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Glass baby bottles in demand

June 1, 2008
O-I has resumed production of glass baby bottles, after 20 years, at a plant in Charlotte, Mich.; Saint-Gobain Containers is reviewing drawings from its archives to spark ideas for
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Altoids now a curiously strong ... token

June 1, 2008
Brand marketers covet “iconic” status for their packaging. And kudos to the team at Altoids, who can claim that honor now that Hasbro has designated an Altoids tin as a
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NEW AQUAFINA LABELS ON THE WAY

April 23, 2008
A new Aquafina label reflecting the water’s “public” origins will start entering the market within the next few months, according to Nicole Bradley, a Pepsi spokesperson. New label copy will reflect that Aquafina “originates from public water sources” but that it also “goes through a rigorous, seven-step purification process...”.
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CIGARETTE PACKS UNDER ATTACK

April 23, 2008
Anti-smoking groups around the globe are stepping up efforts to more strongly regulate cigarette packaging. Some are calling for bolder text warnings, others for generic packaging that would strip cartons of branding.
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MUSHROOMS. FRESH FROM THE PACK

April 23, 2008
Where do mushrooms come from? They could come from packaging-at least that’s what Agata Jaworksa has proposed in her master’s thesis for the Design Academy Eindhoven in The Netherlands.
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SHORTAGE OF...GLASS?

April 23, 2008
UK shoppers in the wine aisle of Waitrose stores might have trouble picking out a bottle of rosé this month. The retailer was forced to introduce its 500mL bottles of
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Backlash = Opportunity?

February 22, 2008
With estimates that Americans toss more than 38 billion plastic water bottles each year, the bottled water sector has become a target for environmental activists (despite industry protests that the bottles account for just 0.33 percent of the country’s waste).
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GOTCHA! gift box

February 22, 2008
Leave it to The Onion to find the lighter side of brand packaging.
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Product and package

February 22, 2008
Ontario, Canada-based 1litre brand has a unique packaging concept: it’s a PET water bottle with a nested cup.
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Get Your (Lit) Fix

February 22, 2008
To mark the smoking ban that hit the UK this summer, London-based creative agency Tank launched a series of books packed in cigarette flip-top cartons, replete with silver foil wrapping and a cellophane outer seal.

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

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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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