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Coffee Packaging Evolves with Consumer Demand
The consumer packaging cycle typically sees various designs fall in and out of favor, as new technology and innovation change prevailing standards. Glass milk bottles, for example, gave way to plastic...
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Contract Packagers – Reshoring Opportunities Are on the Rise
The United States consistently experiences shifts impacting the importance and prevalence of stateside manufacturing operations. Once the backbone of the nation’s economy, manufacturing strength within...
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Source Reduction and Packaging Initiatives for the 21st Century
Manufacturers, shipping companies, wholesalers, retail operations, packagers and other supply chain stake holders all share responsibility for bringing goods to market. From conception of product...
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Sustainability and Supply Chain Transparency Drive Packaging Trends
It makes sense for packaging companies and other supply chain stakeholders to reflect the values of their customers. Aligning with consumers’ closely held principles creates an immediate connection,...
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Industry Trends and Innovation Guide for Contract Packaging Companies
Outsiders don’t immediately recognize the amount of thought that goes into each consumer package. Within the industry and with CPG companies, however, each packaging decision is carefully considered....
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Packaging Priorities and Addressing Consumer Demand
Packaging companies and their supply chain partners face a series of challenges feeding consumer demand. Bringing goods to market is a complex process, influenced by wide-ranging factors – from...
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Eco-Friendly Lightweight Packaging Benefits Producers and Consumers
Staying in-synch with commercial cycles requires adaptability, so successful modern packaging companies are highly responsive to industry shifts and consumer preferences. In order to stay a step ahead...
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Evolving Design Trends Shape Packaging Choices
Packaging is an extremely important part of the consumer sales cycle. Quality and product performance of course lead to repeat sales and ongoing customer relationships, but packages serve vital roles...
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Effective Packaging Adds Value on Many Levels
The fewer number of variables contained within a problem, the easier it is typically solved. In the packaging world, several effective packaging factors consistently influence job outcomes, making for...
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How Ecommerce Packaging Has Evolved With Online Sales
Business operations continually evolve, replacing once best practices with advances and innovation that become the new standard. With each shift, producers and other players in the consumer supply...
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Shared Accountability Fuels Responsible Sustainable Packaging Trends
Responding to a call for sustainable practices and environmental consciousness at all levels of the packaging supply chain, manufacturers and their packaging partners continues to align with customers...
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Creative Packaging Designs and Features Attract Consumer Attention
Packaging selections are made based on various considerations, including cost-effectiveness, product protection, and even regulatory requirements. In many cases, products themselves dictate the best...
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Pouch Packaging Made Recycle Ready for Consumer Demand
Image Credit: PackWorld Packaging innovation is typically sparked by a combination of technological advances and evolving consumer preferences. In most cases, new packaging alternatives are developed...
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What’s the Secret Sauce of Effective Contract Packaging?
Whether you are marketing direct-to-consumer nutraceuticals or retailing auto parts, packaging decisions can make or break the effort, leading to growth and profitability or succumbing to competitive...
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Advances in Supply Chain Technology Shape an Evolving Packaging Industry
Packaging companies play key roles in the consumer supply chain, influencing nearly every phase of marketing and distribution. Not only is the packaging industry responsible for the safety and security...
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Innovations in Primary Packaging to Remain on the Cutting-Edge
Image Source: Packaging Insider Like other professional industries, contract packaging continually advances, evolving with new ideas and technology. Improvements utilize new materials and processes to...
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How Coconut Oil is Used in the Packaging Industry
Retail trends are driven by wide-ranging influences, including consumers’ perception of products and their benefits. In some cases, sales spikes come and go, without leaving a lasting long-term impact...
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Packaging Protein Powders & Drinks, Plus Industry Facts and Applications
Popular acceptance of healthy lifestyles and personal training regimens fuels the call for protein supplements. These plant and animal-based products come to market in several ways, including powdered...
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Tapping the Cost & Sustainability Benefits of Reusable Distribution Packaging
Reusable packaging furnishes benefits across the entire supply chain. As technology and industry practices continue to shift toward these reusable designs, producers and their packaging partners will...
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Contract Packagers Embrace the Benefits of Honey
Some products exhibit dramatic sales spikes and valleys, reflecting unstable consumer demand. The call for honey doesn’t follow a similar pattern; the substance seldom falls out of favor with...
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Will Meal Kit Delivery Survive? Is In-store Pick-up the Future of the Industry?
Technological breakthroughs, commercial innovation, and consumer preferences continually influence how food moves through the supply chain to its place on U.S. dinner tables. Although it’s hard to...
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Flexible Pouch Packaging – Industry Comes of Age with Standardization
The contract packaging business continually adapts and evolves, presenting new and improved packaging solutions for consumer goods. Some package designs are short-lived, replaced by more effective...
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Insights on Global Packaging Trends – Transparency, Integrity, and Authenticity
Packaging trends reflect everything from advancing technology to shifting consumer preferences. For example, it is thought ninety-percent of consumers use their phones while shopping, so communication...
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CBD Packaging: Industry, Growth, Emerging Packaging Options
Every so often, a product or concept lands in the marketplace, generating a sustained buzz. CBD oil and related cannabis products are one such line of goods, presently making a big splash among...
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Emerging Trends in Secondary Packaging
Secondary packaging serves multiple functions for producers and their online or retail customers. The role of secondary packaging goes beyond building an attractive final package. It protects products...
