulating and positioning products to
specifically appeal to males and females is ' on-trend' , but not
without limitations
- INSIGHT: Age customization reflects the more over formulation and
positioning of products to meet the needs of specific ages
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Age is still an important market segmentation tool
- INSIGHT: Nutrigenomics/' personalized nutrition' is an emerging scientific
discipline which is expected to have a growing impact on the CPG industry in
the coming years
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Nutrigenomics is an area of research that the food
and beverage industry will be hearing a lot more about in the next 25 years
as the idea of ' personal wellness' resonates
- INSIGHT: Situational and personally adaptive beauty solutions are an
emerging area in personal care
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: The desire to customize, and to be seen as an
individual, will have an increasingly big impact on the personal care
industry
- TREND: Self-expressive consumers increasingly value adaptable,
participative goods and services
- Trends in entertainment and media consumption reflect the participation
era
- INSIGHT: Manufacturers are giving consumers the ability to customize and
express themselves through branded products via packaging and basic aesthetic
modifications
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Even the most minor of customization possibilities
can help to separate brands from mass market rivals
- INSIGHT: Many brands now invite consumers to share ideas,concepts,
flavors, recipes and so forth, often via competitions with attractive prizes
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Allowing consumers to participate in brand
building will become a well-established part of marketing,especially for
high-passion/high involvement brands
- INSIGHT: A proliferation of product and service concepts now allow
consumers complete autonomy to develop products to meet their own needs and
desires
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Losing control of brand development does heighten
risk, but consumers increasingly want to interact with brands on their own
terms
- INSIGHT: Interactive advertising is a way of empowering individuals
through marketing communications
- DATAMONITOR VERDICT: Innovative brands can now create truly interactive
advertising campaigns
- APPENDIX
- Definitions
- Methodology
- Further reading and references
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Datamonitor' s mega-trends are having along-term and
substantive impact on the marketing landscape and can be grouped into two
categories
- Figure 2: Consumer behavior and the innovations targeting it inevitably
fit into a ' trend hierarchy'
- Figure 3: There are four different approaches to innovation and six kinds
of innovativeness rating
- Figure 4: Attitudes towards innovation vary markedly and influence the
inability of new products to capture the imagination of CPG shoppers
- Figure 5: Individualism is driven by self expressive consumers seeking to
make their own mark on the world
- Figure 6: Four key personal benefits as well as the additional ease of
customizing have driven the trend toward more personalized consumer packaged
goods
- Figure 7: Occasion specificity is an approach to marketing that helps to
personalize a product, with particular prevalence in soft drinks
- Figure 8: Customized vending and adjustable packaging are two ways
industry players have empowered consumers, helping them to personalize
benefits in the most relevant manner
- Figure 9: Categories traditionally perceived to be' gender neutral' , or
even exclusionary on the basis of gender appeal (e.g.beer), are changing as
manufacturers offer gender specific lines and reformulate products to make
them appeal to a specific gender
- Figure 10: Products formulated and marketed for age specific ailments and
problems remain an important way of communicating product relevance and thus
tapping into the individualism mega-trend
- Figure 11: Situational and personally adaptive beauty solutions is an
emerging area in personal care
- Figure 12: Dermalogica' s ' body mapping' offers a personalized service for
personal care customers
- Figure 13: Consumers' media orientations are changing,with participative
and engaging social media becoming more important
- Figure 14: Manufacturers are giving consumers the ability to customize
and express themselves through branded products via packaging and basic
aesthetic modifications
- Figure 15: Häa
gen-Dazs, Hershey, Wendy' s and Kraft have all sought to
involve consumers in the product development process
- Figure 16: There are a number of products and services offering consumers
close to complete autonomy
- Figure 17: Interactive advertising is a way of empowering individuals
through marketing communications