Retail and e-commerce

Pet food packaging and pet shop brand design

Pet owners trust the places that love their animals.

Owners treat their pets as family, so they read labels closely and choose places they trust. Sinh Vũ makes packaging, stores and clinics both warm and trustworthy.

A sample print set for a pet brand: food packaging, store sign, loyalty card and real pet photos
Quick answer01

What does a pet brand need for owners to trust it?

Three things: packaging that shows the ingredients clearly, real and warm pet imagery, and a place of sale that is tidy and clean. Owners choose on peace of mind first.

  1. Packaging that states the ingredients clearly

    A back panel with tidy boxes for ingredients, which dogs or cats it suits and how to use it, readable in a few seconds.

  2. Real, warm pet photos

    Real pets in natural light instead of cartoons, so owners see this is a place that knows how to love an animal.

  3. A tidy place of sale

    Clean, easy-to-read signs, counters and care areas, because animals are frightened and owners are anxious in an unfamiliar place.

Business types02

Three kinds of pet business, three problems

All of them are about pets, but owners trust different things.

Pet food

Their customersOwners read the label and compare ingredients, and often ask a vet or an owners' group before changing food.

Brand challengeShow owners, right on the packaging and before they read closely, that you understand the food and respect the animal.

Pet stores and care services

Their customersOwners leave their animal for a bath, a trim, a checkup or boarding, so they need to trust the people caring for it.

Brand challengeShow that the place is clean and safe and that the people there truly love pets, from the shop sign to the way they greet you.

Pet accessories

Their customersOwners buy toys, collars, beds and clothes, usually on feeling and on photos.

Brand challengeStand out among many similar items with a clear style and consistent product photos, in store and online.

Pain points03

Four pain points specific to pet care

These are the places where a pet brand loses owners' trust even with a good product.

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Beautiful packaging with a messy back

Owners flip the pack over to find the ingredients, see dense small type and grow suspicious.

A back panel with clearly divided roles: an ingredient box, a box for which pets and ages it suits, a box for how to use it, in the same frame for every flavor.

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A care place that looks cold or messy

Owners leave their animal and see nothing that reassures them: an old sign, a cluttered counter, a different uniform on every person.

A storefront, counter and uniforms to one standard that is tidy, clean and warm, so the care place looks worth entrusting an animal to.

Start from this problem
Customer journey04

At which stage do pet brands lose the most customers?

At the Compare stage. Owners pick up two bags of food and flip them over to compare ingredients, so packaging that is hard to read or feels untrustworthy gets put back down.

Where customers are most often lostCompare
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  1. Put what owners need on the back in a fixed order: ingredients, which pets it suits, how to use it.
  2. Use real, consistent pet photos for every flavor and every bag size.
  3. Show the people behind the product in an honest voice, without overpromising.
Touchpoints05

Five touchpoints to do first

Touchpoints are the places where owners see, touch or read about the brand. These five decide whether owners feel at ease.

  1. Food packaging

    What owners pick up and turn over to study most closely.

  2. Store and clinic sign

    Owners choose where to leave their animal by the feeling they get from outside.

  3. Real pet photos

    Show that the brand understands animals, and work on every channel.

  4. Loyalty card

    Ties the customer to the store, and writing the pet's name makes the owner feel remembered.

  5. Care service board

    Helps owners choose the right service and know what will be done for their animal.

Roadmap06

Where Sinh Vũ suggests you start

Listed in the order to do them. A food brand follows this order; a store or care service moves step four up early.

  1. Logo and Brand Identity Design

    Name, logo, color and type: warm without being childish.

  2. Product packaging design

    Food or accessory packaging, with a back panel whose roles are clearly divided.

  3. Product and brand photography

    A set of real pet photos for packaging, the store and online.

  4. POSM and event booth design

    Sign, counter, care area and uniforms.

  5. Sales and marketing collateral design

    Loyalty card and service board.

Projects07

Projects closest to pet care

Sinh Vũ has not published a pet project. The two below are the closest because they are also food that buyers have to trust by eye.

Happy Farm, fresh and approachable
Clean produce

Happy Farm, fresh and approachable

Happy Farm is a clean organic produce chain in major cities. Sinh Vũ built a logo and identity that is fresh and approachable…

View case

Food sold on trust because buyers can't check it and believe with their eyes: the same position as an owner choosing food for an animal.

Further reading08

More on pet care

Free toolTouchpoint map for this business modelSee the five stages customers pass through, where they drop off most, then rate the five touchpoints to fix first.Open the tool Free toolTest designs at real sizePackaging in a marketplace grid and on a shelf two meters away; a logo at avatar size and as a browser tab icon.Open the tool
FAQ09

Frequently asked questions

Avoid paw prints and cartoon dogs and cats, which countless shops already use. Sinh Vũ looks for a distinctive detail in the shop's own story, then tests it at profile image size.

The layout should have separate boxes for ingredients, which pets and ages it suits, and how to use it. The producer supplies the specific content and is responsible for it; Sinh Vũ handles the layout so it reads easily.

It needs a tight, reassuring identity, because owners choose a clinic by a feeling of trust. A sign, counter and uniforms to one standard already show care.

Real photos suit food and care services because they feel trustworthy. Cartoons have a place on accessories or gifts, if drawn with restraint.

Not yet. The minimum is a name, logo, color, sign, service board and photo template; add more as the store grows.

Tell Sinh Vũ about your pet brand

A few lines about the product or the store, your pet owners and what is holding you back is enough. Sinh Vũ reads and replies within one working day.