by Dennis Salazar | Aug 4, 2026 | Packaging Solutions, Packaging Design, DTC Boxes
Regular readers of this blog know I love old movies quotes. In this case, I am going back to 1973 and one of my favorite Clint Eastwood movies, Magnum Force. In it Clint plays detective Harry Callahan who cautions people to not exceed their capabilities. “A man’s got...
by Michael Boik | Jul 28, 2026 | Ecommerce Packaging, DTC Boxes
Recently my girlfriend received a box from a large, well-known company, and I sat down with her to share in the “unboxing moment.” I won’t reveal the name of the company, but I certainly expected better and was honestly shocked to find a large, unprinted white insert...
by Dennis Salazar | Jun 19, 2026 | Packaging Design, Ecommerce Packaging, DTC Boxes
A recent story that has been shown all over the internet and social media is about a Walmart customer who ordered 165 noodles, the swimming pool variety. He uses them as a protective packaging component for the product he manufactures and sells on line. The story...
by Dennis Salazar | Jun 11, 2026 | Packaging Solutions
Chances are the great majority of the corrugated board you have used or seen is standard, double face board. It consists of a middle section of fluted paper creating that zig zag, “rippled” layer, and that is sandwiched between two flat layers of liner board paper....
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...
