Salazar News

26 Jul 2021 2021 Holiday E-commerce packaging. Ho, ho, ho or no, no, no?

Posted at 16:37h in Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

E-Commerce Packaging Holiday Price Increases and Shortages After four decades in the industry and 13 years of being almost totally focused on DTC eco-friendly packaging, I can tell you with great certainty there is trouble ahead for many companies. This year, more than any previous year...

11 Jun 2021 Thirteen Years of DTC Quality, Sustainable Packaging, and Total Transparency

Posted at 11:24h in Inside Sustainable Packaging, Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

Everything You Want to Know About Sustainable Packaging Next week marks an unusual milestone for Salazar Packaging; our thirteenth year of our Inside Sustainable and Branded Packaging blog. That is where we have helped lead an industry into a greener and better path toward exceptional “packaging...

25 May 2021 Custom Printed Welcome Boxes

Posted at 14:43h in Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

The Oswego (Illinois) Chamber of Commerce actively promotes local businesses and helps residents realize everything our town has to offer. We are proud to be a member, and when we were asked to help them create a welcome box for new residents, we jumped at...

18 Mar 2021 How a New Box Design Can Help You Minimize the Impact of Corrugated Price Increase

Posted at 09:44h in Information Center, Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

How to Reduce the Impact of Corrugated Price Increases In my mind there is no way to justify substantial back-to-back industry price increases. One in December 2020 and now another that is sure to happen within the next 30 to 60 days. We cannot explain it...

08 Feb 2021 New, Padded Paper Mailers are in stock on the new Globe Guard Products web site!

Posted at 13:05h in Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

Padded Paper Mailers Available Now If you have recently received a package from mega e-commerce shippers like Amazon and Target, you may have already seen this terrific, new, green product, the padded paper mailer. It is padded without the use of plastic bubble, foam, or messy...

30 Dec 2020 Top Five 2021 Trends in DTC, E-commerce Packaging

Posted at 09:16h in Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

Packaging Trends for 2021 One year ago, no one could have envisioned how painful 2020 was going to be for many people and businesses. At the same time, no one could have guessed the explosive growth we all witnessed in e-commerce. The year-end numbers are not...

08 Dec 2020 The Ta-Da Box™ by Salazar Packaging is Redefining the Unboxing Experience.

Posted at 07:05h in Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

We were involved in eco-friendly DTC packaging from the very beginning in 2007. Since then we have introduced many innovative designs and techniques. They include being one of the first companies to market and promote inside printing on die cut mailer boxes, printing white ink...

03 Dec 2020 How to Reduce Your DTC Box Cost After the Industry Wide Corrugated Price Increase

Posted at 07:47h in Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

Attention DTC Box Customers; Price Increase is Here We have been warning friends and customers for several months that a substantial price increase was on the way. It has arrived and box manufacturers are raising prices anywhere from 7% to as much as 10%. The industry...

20 Oct 2020 DTC, E-commerce Fourth Quarter Packaging Outlook – The Good and Bad News for 2020

Posted at 08:43h in Information Center, Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

E-Commerce Packaging Timelines The good is that everyone is busy. When the corrugated box industry is thriving that means everyone is selling their products. This indicates the economy is rebounding and that is good for all of us. Unfortunately, that increase in demand also produces some problems...

21 Aug 2020 How to Avoid Year End Delivery Problems for E-Commerce Packaging

Posted at 08:36h in Salazar News by Dennis Salazar

Plan Now for Holiday Packaging Needs Those who know us are familiar with our year end outlook for DTC packaging needs. While we usually err on the side of caution because some people are going to run out of packaging this year, it should not be...