Celebrity Sightings

We were thrilled to open the November issue of SELF magazine and see the lovely Nina Dobrev, from the Vampire Diaries, toting an Urban Outfitters bag Prime Line Packaging was proud to produce. Urban Outfitters provided the clever design while we were able to produce it in an affordable one panel design. This replaced Urban Outfitter’s traditional paper bag and has the benefit of being both cheaper and reusable.

“When I fly, I never check my bags. I bring a carry-on, an eye pillow, noise-canceling headphones, a big pillow and a blanket,” Dobrev explains in her segment. And the Urban Outfitter bag she is carrying can hold all that and more.

This illustrates a point we have shown in previous blogs. Reusable shopping bags are a gift to consumers, which can be used over and over again. Consumers receive the bag as a gift with purchase, creating goodwill between your company and the consumer, while your branding is extended through continuous use.

Frugal but Fashionable

Reusable tote bags aren’t reserved for only celebrities and millionaires. Normal consumers shop at many of the same places where the elite shop, affording them the same opportunity to reuse durable totes.

Nina Dobrev used the Urban Outfitter oversized bag as a carry on, but reusable totes are also great for other things such as:

  • Book bag
  • Gym bag
  • Grocery shopping
  • Errand bag
  • Off season storage

Consider creating a gorgeous, trendy reusable tote which begs to be reused again and again. Let Prime Line Packaging offer a quote on your next reusable packaging order.

 

Home Fragrance Packaging

Home fragrance is a vibrant and growing industry. Considered an affordable luxury, people purchase home fragrance products such as diffusers, candles, and oils, for odor neutralizing as well as home personalization.

Packaged Facts suggests the home fragrance market reached $6 billion by 2012 (as reported in Reuters.) Often the deciding factor between two similar home fragrance products is the packaging.

 Thinking Inside the Box

Whether a bag, a box, or a custom packaging, home fragrance packaging must accomplish three things.

First, it must protect the product in shipping and transportation. Second, it must communicate the proper message about the product both in branding and in written words (such as product name, ingredients, warnings, etc.) And finally, it must display well on the shelf, drawing attention to the product and extending the brand.

Home fragrances which requires proper packaging includes:

  • Diffusers
  • Candles
  • Room sprays
  • Wax melts
  • Plugins
  • Fragrance oils
  • Reeds

By properly packaging your home fragrance products, you will successfully brand your products, keep them safe during transportation, and stand out in the crowded marketplace.

Form and Function

Prime Line Packaging can customize each home fragrance packaging option through color, form, and function. But specialty touches add a high level of quality and individualization. These custom accents can be added to any packaging option:

  • Hot stamped
  • Velvet flocked
  • Custom ribbon details
  • Embossed papers
  • Custom inserts

Prime Line Packaging can offer you customized packaging for your home fragrance line. Contact us today for a non-obligation quote.

Fashion Forward

As we start a new year, retailers are pinpointing the top trends which will dominate 2013. Apparel companies, online retailers, and fashion stores are finalizing their product lines and discussing how it might affect 2013’s packaging.

 

On-trend companies will consider matching their product line to their packaging, including in color, design, and effects. This can include everything from the shape of the packaging to the colors and special effects used to print the packaging.

One Color to Rule Them All

Fashion forward retailers, such as Urban Outfitters and the Loft look to clothing colors and trends to inform their packaging choices. In 2012, Pantone’s Tangerine 17-1463 was declared the color of the year. The color was adopted within clothing lines, furniture fabrics, home décor accessories, and jewelry.

In 2013, Pantone has named Emerald 17-5641 to be the color of the year. A wise retailer would acknowledge this prediction. Even if the color does not appear in the product line, a complementary color could be chosen for packaging.

