The start of a great blog dedicated to packaging!

This blog will consist of my thoughts and experiences while working in the retail packaging industry. I hope to highlight the trends in the retail packaging, offer links and information pertaining to products and manufacturers creating and offering new products or just great opportunities in packaging. I look foward to your feedback to fuel this blog with topics that are of interest.

This blog is for anyone that uses, will be using in the future, or selling retail packaging include:

shopping bags - paper or plastic,
gift boxes - one and two piece,
jewelry boxes,
tissue paper,
gift wrap,
ribbon and bows,
labels,
tags,
anything else to do with packaging products
for resale or for during product developement/manufacturing.

This blog will be a great source of options for those using custom packaging and looking for alternatives and quoting opportunities.

You can be from any type of business:

retail stores including gift shops, floral shops, gift basket business, grocery stores, clothing stores, shoe shores, music shops, pottery shops, furniture stores, any type of store that needs to packaging their products for their customer.
Corporate business that give VIP presentations.
Non-Profit Organizations including museums, art galleries, historial societies or any non-profit trying to stay within their budgets and still provide appealing packaging.
Entertaining Industry Members/Organizations including bands, orchestras, theater groups, solo artists and music teachers.
School Organizations such as PTA/PTO's, Sports groups, School Bands, Fundraiser groups -- FAB, Booster Clubs, Class Advisory Groups, anyone trying to raise money for future student groups.
Manufacturers of food, clothing, gift products, anyone packaging their product for re-sale.
Sales Representatives for packaging distributors and manufacturers.

The list is endless of people who will benefit from this blog. As time goes on, I will continue to add to this endless list.

I encourage success stories and stories of failure as part of the feedback I receive from my readers. Tell me why something was a failure not necessarily who the failure was.