When the researchers compared the responses against control cereal boxes on which characters weren t looking downward they found that eye contact increased attention to trust in and connection.
Eye contact cereal boxes.
Throw a tantrum do whatever it takes.
In one study researchers measured the shelf placement and eye positioning of 86 cereal spokes characters in 10 grocery stores in the us.
But that sonny is cuckoo for eye contact and his eyes say it all buy me kid.
The study found that trust for and connection to a brand are significantly increased when eye contact is established.
The creepy ways that cereal boxes get your kid s attention quartz.
Children in supermarket cereal aisles respond more positively to eye contact with cartoon spokes characters.
It s nothing new that items are strategically.
When walking down the cereal aisle the best line of defense for children and adults may be to avoid eye contact with the cereal box characters.
This eye contact isn t just a matter of being polite.
The placement of cereal boxes on grocery store shelves might be about more than just easy access for kids it seems to influence how much eye contact children make with the characters on the boxes.
Buy this one mom and older higher educated consumers of sweet crunchy carbs in gaudy boxes aka college students in a cornell food and brand lab experiment say they trust a brand when directly eyeballed by the trix bunny.
Cereal boxes aimed at children are specifically designed so that the eyes of the mascots look downward making direct eye contact with the sugar goblins that they are hoping to seduce.
The placement of cereal boxes on grocery store shelves might be about more than just easy access for kids it seems to influence how much eye contact children make with the characters on the boxes.