- Wal-Mart's push for 'Green' packaging.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, Ark., has begun a program to urge its suppliers to reduce the amounts of packaging and to use more recycled materials in packaging. The nation's largest retailer, with net sales in the second quarter of this year of $84.5 billion, Wal-Mart could exercise enormous influence over ......
- Less Is More: Making Sustainable Packaging Top of Mind
Retailers embrace environmental responsibility, reduce overall packaging.
- Progressive packaging benefits everyone: the
"perfect package" offers value-added solutions for processors,
retailers, and consumers.
Packaging is playing an increasingly important role in driving retail and deli meat sales. In addition to providing safety and ensuring product integrity, progressive packaging also entices consumers to buy one product over another thanks to eye-catching graphics and designs while at the same time supplying helpful consumer information. [ILLUSTRATION ......
- Less is more: making sustainable packaging top of mind.
For Matt Kisler, less is more. As leader of the Packaging Sustainable Value Network learn at Wal-Mart Kistler is championing the corporate mission to reduce overall packaging by live percent, measuring its 60,000 suppliers on their ability to develop packaging that is good for environment. The plan is projected to ......
- Sony's Launches 'Lifestyle' Consumer Packaging
Sony's new lifestyle-focused product packaging is hitting the shelves of retailers.
- Fresh thinking.
Rockware Glass held a "Fresh Thinking" conference for more than 100 customers at York in the UK in March. Speakers included Jeremy Lindley, head of packaging design at the retailer Tesco; brand consultant Dorothy MacKenzie; and Martin Thatcher from the cider maker Thatcher's which uses award-winning glass packaging. Rockware is ......
- Wal-Mart goes green BIG TIME
Wal-Mart Stores, the world’s largest retailer, wants its 60,000 suppliers to find more efficient packaging methods and to reduce the amount of packaging used, starting in 2008, while making the remaining wrapping and shipping materials environmentally friendlier. Matt Kistler, vice president of packaging and innovation at the Sam’s Club division ......