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The Top 5 Complaints Consumers Have about Your Packaging.

Package designers are notorious for thinking of packaging concepts that appeal to package designers more than the general public. If they wind up on the shelves, these package designs could turn the packaging, marketing and whatever-product-they-contain’s world upside down. Or they could thoroughly confuse or offend the audience they’re trying to attract and bring shame…

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Sports Drink Design: 4 Ways to Get Athletes to Buy.

There are as many sports drink brands as there are sports. If your sports beverage is going to compete in this cutthroat market, it’s going to have some quality that differentiates it from the pack. But what? An endorsement from a famous ex-athlete? An as-yet un-FDA approved performance enhancing ingredient that prevents chafing? Flecks of…

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Sustainable Packaging: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Save.

It’s no secret that being more eco-friendly is all the rage. Reducing one’s carbon footprint is right up there with men in skinny jeans and Instagramming your dinner entrée. Sure, we know “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” is important, and most of us try to pull our weight in this department. We haul a can full of…

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Women’s Clothing Packaging Design Tips

We reserve women’s clothing packaging design for accessories, undergarments and those delightful Halloween costumes that are so often labeled with the word “sexy.” “Sexy Pirate,” “Sexy Cowgirl,” “Sexy Nurse,” “Sexy Insurance Claims Adjustor,” etc. Anyway, before we get too excited about the many options for “sexy” Halloween attire (Sexy IRS Auditor!) let’s discuss the different…

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