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07/17/2009 by Erinn Gormley (comments: 0)

One growing trend that has proven successful in the health and beauty market is sampling. For new products, sampling gives the consumer the opportunity to try a product without breaking the bank, and it gives the company the chance to prove a product’s worthiness of a repeat buy.
Sample sizes allow for a variety of distribution techniques, from in-store to direct mail, and the advancements in packaging provide potential consumers with multiple uses of a sample. For example, the "Tear n’ Tuck" package from Unette can be resealed after its initial use, a great choice for liquid or cream-based beauty products. Samples can also be packaged in containers that are miniatures of the retail-size version, creating brand recognition when the time comes for that repeat buy. Another great feature of sampling is its ease of transportation. The inability to carry full-size liquids on flights and the fear of a beauty product container spilling during transit is solved by utilizing sample sizes of your favorite products (rather than settling for just any travel-sized version that can be found).
Beyond the many benefits to consumers that sampling creates, the sales numbers are really in favor of the companies utilizing this marketing strategy. A recent study by Arcade Marketing showed that for companies that sampled, "the entire brand jumped, not just the sampled product."
For the full article on beauty sampling, click here.
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