Celebrating exceptional PRODUCTS
PERLab
Hall of Fame
Celebrating exceptional products: Good ideas come and go, but truly excellent products are timeless. Our inaugural Hall of Fame 2024 list showcases the pioneering products and industry icons that have profoundly impacted our daily lives and are household names.
Next-level noise cancellation
Need a break from the noise? Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are comfort-fit, noise-canceling, and long-wearing. And they look good too. Bose is known for pushing boundaries, and the ‘Ultras’ are their commitment to audio excellence. Sounding better and feeling comfier whether you’re in work mode or taking it easy.
— Ben Burns, Product Lead at Bose CorporationAt Bose we've always been driven by two passions: invention and music. Dr Bose developed our first speakers to reflect sound like his favorite concert hall, scribbling calculations on a flight that would lead to the first consumer noise canceling headphone: it's in our DNA.
In 2023, we took earbuds to a whole new level with the QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, adding Immersive Audio to make your music feel unbelievably real. In Immersion Mode you'll hear your music how it would sound on full-size stereo speakers. It's just like you're sitting in the room where the recording happened!
A century’s commitment to family cooking
Baking’s physical, but it shouldn’t be a workout. Created over 100 years ago to make food prep easier, KitchenAid’s become a kitchen staple for celebrity chefs and consumers alike. And we can see why. Not only is it an example of best-in-class functionality, but it comes in almost every color.
— Chadwick Ries, Global Brand DirectorNothing’s more satisfying than seeing how the KitchenAid has become part of family cultural heritage, passed on from one generation to the next. It makes cooking more fun for everyone, from beginners to professionals. That’s the reward of good design.
Intuitively designed for modern life
Your time is precious. GE’s Profile Smart Oven with No Preheat takes the pressure off dinner prep, giving you more time outside the kitchen. We love its modern design and intuitive controls almost as much as we love the way it cooks.
— Kevin Nolan, President and CEOGE has sustained a legacy of innovation since 1966, with the invention of the iconic GE Toast R. And now, by choosing to integrate carbon-fiber filaments, the new GE Profile Smart Oven with No Preheat ensures top quality cooking without the need to preheat. GE is about pairing the best of design with smart technology
We help clients make products consumers love.
PERLab Is Kearney’s global arm for everything ‘product’. We take a design-driven approach that offers end-to-end capabilities, supporting growth at any point in a product’s life cycle.
Our team includes experts in product design, product development, sustainability, user experience, industrial design, IoT, consumer insights, product engineering, packaging design, and manufacturing excellence. We help organizations disrupt markets and leapfrog the competition.
With studios in Chicago, Stuttgart, Bengaluru, Hamburg, and Shanghai, we work with everyone from Fortune 500 to PE portfolio companies. PERLab is proud to be working with a global team of 200+ management consultants, designers and technologists – all delivering expertise and developing world-class products.