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amazon enters the diaper business with promises of transparency

17 Mar 2015
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amazon elements has launched, starting with diapers and wipes.amazon has certainly taken plenty of heat over the past several years. the giant online mall has long been criticized for dragging its feet on disclosing its carbon footprint but never mind, you can of course buy a book about how to reduce your own co2 impact. its treatment of workers has also come under scrutiny.

curious designs in beverage cans

17 Mar 2015
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16 march, 2015&middot by anton steemanthe year 2015 is a special year in packaging. this year cocacola&rsquos iconic bottle celebrates its 100th anniversary, the beer can celebrates 80 years of its existence and the very first baginbox saw its light 50 years ago in australia.the very first steel beer can in germanyabout the development of the baginbox i will publish a separate article. the 100 years of the cocacola iconic bottle is everywhere on the internet, so that i don&rsquot need to write about that one. the beer can is a different story.

amazon launches frustrationfree packaging initiative

17 Mar 2015
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buying new gadgets is a joyful occasion, but opening them can be another story when an impenetrable piece of plastic stands in your way. amazon announced monday its frustrationfree packaging initiative, which will address the issue, dubbed &quotwrap rage.&quotunder the initiative, amazon will be shipping some products to consumers in easytoopen, recyclable boxes, ditching those pesky packages tightly enclosed in a plastic clamshell or fastened with plasticcoated wires.

walmart joining amazon to promote ragefree packaging retail

17 Mar 2015
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a worker unloads boxes of merchandise at the amazon.com phoenix fulfillment center in phoenix, arizona. photographer joshua lottbloombergnov. 29 bloomberg amazon.com inc. and walmart stores inc. are prodding more manufacturers to change their packaging to cut waste and alleviate &ldquowrap rage,&rdquo the frustration felt when a product is difficult to open.the nation&rsquos largest online store and the world&rsquos biggest retailer have been pushing vendors, including procter &amp gamble co.

top five packaging trends for 2015

17 Mar 2015
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packaging&mdashirrespective of industry sector&mdashcontinues to undergo an array of important changes that brands and seniorlevel executives must be attuned to in 2015.there are five major trends that will continue to deeply impact packaging and its associated industries in 2015 the growing importance of sustainability the demand for supply chain transparency the rise of new barriercoating packaging technologies continued emphasis on lightweight packaging and the importance of delivering frustrationfree packaging.the growing importance of sustainabilityone of the most significant c

how mattel makes sustainable packaging frustration free

17 Mar 2015
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matchbox mega rig packagethere&rsquos a story that matt petersen, vp of design for mattel inc., tells about how he learned the top three complaints from parents about traditional toy packaging. &ldquoi was at my godson&rsquos birthday party,&rdquo remarks petersen. &ldquothis party was for a two year old, so all these moms and all these toys are around and i said, &lsquoi just took over a packaging job here at mattel.&rsquo i got berated by these mothers.

10b lost amazon delivers frustration

17 Mar 2015
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it&rsquos ironic the company that pioneered &ldquofrustrationfree&rdquo packaging is drawing the intense frustration of investors.following amazon.com&rsquos amzn jawdropping bad third quarter and poor outlook for the fourth, the stock that investors gave a pass to for years is getting trampled. shares of the online retailer closed down 26.12, or 8, to 287.06 friday.

amazons frustrationfree packaging ruins customers hard drives

16 Mar 2015
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it&rsquos happened to all of us we order a brand new gadget from amazon, tear open the brown box and discover our latest gizmo trapped, as if in amber, in some hard cased plastic shell that requires a serrated knife and the ritual sacrifice of a pinky digit to free.on their part, amazon did something cool last year they made a decision to eliminate those hardtocutthrough plastic shells and boxes stuffed with styrofoam wherever they can, labeling it a &ldquofrustrationfree&rdquo packaging initiative that was beneficial to customers and the environment alike.it&rsquos worked p