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How to Properly Dispose of Holiday Packaging Material
Concerned about the environment but unsure how to recycle your holiday packaging materials? Check out our pro tips here!
Turn Top Tips
Maximize the use of advertising space on your retail shopping bags by utilizing the turn top on Euro tote, J-slit and well designed reusable bags - We offer turn top tips here!
The Reusable Bag Your Customers Will Actually Reuse
So many bags made to be reusable are not actually being reused, yet they are so much harder to recycle. If you are selecting a reusable bag for your brand, make sure to select a design your customers will love reusing!
The AnnJoy Promise
The AnnJoy Promise spells out the service and quality our retail customers can expect when they choose AnnJoy to supply their packaging needs.
CTPAT Certification: Easing the Retail Supply Chain Challenge
Our membership in the CTPAT program helps us keep our promise to deliver quality packaging on time and on budget, while safeguarding our nation’s border infrastructure.
Stretching the Packaging Budget for a Great Customer Experience At Home and In the Store
Consider a packaging program audit to find savings to optimize your customer’s shopping experience both at home and in the store
Even as supply tightens, AnnJoy has an abundant supply of paper.
The past year has seen a mass movement, driven by regulatory and consumer sentiment, away from plastic and towards paper bags. The resulting boom in demand for paper bags has led to a shakeup in the market, with some domestic suppliers informing clients they have supply disruptions for the foreseeable future and other manufacturer’s increasing prices each quarter.
Your Brand Image, Your Artwork, and Your Packaging
AnnJoy provides expertise in translating your brand image into a functional and beautiful package. One of the first steps in determining how best to engineer your branded packaging is to evaluate your artwork and determine which of 3 basic printing processes – flexography, offset or gravure – best suits your needs. If offset or gravure printing are needed to meet your graphic requirements, your order will likely need to be produced overseas, adding several weeks to lead time. To receive your holiday packaging by early October, your order should be placed no later than early May.
AnnJoy Urges Customers to Place 2021 Orders Early
The past 12 months have seen a level of volatility, bordering on chaos, in the supply chain that most of us have not witnessed during our working lifetimes. Local, national and global shipping rates are soaring, ocean bookings are no longer guaranteed – even finding a trucker can be a serious challenge.
Should “Environmentally Friendly” packaging really be your goal?
I was surprised recently by the claim made by a young cashier who was bagging my purchase at a large retail chain. “Don’t worry that we are using these plastic bags – they are environmentally friendly!” He went on to assure me that the bags were made entirely of recycled content and that their use was something I could actually feel good about.