Protective materials in parcels – Consumers’ emotions

Package InSight and Pregis performed an emotional response study using a facial camera which measures and codes 40+ facial muscles. The study evaluated traditional protective package material types (loose-fill “peanuts”, paper, square-pattern bubble cushioning and air pillows).
They found that the emotional reading (or value) for packaging peanuts indicated participants were approximately 10 times more likely to be categorized as frustrated than not frustrated. They also found that bubble cushioning and air pillow packaging create the least frustration and that the participants were the least irritated when disposing bubble cushioning materials (News Item Package Insight, 8 April 2016).
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