| Choosing the correct packaging materials in which | | | | cardboard box that (as you can imagine) is thicker |
| to send off your products to your customers is a | | | | and more durable and so is far more suited to |
| decision that is sometimes overlooked by retail | | | | transporting goods of a heavier weight. It can be |
| companies, small or large. What a lot of people | | | | tempting to just buy a load of double walled |
| don't realise is that there are a wealth of | | | | boxes, pad them out and stick everything in |
| packaging materials available from specialised | | | | them, however the double walled boxes do cost |
| companies who know how important it is that a | | | | more than the single walled, and they are more |
| product is packaged correctly. | | | | harmful to the environment when disposed of, so |
| If a product is packaged incorrectly, then there is | | | | buying lots of them can be a bit of an |
| every chance that by the time it reaches the | | | | unnecessary expenditure. |
| customer it won't be in the perfect condition it | | | | Then we come to padding. By far the most |
| was when you sent it. If the amount of padding | | | | popular form of padding used alongside any kind |
| used inside the package is not adequate, then the | | | | of packaging materials is bubble wrap. It is popular |
| likelihood is that even the toughest products will | | | | not just among retailers, but also among the |
| have at least some bumps and scratches on | | | | people who receive items packaged with it. We all |
| them, and fragile products could be outright | | | | know how satisfying it can be to sit and pop |
| destroyed. | | | | those plastic bubbles! Aside from this, bubble wrap |
| The most common type of packaging, as | | | | is used as a very effective way of protecting the |
| everyone will be aware, is the everyday | | | | contents of a package. Another popular method |
| cardboard box. There are two main types of | | | | of doing this is to use polystyrene "peanuts" which |
| cardboard box and the difference between the | | | | are small pieces of foam-like material. Either way |
| two is essentially, thickness and durability. | | | | you should make sure you use some method of |
| There's the single-walled cardboard box that is | | | | padding on the inside of your boxes to ensure |
| ideal for transporting goods that do not weigh | | | | that your goods reach your customers in perfect |
| very much. Then there is the double-walled | | | | condition. |