Comments on: Retail Packaging http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging Inspiration, ideas and opportunities for your business! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jaan http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging#comment-14663 Jaan Fri, 16 May 2008 12:30:16 +0000 http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging#comment-14663 The packaging industry is a really competitive one, You will need to invest silly money to be successful. Being innovative in this area can only mean spending a lot of cash on research. But a business opportunity is definitely in the retail packaging security. If you have a single solution to secure every kind of packaging and it must be easily reusable. The packaging industry is a really competitive one, You will need to invest silly money to be successful. Being innovative in this area can only mean spending a lot of cash on research.

But a business opportunity is definitely in the retail packaging security. If you have a single solution to secure every kind of packaging and it must be easily reusable.

]]> By: John http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging#comment-14658 John Fri, 16 May 2008 09:20:04 +0000 http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging#comment-14658 @Jaan - I know there are already companies that design packaging, what I mean is there may be a business opportunity to be found by in innovating in the area. @Caroline - I think packaging as a marketing tool is here to stay - unfortunately. @Jaan - I know there are already companies that design packaging, what I mean is there may be a business opportunity to be found by in innovating in the area.

@Caroline - I think packaging as a marketing tool is here to stay - unfortunately.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging#comment-14650 Caroline Fri, 16 May 2008 06:25:54 +0000 http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging#comment-14650 Some companies now offer alternatively packaged goods. Before the world went mad you could go down to your local market and you wouldn't find anything packaged. Packaging was introduced because out of town supermarkets needing goods delivering without being damaged. Now packaging is a commercial thing, make the package big to make the goods look more expensive. There are items you can buy where the packaging makes up most of the cost. Some companies now offer alternatively packaged goods. Before the world went mad you could go down to your local market and you wouldn’t find anything packaged.

Packaging was introduced because out of town supermarkets needing goods delivering without being damaged. Now packaging is a commercial thing, make the package big to make the goods look more expensive. There are items you can buy where the packaging makes up most of the cost.

]]> By: Jaan http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging#comment-14632 Jaan Thu, 15 May 2008 22:29:20 +0000 http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/730/retail-packaging#comment-14632 Hi, there are companies that deal with product packaging design. well, I used to work in one. Anyhow, the main problems we always faced were the security (easy to steal or not), the safe keeping (will the product be easily transportable), presentation and how easy is it to open/close. as far as i can remember, we also had a little study made and it came out that cardboard packaging is the best. These days cardboard is very easily recyclable, comes in different shapes and sizes and last but not least, there is a plastic coated version available, that is hard to rip into pieces. The idea is that small packaging is meant to be safe and the only way to open it is by using scissors. And yes, cardboard has 1 mayor fault, it is not see through but, there are methods of cut-outs and other techniques that help with this issue. peace, J Hi, there are companies that deal with product packaging design.
well, I used to work in one. Anyhow, the main problems we always faced were the security (easy to steal or not), the safe keeping (will the product be easily transportable), presentation and how easy is it to open/close.
as far as i can remember, we also had a little study made and it came out that cardboard packaging is the best. These days cardboard is very easily recyclable, comes in different shapes and sizes and last but not least, there is a plastic coated version available, that is hard to rip into pieces. The idea is that small packaging is meant to be safe and the only way to open it is by using scissors.
And yes, cardboard has 1 mayor fault, it is not see through but, there are methods of cut-outs and other techniques that help with this issue.

peace, J

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