All Episodes

May 1, 2025 28 mins

Claudia shares her journey from marketing to design, the challenges early-stage brands face with packaging, and her expert advice on how founders can communicate their brand’s personality, maximize every inch of packaging real estate, and strike the right balance between standing out and fitting in with category norms. 

You’ll hear about common mistakes to avoid, trends shaping the future, and some and practical tips for leveraging colour psychology and  QR codes to engage your audience.

Whether you’re just starting out or thinking about a brand refresh, this episode is packed with actionable insights to help your product pop off the shelf and into the hands of customers. 

We chat about 

  • The Role of Packaging in Brand Success
  • Process for Starting a Packaging Project 
  • How Brands Can Stand Out with Packaging
  • Common Packaging Mistakes 
  • Defining Brand Personality
  • Incorporating QR Codes on Packaging
  • Emerging Packaging Trends
  •  AI in Packaging and Design 
  • Importance of In-Person Shelf Research
  • Rebranding: When and Why to Revisit Brand Identity

Guest Claudia Costa -Rowse

Claudia is the founder of Freckle design studios  A pocket-sized studio, for small teams with big visions.

Freckle exists to support ambitious brands with creative that actually works - clear, collaborative, and built for where you are right now.

Claudia is a London-based branding and packaging specialist, with over 12 years experience helping brands grow in the food & drink, health & wellness, beauty and lifestyle sectors.

She is passionate about crafting brand identities that are rooted in strategy and full to the brim with personality.



https://www.freckledesign.studio/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/freckledesign/

https://www.instagram.com/freckledesign.studio

https://www.freckledesign.studio/packagingchecklist




Host Nicole Higgins 

The Buyer and retail coach 

Nicole Higgins Links 

https://www.instagram.com/thebuyerandretailcoach/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolehigginsuk/

 

https://thebuyerandretailcoach.com/

https://thebuyerandretailcoach.com/newsletter-sign-up/

 

https://thebuyerandretailcoach.com/free-discovery-call/

https://thebuyerandretailcoach.com/blog/



Sponsor 

Neon Digital Clicks 

Are you ready to scale your ecommerce store?This episode is brought to you by Neon Digital Clicks, the agency dedicated to helping kids’ and family brands achieve explosive growth with high-performing digital marketing campaigns.

 

Neon’s new Runway to Results programme is a revolutionary paid-advertising service that will help you understand your brand’s true potential and reach the heights of success you dream of.

 

Over the course of 60 days, Neon’s expert team will test and optimise your Meta and Google ad accounts to establish your business KPIs and optimum Cost Per Acquisition. 

 

At the end of the Runway period, they’ll analyse your data to establish what profitable scali

Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!

Stuff You Should Know

Stuff You Should Know

If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.