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Case Study Of The Hero Brand Mary Biscuit

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1.1 Introduction
This section explores case studies of the Hero Brand, Mary Biscuit and the Intelligent Lamp in order to understand how olfaction and visual aesthetics contribute to product development. Emphasis is given to how consumers are influenced in terms of aesthetics and olfaction which serves as opportunities to create new and innovative products that are likely to meet with significant customer interest for consumption.

1.2 The olfactory dynamic – Hero Brand
The neurological dynamics of olfaction are involved in how a consumer learns and processes their emotional states. Scent can be linked with an unconditioned stimulus, thereby producing a desirable emotional response, and eventually constructing a conditioned response over time (Rouby 2002). Marketers are recognising this phenomenon and using it to their advantages. For instance, Verizon developed a new brand of mobile phone, the Verizon Chocolate, and utilised an in-store strategy to circulate the …show more content…

Furthermore, the Mary Biscuit storage container elicits a nostalgic experience with consumers, a consumer’s preference towards a particular object that invokes positive sensations when associated with periods when the individual was younger or when a certain trend was fashionable (Holbrook and Schindler 1991). Distinctive packaging forms and colour combinations can invoke this strong sense of nostalgia, a significant consideration in Mary Biscuit product development especially in a marketing environment where many consumer target segments have lifelong experiences with biscuits as a cultural and as a trans-generational product. Nostalgia is well known to be a significant influence on consumer intention to purchase a product (Rutherford and Shaw

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