Ruskova Vodka came to us recently to create cartons for their bottles of vodka sold during the holiday season. To do so, we overcame multiple supply chain challenges and used a combination of design and special effects printing to have the packaging stand out on the shelf. Supply Chain Challenges Overcome We managed the first…
Packaging Supply Chain Success Story: FLIR
February 18, 2016As we talked about in our custom catering packaging blog post, being able to effectively manage the packaging supply chain and inventory levels can be more important than design and branding – especially when having to manage multiple vendors (for both our clients and ours) in China, Asia and around the world. This is especially…
Catering Packaging Best Practices
February 18, 2016From local restaurants to national chains, many use plain stock packaging for their catered meals. More food service companies are now realizing that custom catering packaging represents a powerful branding opportunity, though it also presents complex supply chain challenges. Here are two best practices for ensuring the successful use of custom catering packaging. Catering Packaging…
Retail POS Display Ingenuity
January 28, 2016Two recent projects had permanent retail point-of-sale display requirements but only temporary display budgets. Here’s how we rose to the challenge. Hardware Tool Bag Display One of our hardware manufacturer clients needed to display a premium, backpack-styled tool bag ($100 retail) to stand out in the aisle among lower quality, private-labeled bags on the shelf….
Retail POS Display Trends: PDQs & In-Shelf Displays
January 12, 2016Having created numerous retail point-of-sale (POS) displays for club and big box stores in 2015 (and for the last 50 years), we’ve run across a few floor display trends that consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) need to know. These trends involve cosmetics, footwear, pets, toys, hardware, eyewear, electronics, and more. This is part 1 of…
Retail POS Display Trends: Floor Displays
January 11, 2016Having created numerous retail point-of-sale (POS) displays for club and big box stores in 2015 (and for the last 50 years), we’ve run across a few floor display trends that consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) need to know. These trends involve cosmetics, footwear, pets, toys, hardware, eyewear, electronics, and more. This is part 1 of…
Wishing You a Happy New Year
December 23, 2015Here at TPH, we’d like to wish you a Happy New Year and Peace in 2016, and we thank you for a great 2015. We’ve made a donation to Little Sisters of the Poor & Greater Chicago Food Depository in your honor. This year was full of great retail packaging design and POS display projects,…