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Bay Cities Packaging and Design Blog (7)

Retail

New & Notable in Major Retailers: March Update

Want to learn about today's consumers' wants, needs, and goals while also gleaning insights into potential partnerships with major national retailers?

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Packout | Packaging Industry | Ukraine | Oil | Economy | Russia | Inflation

Inflation Should Be the April Fools Joke, But It's Not

We are still driving hard with retail sales in America. We know for certain ecommerce blew up in 2020 and in 2021 online sales drove towards an estima...

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Corrugated | Digital Printing

The History of Digital Printing on Corrugate: Part 1

Digital printing on corrugate has come a long way since it was a mere idea decades ago. But as we’ve made our way forward using upgraded technology to...

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Displays | Retail

5 Tips for Brands Marketing in Retail During Cold and Flu Season

Most of us didn't think twice before entering a store before the spring of 2020. In the post-COVID era, however, everything is different. And while it...

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Displays | Retail Displays | Retail

Halloween & Holiday Retail Shopping: What We Learned in 2021 & How To Apply It in 2022

The pandemic has turned the retail world upside down for the past two years. While COVID is finally retreating, it's leaving behind a lot of uncertain...

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Sustainability | Digital Printing | Packaging Industry | Adhesives

A Sustainable Adhesive’s Life Cycle

Toxic waste spills have unfortunately become a frequent occurrence throughout our communities. From oil to lead to mercury, there are no positive bene...

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Ukraine | Oil | Economy | Russia

California Dreaming, California Folding

I love living in California. I am a native of this wonderland and started my life right down the street from Knotts Berry Farm. My dad was Walter Knot...

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Structural Design | Sustainability | Corrugated Packaging | ISTA Testing

ISTA Testing: Is Your Brand Sustainable?

With online purchases becoming more of the norm for everyday necessities, all it takes is a few simple clicks and your time-sensitive, recurring, friv...

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Retail

New & Notable in Major Retailers for January and February

While holiday shopping was front and center at the end of 2021, retailers also kept busy with new initiatives across everything from the environment t...

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Creativity | Employee Owned | ESOP

Train Your Brain

Being an employee owner is exactly what it sounds like – owning a part of the company. Bay Cities, an employee-owned company, became 100% employee own...

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Displays | Pack Out | Retail

5 Things Brands Should Know About the Back-to-School Shopping Season

Back-to-school (BTS) season is big business for retailers. In fact, it trails only the holidays as the second-biggest shopping event of the year. Whil...

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Corrugated | Digital Printing | Packaging Industry | Supply Chain

INFLATION ALERT

We came into 2022 with a nice, continued drive of business and a promising forecast of continued strength. This was indicated by my forward leading ec...

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