While the big names in the personal care and cosmetics sectors continue to spend big on packaging, smaller players are saving money and taking a minimalist approach finds Simon Creasey
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While the big names in the personal care and cosmetics sectors continue to spend big on packaging, smaller players are saving money and taking a minimalist approach finds Simon Creasey
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While the big names in the personal care and cosmetics sectors continue to spend big on packaging, smaller players are saving money and taking a minimalist approach finds Simon Creasey
Filed Under: Cosmetics, In-depth, Market Features, Markets, Personal Care
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Filed Under: In-depth, Market Features
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Filed Under: In-depth, Market Features
Pill packs take dosing control | Markets featurePackaging’s role in the pharmaceutical market can go beyond simply protecting the medicine. It can help patients take the right dose, writes Gordon Carson
Filed Under: In-depth, Market Features, Pharmaceutical & medical
Ambient emerges from the shadow | Market featureConsumers may leave ambient food in their cupboards but designers aren’t so quick to forget, finds Gordon Carson
Filed Under: In-depth, Market Features
Drinks: the search for a refreshing new look
The beverage sector is home to some of the most iconic packaging but sometimes a change is needed, writes Simon Clarke.
Filed Under: Drinks, In-depth, Market Features Tagged With: Ziggurat Brands
Buyers get stuck in to label sector
Gordon Carson finds that M&A activity in the labels sector is a result of its central position in the supply chain.
Filed Under: Features, In-depth, Labelling, Market Features Tagged With: Label sector, labels, M&A activity
Great designs risk going up in smoke
Governments around the world seem to have it in for tobacco packaging with plain packs almost a reality, says Simon Clarke.
Filed Under: In-depth, Market Features Tagged With: tobacco; plain; packaging
Sweet designs for chocolate marketWhile the confectionery market has been under pressure, Gordon Carson finds that designers are showing growing creativity.
Filed Under: Features, Market Features Tagged With: Confectionery
Market feature: Austerity? Not on the luxury agendaDespite the economic downturn, luxury products are still going strong with new opportunities opening up for brands and their packaging, writes Philip Chadwick
Filed Under: In-depth, Market Features
Market feature: Personal care sector growth brings pack facelift
Sales in the personal care market are set to soar in the coming years. Simon Creasey finds the trend is driving pack designers to new heights of creativity
Filed Under: Cosmetics, Market Features, Personal Care
Markets: No freeze on chilled food designs
Packaging designers and manufacturers are innovating to find better graphics, function and useability in the frozen and chilled food sectors. By Philip Chadwick
Filed Under: In-depth, Market Features
Markets – Packaging hits danger levels
From bullets and flammable fuels to soft drinks and perfume, the definition of a dangerous product is wide ranging. Ben Bold explores packaging’s role in keeping goods safe and the myriad regulations users face
Filed Under: Market Features
Markets: New looks not just for ChristmasAs Christmas draws nearer, stores are jammed packed with special edition seasonal drinks packaging. But, reports Simeon Goldstein, the festive season isn’t the only time of year for cans and bottles to pull in the punters with an event-specific revamp
Filed Under: Drinks, In-depth, Market Features
Ambient food: The name game
Sales of own-brand products in the ambient food market have soared as cash-conscious shoppers trade down on essentials. And, as Ben Bold finds, their success is driving innovation right across the sector
Filed Under: Market Features, News
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