Product and company background: this section is meant to familiar the agency with your business and should include all the influential data pertinent to your product and sector. Include any product research you may have e.g. market trend data or your own customer research. By this stage you will have specific product objectives of which the packaging design project should form a part. These will be in the marketing plan or product launch strategy and should be provided in this brief as context for the design agency (for more information on these areas see How do I: Write a marketing plan? and Write a product launch strategy? guides)