Mono-material can be described as a product only made from one resin type. Packaging using this option is rapidly gaining popularity when compared to multi-material packaging.
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How Australia is Dealing with Packaging and Waste!
Many businesses are taking active steps to manage waste, including in their choice of protective packaging and packaging supplies. They are alert to the challenges of sustainability and to the demands of the circular economy (reusing and recycling waste products), as well as to customers’ interests in eco-friendly packaging. How is Australia dealing with packaging and waste?
The government has developed initiatives to help business in their endeavours with ongoing research and guidance.
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Before logistics providers send goods over to their destinations, they conduct a pre-shipment inspection. This might seem like a tedious or bureaucratic process if you need to send goods urgently, but a pre-shipment inspection is vital.
According to industry research, shipping errors occur on 2% of the average merchant’s packages. This means 2 out of 10 packages will experience an error and add costs to your fulfillment expenses. Can pre-shipment inspections cut this error rate?
Let’s look at what they are and why you need them.
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To choose the right packaging for e-commerce products is extremely important. It is one of the most important parts of branding, and if you’re operating a single product store, the packaging could end up being a major element in your website’s design. Picking packaging that stands out will make your product more attractive and increase conversions.
But packaging is about more than aesthetics, and there are many factors that you’ll have to consider.
Let’s take a look at a few things you’ll have to think about when choosing the packaging for an e-commerce store.
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Packaging systems play an integral role in supply chain operations, from manufacturing to distribution of products to end users. Many packaging options are available in the market, providing excellent protection for items people buy online or in physical stores. Aside from that, packaging is also considered valuable in marketing and sales.
This supply chain article will focus on the importance of packaging in businesses to help you determine the best packaging systems for your brand.
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If you are a store owner, you understand how high annual leaves can stall your shipments. When running a business, there are endless things to consider. In addition to having a solid lineup and effective marketing, you must also consider shipments.
You must think of ways to stop your newly persuaded customers from becoming irritated with any aspect of the purchasing process.
Here are a few ways to ensure that shipments run smoothly during periods of high annual leave.
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Choosing the right shipping boxes may be more complicated than you think. Aside from the right size, there are other things to consider. These boxes should be able to withhold the external factors during shipping. Boxes are essential in ensuring that your items arrive safely at someone’s doorstep or parcel boxes.
Durable boxes maintain the quality and integrity of the shipped items. It also helps in improving customer satisfaction. Aside from having a parcel delivery box for safety, the right kind of box is essential.
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Product packaging significantly contributes to the modern world’s waste problem. They’re commonly made of plastic, which pollutes bodies of water and harms the planet’s biodiversity. Many businesses are now switching to eco-friendly packaging and shipping mailers to solve this problem.
Switching to eco-friendly materials for your product packaging and shipping is a major shift for most businesses. The initial costs are usually higher than the readily available plastic and poly mailers. However, taking a step toward this environmental initiative has more advantages that are worth the effort and budget.
Here are eight reasons your business should use eco-friendly shipping mailers:
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In today’s eCommerce landscape, the majority of customers interact with you only two times, once when they make a purchase on your website and then again when the product is delivered. Improving your website’s conversion rate is very important and gains a lot of attention in the eCommerce industry, while the anatomy of the unboxing experience is too often overlooked.
As the marketplace for physical products continues to transition online, the customer experiences far less interaction with the actual company. These lost opportunities for a business to impress through exemplary service will need to be compensated for in other ways.
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Bags, especially the perfect bag, occupy the most prominent position in any lady’s wardrobe and much time and effort is invested in their selection because of the multi-dimensional role they play in terms of utility, aesthetics, style, and much more.
Ladies from all walks of life need bags as a fashion statement but sometimes more importantly for their utility in carrying stuff. A woman’s bag is a place where everything of need can be found, sometimes even for men.
So, the goal is always to find a multipurpose bag that can serve all your needs.
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There was a time when a pound of bacon was a pound of bacon. And we still call it a pound of bacon. But the reality is that a package of bacon now weighs only 375 grams, not 454 grams which equals a pound. That’s an 18% reduction in package size. However that’s only half of the shrinkflation story.
From 2019 to 2022 in Canada the average price for 500 grams of bacon has risen from $7.06 to $8.55, a 21% increase in the price per gram.
That is shrinkflation. The subtle, and sometime not so subtle, reduction in package size combined with a commensurate increase in price for the smaller package.
At a time when inflation is rising, interest rates are increasing, the economy is slowing, and people are struggling, when did shrinkflation become acceptable?
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Packaging of industrial products is a part of today’s society. Just as readily as households and businesses have packaging material to keep food fresh, so do companies create certain packaging for items sold.
This post is an introduction to the basics of the industry that covers a range of subjects including what packaging materials are made from, what containers they can be packaged into, and how to avoid damaging your product during shipping.
It will also cover the greening of the industry by answering questions about alternative methods of packing products in place of plastics like bubble wrap or apple boxes.
Here are things you should know about industrial packaging.
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In an era when environmental consciousness is at the forefront of consumer concerns, businesses are increasingly exploring sustainable packaging solutions to minimize their ecological footprint. One such innovation that has been gaining traction is plant-based packaging.
This trend marks a significant shift from traditional, often non-biodegradable materials to more eco-friendly alternatives. This article will explore the rise of plant-based packaging and its impact on both businesses and the environment.
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Sustainability is becoming an increasingly vital priority for businesses at every stage of the modern supply chain. Awareness is rising that inefficiencies and wasteful production processes can have a major negative environmental impact, and that addressing these problems should be central to the minimising of carbon footprints along the supply chain.
One of the key steps businesses are taking to improve the environmental profile of their production, distribution and shipping processes is to embrace sustainable packaging methods and technologies.
The reasons for this are clear: sustainable packaging is more cost-effective, better for the environment and more popular with consumers, and it aligns better with current regulatory demands.
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My wife recently ordered some nail polish online from a VERY large online retailer. A few days later a large box arrived at the door. Rattling around in this large box were 2 small bottles of nail polish. The overpackaging was absolutely shameful and disgusting.
We’ve written about the topic before, and many years ago. And with all the talk about the environment, sustainability, recycling and waste elimination we would have thought the situation would have improved.
But at least one out of every 4 online orders we receive is subject to overpackaging.
This has to stop!
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