Retail packaging’s Appeal sells!

Why first Impressions of retail packaging Is important

Many shoppers make their spending decisions in-store. The retail sector loves bundles or kitting. Why? It shows value for an item whilst increasing the average dollar ticket. A survey in 2015 showed, 73% of consumers see kitting as a complete item rather than individual. So retail packaging solution, kitting or bundled products has effects on a consumer far greater than expected.

Why? It is often seen as an “upsell”, have you gone to your fast food outlet and just ordered 1 item? Or did you buy the Fries and coke in the value meal? Pizza without garlic bread and drink…. I think not. These retail package deals show value for money whilst increasing the average dollar spend. What this tells manufactures if they don’t kit they will be left behind. Retail packaging most often than not, sells the item inside as it grabs the consumer’s eye.

What are retail packaging solutions, really?

Retail packaging solutions, bundling or kitting is the gathering of components and parts needed for the manufacture of a particular assembly or product. Individual components are gathered together, as a kit, and issued to the point of use. Retail packaging is a process in which individually separate but related items are grouped, packaged, and supplied together as one unit. The supplier then creates a customised kit that is assembled and shipped as one unit.

 The term “kitting” or “retail packaging” is order fulfilment jargon for preassembly of individual items into ready-to-ship kits instead of picking and packing those individual items as orders are received. If you ship similar orders in quantity, the savings potential of fulfilment kitting can be huge. These options are endless. We have all seen them in our supermarkets, Hardware stores and in all retail outlets. When you buy a mixed box of soft drinks, or a box set of books, or a tool box with all the tools you need and even a mixed shampoo conditioner these are all examples of kitting.

Who can help me with my retail packaging headaches?

The world of custom packaging can be overwhelming and a bit daunting but there are a few things that can save you a lot of time and headaches.... Partner with a local team such as Hoxton Industries that have over 60 years of experience. They are located in south west of Sydney, close to all major freeways and your logistic companies. They take great pride in working closely with customers to provide a range of stock lines and develop and source bespoke products globally in an extremely competitive market place, Hoxton’s attention to detail, product quality, and service have an enviable reputation.

Visit www.hoxtonindustries.com.au

Author: George Boutros from Hoxton Industries; Looking after all Sydney’s Retail packaging solutions.

Shelf ready packaging is growing in Australia

Be Shelf Ready

Shelf ready packaging is growing in Australia, in fact has overtaken. Retailers continue to push into this area. All the large big retailer’s insist that all packaging be shelf ready. Packaging provides their business with benefits such as better on shelf availability through better stock rotation and reduced waste. Shelf ready packaging in sydney has become a standard and design teams from several Australian packaging Companies specifically design new ways to display these products. As more and more products are being introduced to the market every year, displaying and marketing the products on the shelves is fast becoming a nightmare not just for the retailers but also for manufacturers therefore to address this issue various Australian packaging companies have turned to shelf ready packaging. 

Advantages of SRP

Various Australian packaging manufacturers also cited that shelf ready packaging is easy to dispose, easy to open and provides easy identification especially for products with numerous stock keeping units (SKU), not to mention how easy it is for outlets to rotate and replenish the display. Other benefits that shelf friendly packaging gives as is it requires no additional corrugated case and being fully recyclable this greatly reduces carbon footprints and lesser waste to landfills which is beneficial to the environment. Three major ones are time saved in stocking shelves and warehousing costs (which help retailers) and more colourful displays (benefiting both retailers and manufacturers), or point of sale displays.

Who, How & Where?

When considering retail ready packaging for your products, it is beneficial to refer to the established notes, rules and regulations from retailers for shelf ready packaging. These are factors as, are they easy to identify? Is it easy to open? Is it easy to put on the shelves? Does it dispose easily? If this is too much to take in, partner with a company like Hoxton Industries who have dealt with shelf ready packaging since 2005, when SRP all began. Hoxton Industries is located in Sydney South West. Specialising in maximising all your needs, offering a solution to all your packaging, rework and manufacturing.

Author:

George Boutros; Marketing and Business Development at Hoxton Industries.

Helping companies maximise efficiency in packaging solutions with shelf ready packaging.

Benefits of Kitting to the Retailer

What is Kitting?

Kitting is the gathering of components and parts needed for the manufacture of a particular assembly or product. Individual components are gathered together, as a kit, and issued to the point of use. Kitting Process in which individually separate but related items are grouped, packaged, and supplied together as one unit.  

All in One!

The supplier then creates a customised kit that is assembled and shipped as one unit.  The term “kitting” is order fulfilment jargon for preassembly of individual items into ready-to-ship kits instead of picking and packing those individual items as orders are received. If you ship similar orders in quantity, the savings potential of fulfilment kitting can be huge.

What to Kit?

These options are endless. We have all seen them in our supermarkets, Hardware stores and in all retail outlets. When you buy a mixed box of soft drinks, or a box set of books, or a tool box with all the tools you need and even a mixed shampoo conditioner these are all examples of kitting. 

