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3 Reasons to Buy Your Holiday Packaging Today!
I have a running joke with my friends for years that the Summer ends on July 5th. This is in large part due to the...
The Firm Code for Packaging Design
One of my favorite movies is the original Pirates of the Caribbean. Even if you’ve watched it multiple times, as I...
Turn Packaging Complaints into Sales and Branding Opportunities
The only thing some companies dislike more than making a mistake is admitting they made one. Somehow, they equate...
How to Market Your Packaging
We are firm believers that packaging should be more than a cost of doing business. When packaging is done right, it...
Direct to Consumer Packaging and Common Sense
A recent story that has been shown all over the internet and social media is about a Walmart customer who ordered 165...
Celebrating 18 Years of E-commerce Packaging Transparency
Today, June 16th, we’re celebrating a milestone that means so much to us: 18 years of sharing information, educating,...
What is Single Face Corrugated Board?
Chances are the great majority of the corrugated board you have used or seen is standard, double face board. It...
Plastic Recycling Labels – Too little, too late?
Early in my packaging career I made a very good living selling plastic films. I sold just about every type of plastic...
4 Pillars Of Our Custom Packaging Success
Many professional sports teams have coined a new popular phrase called “Self-Scouting.” Essentially it just means that...
Why You’re Not Ready for a Custom Box Quote
If you were to ask any corrugated mill, sheet plant, distributor, broker, or designer what their biggest customer...
Stealth Packaging-A Discreet Option for Security/Privacy
In today’s ecommerce-driven world, many companies are trying to find the balance between brand identity and the...
How to Avoid the Current Corrugated Market Price Increase
An 8% price increase on all corrugated board and other paper products was announced last week. Whether your business...
E-commerce Packaging – Single Versus Double Sided Print
Most will agree we helped lead the packaging industry into the e-commerce and sustainable markets. We may not have...
Non-Plastic Packaging for Apparel/Clothing Brands
We’ve all received clothing items purchased online that are packaged in plain or printed poly bags. There’s often a...
Which Print Process is Best for You?
Potential customers are at times perplexed when they learn they can print their new e-commerce box using three very...
Unboxing Design Elements to Generate “Social Shares”
Social shares have become the standard for gauging a company/brand’s influence, reach or visibility online. When your...
What Is Semi-Custom E-commerce Packaging?
Creating new direct to consumer packaging can be unexpectedly challenging as well as expensive. In many cases, a...
How to Ship a Less Expensive, Greener Box to Your Customers
Salazar Packaging has been an industry leader in eco-friendly, direct to consumer packaging since 2007 when we first...
Is Eco-Friendly Packaging Ever Wrong?
A couple years ago our Co-founder Dennis Salazar asked, Can Sustainability Go Too Far? He cited examples of packaging...
Custom Industrial Boxes
I was recently reminded not every box needs to be as beautiful as we can make it. Some people just need a shipping...
Cheers to 19 Years of Packaging Industry Expertise
This week, Salazar Packaging celebrates our 19th year in business. The packaging industry has seen many shifts and...
Even Amazon Makes E-commerce Packaging Mistakes!
Those who regularly read this blog know I have always had a love/hate relationship with Amazon. As a shopper, I am...
2026 Packaging Trends For Skincare/Beauty Brands
We have worked with a number of beauty/cosmetic brands to start 2026, and there seems to have been a shift in what...
E-commerce Packaging: What it means to be application driven.
Some packaging companies are understandably driven by the products they offer. If bubble wrap void fill is the most...