Case 23

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Packaging

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Skincare

Aura

Aura

Aura

Botanica

Botanica

Botanica

Fourteen products that looked like fourteen brands. One botanical mark, one ink and a hierarchy that works under shop lighting at arm's length.

Fourteen products that looked like fourteen brands. One botanical mark, one ink and a hierarchy that works under shop lighting at arm's length.

Fourteen products that looked like fourteen brands. One botanical mark, one ink and a hierarchy that works under shop lighting at arm's length.

+64%

+64%

Sell-through

Sell-through

14

14

SKUs unified

SKUs unified

1

1

Ink on uncoated board

Ink on uncoated board

−31%

−31%

Print cost per unit

Print cost per unit

+64%

+64%

Sell-through

Sell-through

14

14

SKUs unified

SKUs unified

1

1

Ink on uncoated board

Ink on uncoated board

−31%

−31%

Print cost per unit

Print cost per unit

+64%

+64%

Sell-through

Sell-through

14

14

SKUs unified

SKUs unified

1

1

Ink on uncoated board

Ink on uncoated board

−31%

−31%

Print cost per unit

Print cost per unit

Client

Aura Botanica

Client

Aura Botanica

Client

Aura Botanica

Year

2025

Year

2025

Year

2025

Scope

Strategy · Identity · Packaging

Scope

Strategy · Identity · Packaging

Scope

Strategy · Identity · Packaging

Team

Two, plus a print production partner

Team

Two, plus a print production partner

Team

Two, plus a print production partner

Client

Aura Botanica

Year

2025

Scope

Strategy · Identity · Packaging

Team

Two, plus a print production partner

01

01

01

The problem

The problem

The problem

Each product had been designed as it launched, by whoever was available. Four typefaces, three logo weights and no rule for which claim went on the front. Retail buyers could not tell the range was one company.

02

02

02

What we changed

What we changed

What we changed

A single drawn mark, one typeface at three sizes, and a front-of-pack hierarchy fixed in this order: range, product, benefit, volume. Colour was removed as a differentiator and replaced by position on the label.

03

03

03

What happened

What happened

What happened

Sell-through rose sixty-four per cent across the range in two quarters. Moving to one ink on uncoated board cut print cost per unit by thirty-one per cent and made the line recognisable as a block on shelf.

The range

The range

Fourteen SKUs across four families. The label stays the same; only the product line changes.

Fourteen SKUs across four families. The label stays the same; only the product line changes.

The range

Fourteen SKUs across four families. The label stays the same; only the product line changes.

Cleanse

Cleanse

Cleanse

4 SKUs

Treat

Treat

Treat

5 SKUs

Hydrate

Hydrate

Hydrate

3 SKUs

Protect

Protect

Protect

2 SKUs

Front-of-pack hierarchy

Front-of-pack hierarchy

Range · product · benefit · volume

Range · product · benefit · volume

Secondary pack

Secondary pack

Folding carton, one ink

Folding carton, one ink

Shelf block

Shelf block

Fourteen units, single facing

Fourteen units, single facing

Buyers stopped asking which of these was the flagship. They order the block.

Marisol Reyes

Marisol Reyes

Marisol Reyes

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Founder, Aura Botanica

Founder, Aura Botanica

Founder, Aura Botanica

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How this was built

How fourteen SKUs stay one range on two inks.

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