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Blockchain Technology Helping Packagers Improve the Supply Chain
Blockchain technology may be closely associated with cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, but the technology is also having an impact on the supply chain. Packagers use blockchain to improve package...
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Smart Packaging Explained – What’s the Reality?
Modern packaging realities would have been unimaginable to observers studying the state of the industry decades ago. But like most progressive, demand-driven businesses the consumer packaging industry...
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Automated Packing: The New Thinking in Fulfillment
Modern packaging practices balance the need for a personal touch with the convenience and cost-savings of automated packing capabilities. Each case is unique, so automation plays a more significant...
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9 Best Point Of Purchase Display Examples For Inspiration
Point of purchase opens every brand with the opportunity where it can engage with shoppers. As one of those brands, you only have a fraction of a second to make an impression on passersby on grocery...
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Reshoring Amid Coronavirus (COVID-19) Concerns
For decades, domestic companies found advantages outside the US, offshoring production capabilities and processes in order to take advantage of affordable labor and other benefits. After years of...
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Contract Packagers Embrace Demand for Hand Sanitizers
The hand sanitizer industry puts forth gels, liquid, sprays, foam, and single-use wipes formulated to kill germs on contact. The products are utilized in conjunction with or to replace handwashing with...
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Candy, Vitamins, Supplements, CBD – Make Way for Gummy Bears
A long-familiar confectionary presence, gummy bears, have satisfied both sweet and sour candy cravings for decades. Their recognizable form tempts children of all ages, adding to their appeal. So much...
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What is Private Label Branding: A Beginner’s Guide
Selling products is one of the best ways to increase your profit margin as a retailer. But did you know you don’t have to create a product from scratch to sell one under your name? Usually, you want to...
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CBD Products Surge in the Health and Beauty Space
CBD use and awareness continue surging. Fueled by the relaxation of marijuana laws and health and wellness claims promoted by CBD advocates, the substance is popping up in everything from energy tonics...
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Collagen Industry Growth Spikes Demand for Supplement Packaging Solutions
Nutrition-minded consumers continue turning to collagen supplements and collagen-infused cosmetics for health and beauty benefits. The protein is thought to aid in the battle against premature aging,...
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Flexible Packaging: An E-Commerce and Shipping Strategy
At its peak, the global pandemic changed consumer behavior, requiring brand owners and contract packagers to adjust their distribution strategies. As regions locked down, responding to the spread of...
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Shortages and Price Hikes Prevail As Coronavirus Pandemic Disrupts the Global...
Conditions caused by the COVID-19 crisis disrupted commerce on nearly every level, forcing stakeholders to respond on the fly. With the economic recovery in sight, companies regularly encounter trials...
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Labor Shortages and Wage Increases Drive Up Packaging Costs
Reports of supply chain issues are prominent in the “post-pandemic” news cycle, taking center stage as the global economy recovers from the effects of COVID-19. Historically taken for granted, the...
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Expanding Access to COVID-19 PCR Test Kits and Packaging Demand
From the early days of the pandemic, widespread testing for COVID-19 has been central to global efforts aimed at slowing the disease’s spread. Robust testing not only contributes to effective contact...
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Inflation News Points to Rising Prices on Packaging Materials
As domestic inflation and global instability continue dominating economic news, the supply chain for packaging materials remains vulnerable to cost increases, which are expected to continue through...
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Going Green with Compostable Packaging and Maximizing the Benefits
From using responsibly sourced materials to maximizing supply-chain efficiency, earth-conscious consumers expect producers and packagers to adopt sustainable practices, bringing goods to market. Among...
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Supply Chain and Logistics – The Differences Between Them in CPG
With soaring inflation eroding personal spending power, supply chains have become a mainstream concern for Americans. Not only are media reports focused on supply chain issues, but the White House has...
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Establishing 3PL Partnerships — Fulfillment and Distribution
Flexible business models incorporate various approaches, managing the movement of materials and delivery of finished products. Among the opportunities available to modern merchants, third-party...
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Co-Packers Can Help Launch Your Food and Supplement Business
Turning a commercial concept or product idea into a successful launch is an ambitious prospect, presenting unique challenges for startups and growing businesses. Fortunately, help is available for new...
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Cost-Saving Strategies for Food and Supplement Packaging
Although some food and supplement producers rely on in-house packing capabilities to move products through the supply chain, many makers form valuable packaging and distribution alliances with contract...
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Using Packaging Design to Build a Successful Brand
Brand-forward packaging design is an essential feature of the CPG marketing landscape. In addition to its primary protective function, packaging is a valuable conduit, directly connecting brands with...
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Recession in the Packaging Industry — How to Adjust for Your Company and...
Numerous factors influence global economic health, creating hard-to-predict conditions across diverse industries. Although economic macro trends often look similar from one industry to the next, unique...
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The Role of Packaging in Meeting Consumer Demand for Convenience
Packaging trends reflect marketplace demand, so consumers’ call for convenience increasingly influences the modern packaged goods landscape. Busy lifestyles, on-the-go consumption trends, and shoppers’...
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Latest Trends in Supplement Packaging Design
When it comes to vitamins, nutraceuticals, and dietary supplements, savvy health-conscious consumers are not only tuned in to the benefits of what’s inside, but shoppers are also mindful of supplement...
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Time to Reap the Benefits: Flexible Packaging for Food and Supplements
Manufacturers, packagers, and especially consumers continue driving demand for flexible packaging. Flexible packaging solutions offer various benefits, particularly for food applications and the use of...
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