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TakeAway:  Package design is a critical part of a brand’s success.

At the point of sale a catchy package can make the difference between making the sale or not.

MillerCoors continues to evolve its gimmicky “cold cans” to try to boost sales in the ultra-competitive beer market.

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Excerpted from brandchannel, “MillerCoors Looks to Boost Marketing in Face of Beer Sales Slump,” by Jennnifer Sokolowsky, February 21, 2011

MillerCoors is hoping that cold cans will warm up beer sales this year.

The veteran brewmeister plans to increase spending on marketing and introduce new packaging for Coors Light.

The new Coors Light packaging will include an indicator to show when the beer has reached a “super cold” temperature …

Introducing new packaging is a strategy that has worked in the past to boost sales for Coors Light, which is expected to overtake Budweiser as the No. 2 selling beer the U.S. this year, behind Bud Light.

However, MillerCoors and other beer makers are also going to need an improved economy and more jobs for 21- to 32-year-old men to get them drinking more mass-market beer. …

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