Nuna Baby Essentials Inc., founded more than a decade ago, offers a collection of baby gear inspired by the clean lines and ingenuity of Dutch design. Brielle Freeman, Brand Manager U.S. at Nuna Baby Essentials, Inc., had an interaction with Mommy & Baby Times (MBT) regarding the history, the product range and new developments at Nuna.
December 11, 2018
MBT: Take us through the journey of Nuna since its inception.
Brielle Freeman: Nuna is a global baby gear brand that manufactures pushchairs/strollers, car seats, and an ‘In Home’ range of products including high chairs, travel cots and loungers. The first Nuna product was launched in 2007 with the ZAAZ™ high-chair. Nuna keeps both children and parents in mind and each product is designed to grow with the family. Nuna products are inspired by Dutch design, so everything is very sleek, modern and fits within everybody’s home.
MBT: Kindly elaborate on the product range of your brand.
BF: Nuna offers product categories such as: Pushchairs/Strollers, Car Seats, Travel Systems, In Home and Diaper Bag. The ‘In Home’ product category as I had mentioned includes Travel Cots, playards, high-chairs and loungers. The strollers that we offer ranges from full-sized strollers to mid-sized to strollers that are very compact. We also offer a range of car seats from infant to convertible to booster car seats. The Nuna PIPA™ lite is actually one of the lightest car seats available in the market and weighs 5.3 lbs (2.4 kg).
MBT: Share some details about the global presence of the brand with regard to the manufacturing facilities, designing of the products and the market reach.
BF: Our brand has a global presence with independent subsidiaries in countries such as Sweden, UK, Taipei to name a few. The main office for the North American region is located in Morgantown, Pennsylvania with Sales office in Virginia. Nuna is a global brand that strives to maintain consistency in the market and distribution throughout all the countries where we are present. We have a highly efficient product design team that takes in the feedback from parents and incorporate that into the product development process.
“We’ve actually launched four products this year alone and we do have a few new product launches as well that will be coming out in 2019. Amongst these, one will be entry into a new product category for Nuna which is a baby carrier.”
MBT: How would you describe the key strengths of the brand?
BF: I would say that the major key strength of the company is what our tagline states, i.e. ‘Designed around your life’. The USP of our brand is that we offer products that will take you from infancy to toddler stage and beyond. We continue to develop different products focussing on the various needs of families with children. Keeping the functionality of our products in consideration, safety is of the utmost important to us at Nuna. And with stylish designs, the colour of our product range can be defined by neutral tints and shades that fit well within everybody’s homes.
MBT: What would you say about the future plans of Nuna?
BF: We’ve actually launched four products this year alone and we do have a few new product launches as well that will be coming out in 2019. Amongst these, one will be entry into a new product category for Nuna which is a baby carrier. We will also be launching a bedside sleeper that is designed for room sharing and is approved for overnight sleeping too.
“It has been a matter of great honour and prestige for us to recently receive the Red Dot design award for the DEMI Grow stroller. This stroller is really remarkable as it can allow up to 23 different modes, is very compact, not double-wide, making it to be a great product particularly for urban dwellers.”
MBT: What are the recent major developments in the existing product range of your brand?
BF: We increased the range of infant car seats offered by adding the PIPA lite and PIPA lite lx. All the infant car seats by Nuna come with a base that has the stability leg designed to reduce the rebound effect in a collision. We also launched the DEMI™ grow stroller in 2018 that expands from a single stroller to a double or a twin which makes it an all-inclusive purchase. It has been a matter of great honour and prestige for us to recently receive the Red Dot design award for the DEMI Grow stroller. This stroller is really remarkable as it can allow up to 23 different modes, is very compact, not double-wide, making it to be a great product particularly for urban dwellers. I would like to underline that all of our products are effectively designed to fit seamlessly in the lives of the parents.
