Just a couple of months ago, we all experienced an industry wide price increase on all corrugated boxes and cartons....
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The Firm Code for Packaging Design
One of my favorite movies is the original Pirates of the Caribbean. Even if you’ve watched it multiple times, as I...
Turn Packaging Complaints into Sales and Branding Opportunities
The only thing some companies dislike more than making a mistake is admitting they made one. Somehow, they equate...
How to Market Your Packaging
We are firm believers that packaging should be more than a cost of doing business. When packaging is done right, it...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why User Experience with Your Packaging Is Crucial
We’ve all been there. Hurray, your ceramic bowl has arrived! But using the shipping box’s “easy-opening” tear-off...
Four Cost-Saving Packaging Tips from the Experts
There truly is no substitute for experience, and we have a lot of it. Next year will mark our 19th year in business,...
Inside Print on an RSC Style E-Commerce Box?
Over the course of 18 years, we have received that response often. Like, why in the world would anyone want to do...
Top Ecommerce Packaging Trends for 2026 (And Lessons From 2025)
As the year winds down, we tend to reflect on what we saw in the industry—from old, reliable trends and consistencies,...
Subscription Boxes: Their Revolution and Evolution
Auto-refill type products and programs have been around as long as I can remember. However, around 2009 the internet...
Hands-On Packaging Application Experience
There’s no question AI has made many things easier and improved a lot of industries in many ways. But it is by no...
Creative DTC Packaging Design Now Can Create Huge Savings Later
Most people agree the print quality of our e-commerce boxes is what sets us apart from other box producers. The...
3PL/Fulfillment-Friendly Packaging Design
Sales/marketing teams are typically the ones spearheading most packaging projects, and while this can be a great thing...
Fruitstand Chooses Salazar Packaging for Custom Boxes, Tape and Envelopes
We have often said that in packaging, there is no one size fits all solution. We pride ourselves on offering a variety...
How Do You Know When You Have the Perfect Packaging?
The desire for perfection is an obsession for many organizations. Whatever it is we make or sell, we want it to be...
Amazon “Made to Fit” Boxes – Packaging Problem or Solution?
America has always had a love-hate relationship with corrugated boxes. E-commerce consumers love the protection a...























