Salazar Packaging

Just a couple of months ago, we all experienced an industry wide price increase on all corrugated boxes and cartons. Recent rumors turned out to be true, and the big three corrugated paper producers (Smurfit West Rock, International Paper, and Packaging Corp of America aka PCA) have announced a new price increase. Why? I suppose because they can, since experts say those three...

I have a running joke with my friends for years that the Summer ends on July 5th. This is in large part due to the fact that you can’t walk into a retail store without seeing “Back to School” signs and Halloween decorations in July, and the promotional push leans in heavily towards trying to steer the consumer away from the Summer mindset. Within the packaging industry, July ...

One of my favorite movies is the original Pirates of the Caribbean. Even if you’ve watched it multiple times, as I have, you may have missed some very funny lines. For example, after flouting the importance of the “Pirate’s Code”, Captain Barbossa sheepishly admits that the code is more what you’d call “a guideline”. I think the reason that has always struck me funny, because...

The only thing some companies dislike more than making a mistake is admitting they made one. Somehow, they equate being perfect with being lovable. They believe that customers, above all else, desire perfection in the companies they purchase from. Usually this sort of corporate attitude backfires. Sooner or later, no matter how hard it tries, a company is bound to make a mist...