Marketing & Sales · Brand & Product Management

ShelfImpact: Packaging, Design & Sensory Marketing Lab

Simulation where learners manage packaging design for VERDANT, a premium plant-based snack line at Novara Consumer Goods.

4 rounds Executive

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About this simulation

Simulation where learners manage packaging design for VERDANT, a premium plant-based snack line at Novara Consumer Goods. Across four rounds, participants make consequential decisions on structural format, color palette, material, label hierarchy, and shelf placement — balancing consumer attention, brand equity, sustainability mandates, and retailer constraints.

Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 4 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Structural Format
  • Color Palette
  • Material
  • Label Lead Element (Rank 1)
  • Shelf Placement Request
  • Upgrade Material for Sustainability Gate?
  • Create Small Format for End Cap?
  • Bid for Better Planet Aisle?
  • Revise Color Palette?
  • Revise Label Lead Element?

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Retail Negotiation Decisions
  • Consumer Panel Response
  • Final Strategy Decisions

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Brand & Product Management.

  • Packaging, Design & Sensory Marketing

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