An interview with Ryan Fox of Green Markets, a Bloomberg Company. If you have been reading this blog for a while you know we normally do not do interviews. However, there is nothing “normal” about the world we are living in or about the current...
The Supply Chain Headache - Here's How We Can Help Direct to consumer packaging, (DTC) especially for people with overseas suppliers, is in short supply and the situation is sure to get worse before it improves. If you are a regular reader of our blogs, you know...
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...
Understanding E-Commerce Packaging Costs Every year we receive well over 2,000 phone and web inquiries from first time entrepreneurs and start-ups. I am amazed at the wide variety of questions they ask and how eager they are to share their “vision”. That vision often includes to the...
It can be a little overwhelming when you start considering your many packaging options. RSC style boxes or die cut mailer boxes? What about envelopes? Paper or plastic, padded or unpadded? These are just a few choices that are available to you but if what...
Salazar Packaging in the News – E-commerce and Subscription Packaging One thing you can count on is that business is ever evolving and changing. That is especially true of relatively new businesses such as subscription boxes, as well as virtually every form of e-commerce packaging. We...
Box Insert Options for D2C E-commerce Packaging A quick search on the internet will confirm that there are many companies that sell boxes. Online catalog houses and retailer providers ranging from office supply stores to truck rental facilities all sell boxes in their basic, simplest form. What...
Packaging Sustainability in E-commerce – How to fix it! I think we all agree that as consumers, we LOVE e-commerce. How can we not appreciate the incredible variety and selection of products now, almost instantly available to us with a few clicks on our favorite internet...
E-Commerce and Subscriptions Packaging for Books A few decades ago I recall listening to a speaker warning we were heading toward a “paperless society”. Since I was at that time employed by the largest paper and packaging corporation in the world, his message caused much...