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 Dennis Salazar | Dec 23, 2025 | Packaging Design, Ecommerce Packaging, DTC Boxes
I recently watched a movie titled The Outfit, which was set in 1930, Chicago. During a street scene I noticed the lead character’s business window showed his name and the word BESPOKE. As a fan of brevity, and a lover of old, unusual words I had to do some digging. 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 | Aug 15, 2025 | Ecommerce Packaging, DTC Boxes
As most of our regular readers know, we help our customers create DTC packaging that will display their product attractively, protect it during transit, and do so at the lowest possible cost. Every application and customer’s expectations are unique, so there are...
by Dennis Salazar | Jul 23, 2025 | Packaging Suppliers, Packaging Solutions, Packaging Design, Ecommerce Packaging
These days it is quite common to hear people complain about consumer products getting smaller, blaming manufacturers for contributing to “shrinkflation”. Consumers (including me) accuse companies of selling smaller or fewer products just to increase their own...