Why consumers love kitting

The retail sector loves kitting. Why? It shows value for an item whilst increasing the average dollar ticket.  Research in 2015 shows 73% of consumers see kitting as a complete item rather than individual. What this tells sydney packaging solutions manufactures if they don’t kit they will be left behind. 

Author: George Boutros from Hoxton Industries; Looking after all Sydney’s kitting’s headaches.

What is Kitting?

What is Kitting ?

Kitting is the gathering of components and parts needed for the manufacture of a particular assembly or product. Individual components are gathered together, as a kit, and issued to the point of use. Kitting Process in which individually separate but related items are grouped, packaged, and supplied together as one unit.  The supplier then creates a customised kit that is assembled and shipped as one unit.  The term “kitting” is order fulfilment jargon for preassembly of individual items into ready-to-ship kits instead of picking and packing those individual items as orders are received. If you ship similar orders in quantity, the savings potential of fulfilment kitting can be huge.

What Can you Kit?

These options are endless. We have all seen them in our supermarkets, Hardware stores and in all retail outlets. When you buy a mixed box of soft drinks, or a box set of books, or a tool box with all the tools you need and even a mixed shampoo conditioner these are all examples of kitting. The retail sector loves kitting. Why? It shows value for an item whilst increasing the average dollar ticket.  Research in 2015 shows 73% of consumers see kitting as a complete item rather than individual. What this tells manufactures if they don’t kit they will be left behind. 

Author: George Boutros from Hoxton Industries; Looking after all Sydney’s kitting’s headaches. 

Specialised Security Shredding

Shred it All!
Federally mandated Privacy Legislation requires businesses to destroy sensitive data rather than simply discard information. The privacy laws present organisations with an obligation and responsibility to dispose of sensitive data without improper disclosure. Organisations are vulnerable to litigation when personal records are not properly maintained and destroyed.

Paper VS Digital
Studies in 2015 show 1 in 5 breaches are still in fact paper, with 73% in house shredding. So Specialised security shredding is being neglected. Paper recycling is a service offered to those organisations that have non-sensitive office waste paper and are conscientious about the environmentally friendly removal of this product. All clean office waste paper collected is transported to our manufacturing plant for processing and recycling, but always recommend specialised security destruction.

The 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index concluded that 95% of all security incidents involve human error. Partnering with a professional document destruction company with specialised security destruction helps to establish good document management processes. For example, locked consoles are supplied for confidential information that is no longer needed. Implementing a Shred-it all policy further reduces the risk of employee error because all documents must be securely shredded... and employees never have to decide what is or isn’t confidential.

Rather than stockpiling electronics or throwing them into the garbage, old hard drives and e-media must be permanently destroyed. A professional document destruction company should provide these destruction services. A study showed that while 51% of companies have a policy for secure destruction of confidential documents, the policy doesn't cover specialised security destruction.

Author: George Boutros; Keeping your business secure.

Sydney’s Packaging Headaches.

Forming a Partnership

At one point or another if a company wants to sell products to its consumers it must look at ways, designs and a partnership with a packaging. Contract packaging companies are equipped with the tools, skills, and knowledge to meet special regulations that ensure producers are in compliance and sell a consistent product.

They sometimes can be expensive so shopping around Sydney might take up valuable time.

Whether it’s a big, established brand that needs to get massive quantities of product packaged and out on retail shelves quickly, or it’s a small team of entrepreneurs that lacks the manpower and resources to get their new item in proper packaging, a co-packer’s job is to fulfil those needs and more. 

Finding, evaluating, and hiring the right contract packager to work with your team can be a challenge. There are numerous co-packing operations out there, but determining which company will view your team as a strategic partner, and is willing to create a working relationship built on trust, can be a daunting task.

So who can you trust? An Australian Disability Enterprises are located all across Sydney. Hoxton Industries are located conveniently in south west Sydney, off the M7. They can advise your company of the best solution for all your products.

3 Big guns lead the way with Sustainable Packaging?

Who is leading the way?
Coca-Cola, Nestle and Nike set in collaboration together aimed at setting standards for the guiding and developing of plant-based plastics derived from feedstocks like corn and sugarcane in 2013. Bio-based plastics and product manufacturing trends show a lot of potential. While I’m excited to see where the growth of bioplastics, where will it end up taking us, I also hope leaders in the sustainable packaging world agree with my concerns moving forward through 2016.

This may help prove that our dependence on petroleum-derived plastics, that it isn’t as hard-set as we once thought. We have a few of these facilities that are even equipped to process these bioplastics. Biodegradable and supposedly compostable plastics often have to be processed in an industrial facility to fully decompose. So who will step up and help us save what is most important. Is Sustainable packaging and Bio based plastics here to stay for good?

Lightweight packaging
The benefits of lightweight packaging seem clear enough: reduced material and manufacturing costs reduced environmental impacts from transportation and potentially less waste bound for landfills. Retail giants are reducing consumables consistently. Consumers see this as paying more for fewer products….. Are these giants really trying to save us or just pocketing more money into the bank? Sustainable Packaging has to be on the number 1 priority moving forward to help us save the environment, lives and dollars.

Author: George Boutros, Marketing and Business Development at Hoxton Industries. Caring about what tomorrow will bring us in sustainable packaging.