Food & Beverage
The foods and beverages consumers purchase are extensions of themselves. Whether they’re conscious about their fitness or seeking comfort, success in CPG depends on your understanding of how consumers think. We provide the transparency and insight you need to develop, launch, and market products that align with consumer desire.
Drive Impact Through:
- Claims development and substantiation
- Consumer experience
- Food quality assurance
- In-context food experience
- Prototype selections
- Product and packaging optimization
- Shelf life
- Usage, attitude, and behavior
Case Studies
How GLP-1s Are Reshaping Consumers’ Food and Beverage Needs
AI Helps Unlock the Hidden Reasons Behind a Dessert’s Downfall
Our Perfect Blend of Methodologies Brews Unmatched Instant Coffee Insights
Beauty & Fragrance
With endless amounts of brands, influencers, and ways to shop, winning in the beauty, personal care, and fragrance space requires a deep understanding of what consumers want, need, and connect with. We uncover the sensory, emotional, behavioral, and functional drivers behind consumer choice, delivering the insights needed for your brand to create products and memorable experiences that stand out and build loyalty.
Drive Impact Through:
- Access to audience segments, such as influencers, tweens/teens, GLP-1 users, men, and consumers with dexterity challenges
- Fragrance screening and evaluation, including extended wear
- Co-creation workshops and testing with licensed professionals
- Descriptive Sensory Panel Management
- Product claims development and substantiation
- Lifestyle suites with controlled HVAC system, wall mirrors, and deep sink basins
- Consumer experience mapping and video testimonials over multiple points
- TikTok-like summary reels enhancing socialization of learning
Case Studies
Beauty Company Adjusts Ingredients After Discovering In-Context Insights
A Fresh Look at Dry Shampoo Using Curion’s QDA® and Home Use Testing
Home Care
Product performance is personal in the home care category. Consumers have strong opinions about how their laundry smells, how well their cleaner cuts through grease, and whether a product lives up to the claim on the label. We help brands focus on the right insights, driving impact from idea generation, through prototype, and package evaluation.
Drive Impact Through:
- Idea generation and innovation prioritization
- Claims development and substantiation
- Prototype, fragrance, and package evaluation
- Malodor, safety, efficacy, and performance validation
- Consumer experience mapping and journey documentation
- Observation, voice-to-text, and video testimonial capture
- Socialization of learning through summary reels and shareable insights
Case Studies
Fresh Insights Happen in the Driver’s Seat
Superior Insights Wipe Up the Competition
Restaurants
Restaurants answer to two audiences at once: the guest looking for a great experience and the operator who has to execute it consistently at scale. From menu development and ingredient validation to in-market evaluations and claims substantiation, we deliver insights that hold up in the kitchen and land on the table, helping restaurant leaders drive repeat visits that build lasting brands.
Drive Impact Through:
- Guest and operator insights
- Product performance
- Menu development and optimization
- In-market product evaluations/secret shoppers
- Ingredient and supplier change validation
- Competitive assessments
- Rapid product testing for LTO library development
- In-restaurant and take-home experiences
Case Studies
Uncovering Operator Frustrations and Fixes Straight from the Back of House
Papa Johns Gets to Know Their Stuffed-Crust Lovers
Curion Score™ Rescues a Spicy Chicken Sandwich from a Flop to a Star Performer
Durable Goods
Unlike many consumer goods, durable goods are purchased infrequently and often remain in use for years. As a result, capitalizing on opportunities to influence consumers at the point of need is paramount. Whether evaluating appliances, outdoor equipment, home products, or consumer electronics, brands must understand product performance in real-world environments and identify opportunities to improve the user experience.
Drive Impact Through:
- Usability and user experience
- Real-world and in-home testing
- Durability and reliability assessment
- Early innovation exploration and competitive testing
- Product optimization
- Claims substantiation
- Packaging and unboxing experience
- Attitude and behavior insights
Case Studies
Translating Product Guides into Consumers’ Language
Kitchenware Brand Uses Insights to Enter New Market
Coffee Maker Manufacturer Examines Consumers’ Priorities
Alcohol & Spirits
Consumers closely identify with the brand of alcohol they find themselves repeatedly ordering. This creates a unique opportunity to connect on a personal level. When alcohol and spirit companies understand the complexity of their consumers and their product in tandem, the possibilities are endless.
Drive Impact Through:
- Consumer experience
- Claims substantiation
- Beverage quality assurance
- In-context beverage experience
- Prototype selection
- Product and packaging optimization
- Shelf life
- Usage, attitude, and behavior
Case Studies
Insights Lead the Way to Inclusive Packaging and Product Experiences for Vision-Impaired Consumers
Nightclub Context Reveals Which Beer People Actually Want to Drink
Curion Score™ Pours Out Clear Insights for Spirits
Pet Care
Pet owners expect products to support their pets’ health, happiness, and well-being. Whether evaluating treats, food, supplements, toys, or pet care innovations, understanding both pet and owner reactions is critical. Since pets can’t tell us what they think, we uncover insights through behaviors that matter most.
Drive Impact Through:
- Pet and owner experience
- Breed, life-stage, and condition-specific recruitment
- Video-based testing to capture authentic pet behaviors
- Palatability and product acceptance
- Competitive testing
- In-home and real-world usage
- Extended use evaluations
- Behavior and usage observation
- Claims development and substantiation
Case Studies
Reimagining Horse Feed
Cracking the Can: Uncovering What Drives Pet Food Preference
Fragrance Company Gauges Cat Litter Consumer Acceptance
Health & Wellness
Health and wellness products meet people at vulnerable moments as they seek to improve their current and long-term health and just feel better. The context around these moments raises the stakes for performance, claims, ethics, and regulatory compliance. Whether the product contains active pharmaceutical ingredients, targets a pediatric population, or sits in the fast-growing space of supplements, probiotics, or medicated topicals, we help brands build the evidence base that earns trust with consumers, healthcare providers, and regulators alike.
Drive Impact Through:
- Human subjects research planning and execution, including API-containing products
- IRB and ethics review management
- Adverse event monitoring, logging, and reporting
- Pediatric research, including medicines formulated for children
- Sensory and palatability analysis of pharmaceutical formulations
- Skinfeel testing of medicated topicals
- Longitudinal studies for supplement efficacy
- Usability testing of medical devices
- Claims development and substantiation
- Access to healthcare providers, professionals, and payers
Case Studies
Building Trust and Connection with Hispanic Medicare Communities
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