Breakthrough new product innovation is a challenging and necessary dimension in today’s highly competitive consumer packaged goods market. Manufacturers—large and small are bringing new products to consumers that play on three key needs: convenience, fun and health and wellness. Consumers are starving for new products that serve these multi-faceted needs in today’s fast-paced world. Breaking through is not an easy chore. Each year, more than 13,000 new products try to wins the hearts and minds of US consumers, but only 200 are able to amass more than $11 million to win a spot on IRI’s prestigious New Product Pacesetters!
IRI, through the lens of its New Product Pacesetters, will show what keys are necessary to drive new product launches and what is critical to sustain them beyond year one. Sustainable innovation is the cornerstone to success as products must be supported and maintained to continue to make them viable to demanding consumers—and retailers!
New Product Pacesetters Driving Lasting Disruptive Innovation, with Larry Levin
1. New Product Pacesetters:
Driving Lasting Disruptive
Innovation
LARRY LEVIN
Executive Vice President of
Mid-Market Industry Insights, IRI
Larry Levin has spent his entire career in market research, leading
engagements for many of the world’s largest manufacturers and
retailers. Larry joined IRI in February 2010 and was promoted to his
new role as executive vice president of Mid-Market Industry Insights in
2013.
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Research has
helped find the
failures before
they’re disasters
Even
products
that test
well can fail
In Concept it
may sound great,
but the product
doesn’t deliver
The product
is great and
is not well
positioned
Understand how
long you can
own a niche in
the market
Don’t Drive
Blindly:
Test Your Ideas
To Verify Their
Stickiness!
30. From concept to reality!
Category review;
what’s worked &
why
Concept
developed and
refinement
First stage
forecasting
Product testing &
concept/product
fit
Forecasting
refinement
In-market testing
Final forecast
31. From the launch forward!
Plan evaluation
Source of
Volume
New Trier
Interviews
Media
evaluation
Pricing &
merchandising
refinement
Planning for
year two
SKU
rationalization
Media &
Merchandising
Planning
32. The appetite for new products remains strong…
80%
Of self-proclaimed early adopters want to try
new products because they
Love them and want to tell the
world
36. NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES:
DAUNTING AT BEST
ROUGHLY
1 MILLION UPCs
300,000
NEW UPCs
NEARLY
1,900 BRAND NEW
PRODUCTS
LESS THAN
500 HIT
$10 MILLION
37. NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES:
DAUNTING AT BEST
ROUGHLY
1 MILLION UPCs
300,000
NEW UPCs
NEARLY
1,900 BRAND NEW
PRODUCTS
LESS THAN
500 HIT
$10 MILLION
7
SCORE MORE
THAN $100
MILLION
38. New CPG Product Launch
by Sector
53%47%
Non-Food
Food &
Beverage
Innovation is slowing
% Change in # of New
CPG Product Introductions
Brand Level
3.0%
2012 2013 2014
-4.2% -4.6%
41. EXCITEMENT MAKES LIFE
MORE FUN & TAKES ME AWAY!
BRING
ME THE
UNEXPECTED
STIMULATE
…OR
SOOTH MY
SENSES
LET ME
CUSTOMIZE
IT
42. WELLNESS PROMOTES LIFE
TO THE FULLEST
RAISE
THE BAR
ON
WELLNESS
MAKE IT
LAST
INTRODUCE
NEW WAYS
TO BE
HEALTHY
43. $35.6 $33.3
$30.0
$33.6
Food & Beverage Non-Food
Average Year One Sales
New Product Pacesetters
2014 ($M)
Brand extensions are most prevalent
Extension
Net New
New Brands vs. Brand Extensions
% New Product Pacesetters
Food & Beverage, Non-Food Combined
44. Innovators big & small are making a mark
Nature’s
Pillows, Inc.
NACP
45. 37% 37%
41% 38%
8% 14%
6%
6%
5% 3%
4% 4%
1 2
$100> Million
$80-$99 Million
$60-$79 Million
$40-$59 Million
$20-$39 Million
<$20 Million
2013 2014
Realistic Year One Expectations are Critical
NEW PRODUCT PACESETTER YEAR-ONE SALES
46. Powerful launches are hitting it big
DESPITE MARKET CHALLENGES
F&B
Non-F&B
On average, this year’s NPPs
earned $34.4 M in year one
F&B earned higher year one
than non-F&B during
the past few years
47. Average Number of Benefits/Year (2009-2014)
Food & Beverage Non-Food
2009 20092014 2014
+32% +45%
CPGs ARE responding to consumer demands…
…AND THE BENEFITS ARE EXPLODING
48. New or Extended Brand, or Existing Brand
in a New Category
30% Distribution Starts the Clock on Year 1
Top 100 Brand Launches in
Food & Beverage and Non-Food
New Products that Completed
their First Year
in Calendar Year 2014
secrets to accelerating along the path to growth
IRI’S NEW PRODUCT PACESETTERS REVEAL GROWTH CRITERIA
extended
53. BOOSTNUTRITIONAL VALUE
& TRIM BACK
LESS DESIRABLE
ATTRIBUTESACROSS FOOD AND
BEVERAGE AISLES
Fiber/Multi-Grain
Natural/Organic
Real Fruit/ Benefits
Vitamins/Calcium
Real Vegetables/ Benefits
42%
39%
36%
22%
14%
% Pacesetters Offering More
54. BOOSTNUTRITIONAL VALUE
& TRIM BACK
LESS DESIRABLE
ATTRIBUTESACROSS FOOD AND
BEVERAGE AISLES
Sugar/Calories
Fat
Smart Snack/Portion
Weight Management
Ingredients
57%
23%
23%
11%
7%
% Pacesetters Offering Less
58. 76%
Decreased Media in Year 2
4%
New Products
Achieve $20MM in US Food and Maintain ACV in Year 2
71%
Sales Increased
29%
Sales Decreased
24%
Maint/Increased Media in Year 2
36%
Sales Increased
64%
Sales Decreased
Support in Year Two Drives Disproportionate Success, while unsupported
products truly had trouble finding their way
Maintained ACV: Year 2 ACV +/- 10% Year 1 ACV
Maintained Media: Year 2 media spend was greater than -5% Year 1
media spend
59. of top 2013
NPP brands
experienced
year 2 sales
GROWTH
Year 2 growth is doable, but requires work
60. 25% of top 2013 NPPs did not hit $100M until year 2
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LARRY LEVIN
New Product Pacesetters:
Driving Lasting Disruptive
Innovation
Engaging Strategic Thinking
When Navigating Trends
larry.levin@iriworldwide.com
818-450-7614