Saving Storage Space & the Environment Has Never Been This Easy!

To sell your product, you need good marketing, and one of the important factors in marketing is the customized packaging with a luxurious visual appeal. One of the major issues that businesses face is not having a storage space or dealing with a limited space. 

Not every business starts with a giant warehouse and unlimited supplies for smooth operations, yet they somehow manage to get to the limelight and boost their sales every year. With the environmental issues rising now more than ever and governments putting sanctions on packaging, here’s how you can have luxurious, greener packaging within a limited storage space. 

What Paper-Based Packaging to Use?

Gone are the days when customers used to love acrylic boxes because now they know how important it is to save the environment. If you are dealing with a limited storage space, need luxurious packaging, and want to be a greener business, luxury rigid packaging with collapsible features is your answer. In comparison to Kraft and cardboard, rigid packaging takes time to degrade; however, when compared to acrylic, it is the best solution to save the environment. 

Rigid packaging is a paper-based packaging that is made by stacking several layers of paperboard together. Even without the customizations, this packaging gives a luxury visual appeal and attracts customers. To position your brand as a high-end brand in the market, opting for rigid packaging is the best option. 

What Products are Packed in Rigid Boxes?

When placing your products on the shelves, it is important to attract customers, and rigid packaging does exactly that. When products are packed inside the rigid boxes, their perceived value increases, and that can be a contributing factor to bringing sales to your business. Some industries and businesses that use rigid packaging for their products are:

  • Apparel
  • Footwear
  • Jewellery
  • Tech 
  • Perfume 
  • High-End Confectionary 

How Rigid Boxes Save Space?

Rigid packaging gives a very charming and irresistible visual appeal, but most businesses with limited space may not choose it because it takes up space. However, manufacturers have found the best option, and this has helped businesses with compact spaces to pack their products in rigid boxes. 

The collapsible rigid boxes offer the same perceived value as the ones that cannot be folded and shipped. The only difference between the two is that the former saves more space than the latter. It also helps businesses save on shipping costs. Because you can get more boxes in one shipping if they are laid flat.

Moreover, marketing the benefits of choosing collapsible rigid boxes to customers will offer your brand an edge as well. Nobody wants to throw away good packaging, especially if it’s a rigid box, but they may also have issues with storing these boxes. So, if you choose the collapsible feature of the boxes, you not only save the environment but also the space. 

What Other Packaging Styles to Explore?

The collapsible boxes in rigid packaging are often the hinged lid boxes. But what if you want to go with a different packaging style? You can do that as well if you have a good storage space. There are tons of packaging styles for rigid boxes you can choose from and make your products stand out in the market. You can consider the following styles for your custom rigid boxes, regardless of the products added inside:

  1. Shoulder Neck Boxes

Shoulder-neck boxes offer a beautiful visual appeal and provide a beautiful unboxing experience to customers. As the name suggests, these boxes offer a base, also known as the shoulder, inside which the neck rests. The lid partially covers the neck, letting some of it protrude. These boxes can be further designed and customized as per the brand’s needs. 

  1. Magnetic Closure Boxes

The magnetic closure boxes have a magnet embedded inside the flap that ensures the product protection to an optimum level. Most businesses, when packing lightweight and fragile items, use this type of packaging as the box is opened with a slight force. You can choose minimalist designs with your brand’s logo to give a soothing yet attractive look to the boxes. 

  1. Two Piece Boxes 

Two-piece boxes are used to pack footwear, jewelry, and even apparel because they give a beautiful yet very simplistic unboxing experience to the customers. You can get the boxes in different sizes and even shapes as per the customer demand and the competition in the market. Create a unique brand identity by choosing unique designs and colors for your boxes. 

  1. Round Boxes

Most businesses use round boxes to pack confectionery and other gift items. Your businesses can use these boxes as they give a very beautiful visual appeal. Adding a custom-printed ribbon around your round boxes is one of the ways to make them more charming and appealing to customers. Opt for monochrome packaging to give the boxes a distinctive look. 

Why Should You Choose Greener Packaging?

Now that you know how you can be the IT brand in town by offering a refined visual appeal and satisfying customers with greener packaging. Replacing acrylic boxes with rigid packaging helps your business in more than one way. 
Customers these days are very conscious of their purchases, and they tend to avoid businesses that do not meet the sustainability goals. The green packaging market is expanding each year, and businesses are adapting to these eco-friendly changes to stay relevant. By choosing paper-based packaging, using minimalist designs, and opting for plant-based ink dyes for printing, you can attract more customers and reduce your brand’s carbon footprint.

Issue 125

SBM 125

Sustainable Business Magazine