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Time to Make a Change with Sustainability?

Sustainability: It's not just about the environment. It's also about longevity.
April 1, 2013

Sustainability is a notion that spans the entire packaging life cycle.


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If the Consumer Isn't Happy with Packaging, Nobody's Happy

People are generally satisfied with packaging -- until they decide to buy.
April 1, 2013

Brian Richard, director, consumer and customer insights, MWV, and Steve Kazanjian, director, global creative, MWV, point out a current mindset on packaging and the danger with that way of thought.


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Should Brands Aim for Sustainable Innovation or Innovative Sustainability?

Even if customers are not asking, the packaging industry needs to be prepared to answer the question.
April 1, 2013

Sustainability is quickly becoming the next great innovation in business.


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Embracing Sustainability for your Brand

A framework for creating green packaging.
April 1, 2013

Sustainability — being green — has gone mainstream. Major brands in every sector from fast food to fashion have spent significant resources making sure their products and corporate image stack up well in terms of environmental and social impact.


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Stretch Marks Therapy Just Got Sexy with New Packaging

A new package structure and design keeps the cream from fading into oblivion.
April 1, 2013

Mederma Stretch Marks Therapy is lighting up retail shelves with a stunning new package upgrade that addresses major retail challenges.


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Learning to Launch a Brand or Product by Example

Get your launch right by learning from already established brands.
March 1, 2013

Brands just starting out need examples on how to handle product launches and lines.


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Five Ways Closures Can Build Your Brand

Why an often overlooked packaging component can be a valuable asset.
March 1, 2013

Despite the increasingly crowded retail shelves and the need for unique packaging that helps brands stand out from the competition, consumers often find themselves looking at similar products with similar features.


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Big League Packaging

How to use packaging's structure and design to bring consumers in from left field.
March 1, 2013

Over the last decade, almost a quarter of a million new products have been announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And what percentage of these product launches has actually made it to a shelf at Best Buy or Wal-Mart stores?


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Ace The Product Naming Game

Great product names propel brands to the top. How to get one for your packaging.
March 1, 2013

A great name can propel a brand to the top of its category.


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Case in Point: Tweezerman's Sharp New Look

The brand uses an image upgrade to refresh its Studio Collection.
March 1, 2013

Found in the medicine cabinets of many homes, Tweezerman tweezers are known as much for their ability to grasp the smallest of splinters or hairs as they are the brand’s famous lifetime sharpening guarantee.


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10th Annual Packaging That Sells Conference, Chicago, October 2012

BRANDPACKAGING’s packaging conference returned for a tenth year with a focus on a single message: Make It Matter.

2/6/13 2:00 pm EST

Packaging Matters: Studying the Satisfaction Gap in Consumer Packaging

On-Demand Consumers often choose products based on packaging, but how satisfied are they once they try to carry, store, open, use or dispose of the product package?

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April 2013

The April 2013 issue examines sustainabiltity and its place in brand packaging. You can also read the issue at the Digital Editions.

 

Take a look at Consumer Insight, our monthly infographic focus on current data and demographic facts happening in the groups you and your customer’s brands are reaching. This month examines personal care and health and beauty aids.

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BRANDPACKAGING Design Gallery Volume 10

A design annual unlike any other, Design Gallery Volume 10 is not just a study in good design. It’s a look at how packaging can successfully demonstrate structural and graphic innovation, make strong shelf impact, meet consumer, shopper and retailer needs and support and convey the brand story.

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