We can only do it twice a year, always in January and again in July, but EVERY stock product on our web store is reduced 20% when you use promo code JULY2011 at check out. Affordable Green Packaging and Reduced Shipping Costs Globe Guard Products.com was the very first e-commerce site on the internet completely [...]

I often say that one of the greatest benefits of operating a green business is all of the extraordinary people and companies we get to meet. Our new friends at Mahamosa are a perfect example. Social Responsibility and Environmental Responsibility For most green companies, it is not a choice of one or the other; the [...]

Just in time for summer, we have replenished our cooler inventory on our Globe Guard® Products green packaging web store. The timing could not be better considering the warmer weather, outdoor activities and the growing opposition to Styrofoam (EPS) coolers. Green Packaging at its Best Our large capacity, 15-quart cooler can be easily assembled, used [...]

Even though we are best known for the boxes we sell, it’s what we can create for the inside of the box that truly sets us apart in a crowded field of packaging suppliers. Recently, we have blogged about partitions and molded pulp options, and our inflatable and other “stock” void fill options are also [...]

There is no doubt most people know us for our 100% PCW recycled content corrugated, stock, shipping boxes, but over half of the boxes we sell are custom printed with our customers’ brand or design. One of the things we have noticed is that an increasing number are going well beyond the traditional one color [...]

The printing industry was using paper for void fill and water activated paper box sealing tape, long before they became trendy and popular again. Perhaps it was out of appreciation for paper as a valuable, versatile and renewable resource, or maybe because they were simply smarter than the rest of us and understood the economic [...]

I have come to believe that every box has a story to tell about the person or company who sent it. I am quite sure that together with the other packaging/shipping materials being used, the box sends a silent but powerful message to the recipient about the shipper. If you are utilizing “used/recycled” boxes are [...]

If you are shipping any quantity of merchandise it all, packaging automation is worth taking a look at. Automatic corrugated case sealers, shrink wrappers, and stretch wrappers are excellent places to start. Besides the many sustainable packaging benefits of automation, you may find that equipment will – Reduce labor and improve ergonomics Increase throughput Produce [...]

Printing a logo and/or a brief sales message on paper box sealing tape or corrugated boxes makes total sense from a marketing perspective. The cost is minimal The message is usually seen by several people as the package moves through the distribution chain Printing converts a cost of doing business (packaging) into a sales and [...]

As a marketing specialist, I myself find it strange that at the same time we’re promoting Globe Guard 100% PCW content corrugated boxes, we’re writing post upon post telling people how to use less corrugated or no corrugated at all. Well, we definitely want to sell Globe Guard boxes. Being made from 100% post-consumer waste, [...]