It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with brutal-looking equipment.

This is a story about a box. That's it, just a box. "It's not rocket science," said Rudy Youell. "It's almost so stupid it's ridiculous. But it's saving so much money it's amazing." His simple box ...

In today's competitive market, a product's packaging is often its first and most powerful point of communication with the ...

Luxury packaging in 2026 is all about merging sustainability with high-end aesthetics, experiential design, and smart functionality. Brands are moving beyond flashy excess toward thoughtful materials, ...

As a Silicon Valley native, entrepreneur Miriam Brafman grew up surrounded -- and fascinated -- by startup life. So when she reached adulthood, it was only natural that she would launch a venture ...

Packaging is an ancient practice. Humans have been improvising containers for holding and transporting things for millennia, from baked clay vases to tanned leather satchels to sawed and nailed wooden ...

Some things can make us completely change the way we look at things we do. For example, last year, the coronavirus outbreak led to global behavior changes that caused every person on Earth to ...

According to Walmart’s corporate website, Wal-Mart Discount Stores offer 120,000 items and their Wal-Mart Super Centers offer approximately 142,000 different items in-store. That creates a very ...

I love meeting startups that are making a tangible impact on the factory floor. While Shein applies a data-driven approach to improve efficiency for clothing manufacturing, Pacdora is doing something ...

Randy Ludacer likes tweaking classics. As a graphic and packaging designer, he’s designed a package for coat hangers that resembles a shirt, a puzzle cube-like box that holds souvenir candies, and a ...