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Bespoke: New Word, Same Great E-commerce Packaging Design
I recently watched a movie titled The Outfit, which was set in 1930, Chicago. During a street scene I noticed the lead...
Paperboard Packaging Updates For 2026
In recent years there have been some challenges and drawbacks to paperboard packaging that may have steered companies...
Does Your E-commerce Packaging Align with Your Brand?
For years our tag line has remained Packaging That Communicates because we’ve always believed the graphic and...
Why User Experience with Your Packaging Is Crucial
We’ve all been there. Hurray, your ceramic bowl has arrived! But using the shipping box’s “easy-opening” tear-off...
10 Common Mistakes DTC Start-Ups Make on Social Media
For direct-to-consumer (DTC) businesses, having a social media presence is a virtual necessity (pun intended). A DTC’s...
Four Cost-Saving Packaging Tips from the Experts
There truly is no substitute for experience, and we have a lot of it. Next year will mark our 19th year in business,...
The High Cost of Your Outdated E-commerce Packaging Design
If your current packaging design is more than a few years old, it was probably made at a time when corrugated costs...
Inside Print on an RSC Style E-Commerce Box?
Over the course of 18 years, we have received that response often. Like, why in the world would anyone want to do...
Top Ecommerce Packaging Trends for 2026 (And Lessons From 2025)
As the year winds down, we tend to reflect on what we saw in the industry—from old, reliable trends and consistencies,...
Subscription Boxes: Their Revolution and Evolution
Auto-refill type products and programs have been around as long as I can remember. However, around 2009 the internet...
Hands-On Packaging Application Experience
There’s no question AI has made many things easier and improved a lot of industries in many ways. But it is by no...
Creative DTC Packaging Design Now Can Create Huge Savings Later
Most people agree the print quality of our e-commerce boxes is what sets us apart from other box producers. The...
The E-Commerce “white ink on kraft board” People
Over fifteen years ago when sustainability was a relatively new trend, we started receiving calls from people...
3PL/Fulfillment-Friendly Packaging Design
Sales/marketing teams are typically the ones spearheading most packaging projects, and while this can be a great thing...
Long-Term Packaging Agreements — Pros and Cons
Packaging companies, ours included, often negotiate long-term agreements with customers. Typically, these agreements...
Tariff Free Boxes for Made in the USA Products
We have zero interest in discussing the politics or pros and cons of the current tariff landscape and simply want to...
Fruitstand Chooses Salazar Packaging for Custom Boxes, Tape and Envelopes
We have often said that in packaging, there is no one size fits all solution. We pride ourselves on offering a variety...
How Do You Know When You Have the Perfect Packaging?
The desire for perfection is an obsession for many organizations. Whatever it is we make or sell, we want it to be...
The 4 Most Important Things When Creating a New E-commerce Package
As most of our regular readers know, we help our customers create DTC packaging that will display their product...
A Guide to Internet Marketing Acronyms
The people who invented internet marketing must have loved alphabet soup growing up, because no group on earth this...
Digitally Printed Packaging Products List
Because we are so well known as a flexographic printer, we sometimes fall short of communicating our capabilities as a...
Amazon “Made to Fit” Boxes – Packaging Problem or Solution?
America has always had a love-hate relationship with corrugated boxes. E-commerce consumers love the protection a...
How Shifts in Consumer Purchasing Impact E-commerce
These days it is quite common to hear people complain about consumer products getting smaller, blaming manufacturers...
Beginner’s Guide to E-commerce Packaging Design
No one likes to think of themselves as a beginner, however most of our customers will confess their next package...