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4 Ways You Can Save Big, Shipping Through FedEx and UPS
Is your business about to enter the fast-paced world of eCommerce? Are you in the process of rethinking your order fulfillment process? If s...
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14 Ways to Save on Shipping and Packaging this Season
The holiday season is a time for family, friends, and of course, gifts. You don’t spend hours shopping and planning and spending money just ...
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8 Things You Need to Know About FedEx and UPS Shipping Guidelines
There’s a saying in the military that “no good plan survives first contact with the enemy.” The same might be said about product packaging a...
Worker handling a cardboard box on a packing station in a fulfillment center, highlighting shipping, logistics, and order preparation processes.
5 Tips for a More Efficient Fulfillment Process
Whether you’re a family operation fulfilling customer orders from your home office or an established brand with its own warehouse and crew, ...
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A Brief History of Product Packaging
Like every form of design, the product packaging and shipping methods we use today are the product of thousands of iterations and innovation...
Close-up of cardboard boxes tightly wrapped in clear stretch film, commonly used for securing shipments during storage and transport.
Should You Be Using Shrink Wrap or Stretch Wrap? 
Any retailer wants to make sure their packages arrive on time and intact. The best way to make sure they arrive safely is to provide durable...

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