by Dennis Salazar | Mar 1, 2023 | DTC Boxes
We have all witnessed the meteoric rise and now, slow reduction of corrugated box pricing, but what has gone relatively unnoticed is the dramatic cost increase (without any decrease) in pre-production tooling, including print plates and cutting dies. E-commerce...
by Dennis Salazar | Feb 17, 2023 | Inside Sustainable Packaging
After a year and a half of multiple, double digit price increases, spanning 2021 and into 2022, it is so nice to be able to offer some good news. One decrease was announced in November 2022 and implemented in December 2022, followed by a second decrease that was...
by Dennis Salazar | Feb 14, 2023 | Information Center
Flexographic printing for custom printed boxes is by far the most popular print process used. Why wouldn’t it be? It is substantially less expensive compared to any other way of printing corrugated boxes. Flexo uses water-based inks making them the most eco-friendly...
by Dennis Salazar | Feb 3, 2023 | Information Center
We make millions of corrugated e-commerce boxes every year. Most people don’t realize we also create hundreds of thousands of paperboard cartons as well, many of which are also used for direct-to-consumer, order fulfillment applications. One of the many things that...
by Dennis Salazar | Feb 1, 2023 | Information Center
A few weeks ago, we published a post (see first related post below) about the five most common reasons DTC companies decide to do a redesign of their packaging. In that post we covered the two most popular, “To Enhance the Customer Experience” and “To Reduce Unit...
