



The Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey was conducted online among 1,000 respondents aged 18 and over during September 2008. Given a list of 50 new product launches from 2008, people most commonly remembered the following:
° Nintendo Wii Fit (recalled by 22 percent of respondents)
° iPod Touch (16 percent)
° Bud Light Lime (15 percent)
° McDonald's Southern Style Chicken Biscuit & Sandwich (14 percent)
° Kraft Mac & Cheese Crackers (13 percent)
° KY Yours + Mine Couples Lubricant (12 percent)
° Gatorade G2, Yoplait Fiber One (11 percent, two-way tie)
° MacBook Air, Rock Band, Burger King Apple Fries, Neosporin Neo To Go!, Kraft Bagel-fuls (eight percent, five-way tie)
When asked about new products from 2008, 69 percent of survey respondents could not remember a single new product launched during the year. Even the most memorable new product of 2008 -- the Wii Fit -- was recalled by only 22 percent of respondents in aided recall (For aided recall, Mintel gave survey participants a list of 50 new grocery, personal and beauty care, technology and toy products from 2008). Rising food and gas prices, fear of economic recession and attention-grabbing political campaigns are all to blame, say the folks at Mintel International, a supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence.
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