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What is Single Face Corrugated Board?
Chances are the great majority of the corrugated board you have used or seen is standard, double face board. It...
Plastic Recycling Labels – Too little, too late?
Early in my packaging career I made a very good living selling plastic films. I sold just about every type of plastic...
4 Pillars Of Our Custom Packaging Success
Many professional sports teams have coined a new popular phrase called “Self-Scouting.” Essentially it just means that...
Why You’re Not Ready for a Custom Box Quote
If you were to ask any corrugated mill, sheet plant, distributor, broker, or designer what their biggest customer...
Stealth Packaging-A Discreet Option for Security/Privacy
In today’s ecommerce-driven world, many companies are trying to find the balance between brand identity and the...
How to Avoid the Current Corrugated Market Price Increase
An 8% price increase on all corrugated board and other paper products was announced last week. Whether your business...
E-commerce Packaging – Single Versus Double Sided Print
Most will agree we helped lead the packaging industry into the e-commerce and sustainable markets. We may not have...
Non-Plastic Packaging for Apparel/Clothing Brands
We’ve all received clothing items purchased online that are packaged in plain or printed poly bags. There’s often a...
Which Print Process is Best for You?
Potential customers are at times perplexed when they learn they can print their new e-commerce box using three very...
Unboxing Design Elements to Generate “Social Shares”
Social shares have become the standard for gauging a company/brand’s influence, reach or visibility online. When your...
What Is Semi-Custom E-commerce Packaging?
Creating new direct to consumer packaging can be unexpectedly challenging as well as expensive. In many cases, a...
How to Ship a Less Expensive, Greener Box to Your Customers
Salazar Packaging has been an industry leader in eco-friendly, direct to consumer packaging since 2007 when we first...
Is Eco-Friendly Packaging Ever Wrong?
A couple years ago our Co-founder Dennis Salazar asked, Can Sustainability Go Too Far? He cited examples of packaging...
Custom Industrial Boxes
I was recently reminded not every box needs to be as beautiful as we can make it. Some people just need a shipping...
Cheers to 19 Years of Packaging Industry Expertise
This week, Salazar Packaging celebrates our 19th year in business. The packaging industry has seen many shifts and...
Even Amazon Makes E-commerce Packaging Mistakes!
Those who regularly read this blog know I have always had a love/hate relationship with Amazon. As a shopper, I am...
2026 Packaging Trends For Skincare/Beauty Brands
We have worked with a number of beauty/cosmetic brands to start 2026, and there seems to have been a shift in what...
E-commerce Packaging: What it means to be application driven.
Some packaging companies are understandably driven by the products they offer. If bubble wrap void fill is the most...
Top 10 Packaging Design Mistakes
The process of creating a packaging design can be like walking through a minefield. If you avoid these 10 packaging...
Refresh or Rebrand Your E-commerce Packaging?
Chances are if your brand is more than four or five years old, it can probably use a refresh or perhaps even a...
Sustainable Packaging and “Natural” Corrugated Boxes
I recently saw a sale paper promoting a “natural wood” clothing rack. As a leader is sustainable packaging, this ad...
USA Made Packaging Keeps You in Control
In the past 12 months we have dedicated several blog posts to the topic of tariffs and the benefits of US-based...
Semi-Custom Packaging – the low-cost start-up solution
Historically each new year brings a surge in inquiries from people who want to create a new box for a start-up...
Bespoke: New Word, Same Great E-commerce Packaging Design
I recently watched a movie titled The Outfit, which was set in 1930, Chicago. During a street scene I noticed the lead...