by Dennis Salazar | Apr 14, 2026 | Subscription Boxes, Ecommerce Packaging, DTC Boxes
Creating new direct to consumer packaging can be unexpectedly challenging as well as expensive. In many cases, a cutting die for the shipper box is necessary to be able to produce the exact size required. If a custom designed insert is desired, a separate, custom...
by Michael Boik | Mar 12, 2026 | Packaging Design, DTC Boxes, Sustainable Perspective, Salazar News
This week, Salazar Packaging celebrates our 19th year in business. The packaging industry has seen many shifts and changes since 2007, and adaptation has been a large part of our staying power. In many cases, we like to think that we were drivers of change, not...
by Dennis Salazar | Mar 2, 2026 | Packaging Solutions, Packaging Design, Ecommerce Packaging, Sustainable Perspective
Those who regularly read this blog know I have always had a love/hate relationship with Amazon. As a shopper, I am impressed by their ability to deliver just about anything I could possibly want to my door tomorrow. However, as a packaging industry veteran and a...
by Alan Wright | Dec 1, 2025 | Packaging Suppliers, Packaging Solutions
We’ve all been there. Hurray, your ceramic bowl has arrived! But using the shipping box’s “easy-opening” tear-off strip feels like a game of tug-of-war. The enclosed instructions for setting up the returnable shipping box are more complicated than instructions for...
by Dennis Salazar | Oct 29, 2025 | Packaging Solutions, Ecommerce Packaging
Over the course of 18 years, we have received that response often. Like, why in the world would anyone want to do that? We appreciate the question because since our company started, we have produced millions of die cut mailer style boxes for direct to consumer,...