Fashion Trends for 2013

It is hard to find anyone to agree on the fashion trends for each year, but several will eventually rise to the top. At fashion shows in Europe and the United State, several trends are popping up regularly. Consider incorporating one of these fashion trends into your product packaging line:

  • Bold graphics and asymmetrical prints
  • Iridescent sheens including metals, holographics, and prism-like finishes
  • Fluorescent, eye-popping colors
  • Retro designs, especially from the 1960s and 1990s
  • Stripes of any size and color

Consider refreshing your packaging selections with an eye towards current trends and take advantage of the hottest designs and special effects. Prime Line Packaging can help you rejuvenate your product packaging, shipping materials, and point of purchase packaging. Call us today for a quote.

Gift Card Packaging

Since the explosion of gift cards, the question has remained: how do you package gift cards properly?

Customers expect an attractive plastic gift card but they also are looking to enhance the gift with clever gift card packaging. This product specific packaging can be as simple as a fold-card or as elaborate as fabric pouches with hot stamping and ribbon closures.

Customized gift card packaging offers several benefits including:

  • Extending the branding of your business through coordinated packaging
  • Personalizing the gift card, add to the visual weight of the gift
  • Acting as a greeting card as well as gift card packaging

The Gift Box that Counts
Gift cards can be personalized with everything from a generic birthday message to a branded custom-shaped gift card with distinctive accents. The gift card box or packaging can be just as unique.

At Prime Line Packaging, we can customize gift card packaging with a variety of special effects including:

  • Specialty printing
  • Magnet or ribbon closure
  • Hot stamping
  • Custom inserts or cut outs

The styles of gift card enclosures are just as varied:

  • Fold over cards
  • Pillow boxes
  • Small shaped boxes
  • Mini paper shopping bags
  • Fabric pouches

Each of these options result in excellent gift card holders, increasing the perceived value of your gift cards.  Gift card holders can be cross purposed to hold small gifts as well, such as jewelry or trinkets.

Let Prime Line Packaging show you how to add excitement to your gift card program. We can help you come up with the perfect solution for a clever, one-of-a-kind gift card enclosure that fits your needs, your branding, and your budget.

New Year, New Packaging

A New Year always brings a fresh start. Refreshing your packaging and updating your look can be your first New Year’s Resolution.

A brand new packaging design, a shift in color, or an innovative new printing technique can start the year off on the right foot. You can reinvent your take away bags, your boxes or bags, or even your shipping supplies.

More Than a Pretty Package

Rejuvenating your packaging supplies can offer another advantage, beyond attractiveness. The world of consumer packaging has evolved over the last several years, centering around eco-friendly and green conscious packaging choices. In 2013 we expect a marked increase in local and state regulations banning polybags and other single-use bags.

Prime Line Packaging has the solution for these popular bans and regulations: our eco-friendly packaging. In addition to being compliant with regional and state-wide bans, choosing to use green packaging is a great corporate resolution for 2013.

Our eco-friendly packaging solutions include:

  • Post consumer paper
  • FSC certified paper
  • Biodegradable plastic additives
  • Reusable packaging

Offering eco-friendly packaging is an ideal way to make a statement about your company’s environmental consciousness, to your customers and beyond.

And eco-friendly packaging doesn’t need to push you over a fiscal cliff. All of our green packaging options allow you to stay within budget, while making a strong statement.

Contact us today for a quote on fresh, new packaging or eco-friendly packaging options.

China Meets the Latino World

Recently, Steve Gitlin, the President of Distributor Sales of Prime Line Packaging attended the VIP Reception at the Office of the Consulate General of Columbia. In this feature interview, Juan Esteban Rodriguez, the Executive Director of New York State Latino Restaurant Association interviews Steve Gitlin about Prime Line Packaging’s offerings.

SEE the video of Steve Gitlin and Juan Esteban Rodriguez

Prime Line Packaging offers custom printed bags, packaging, and supplies for a variety of industries, including the restaurant industry. Prime Line Packaging has printed everything from custom printed carryout bags to reusable bags with logo imprints.

Many of the products from Prime Line Packaging are sourced directly from China, which results in lower costs, exceptional value, and worldwide reach.

The VIP Reception was hosted in partnership with the China Consulate General in New York (Economic & Commercial Office) and featured the Honored Guest: Mr. Zhang Jie, Vice President of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of light, industrial products and arts-crafts (CCCLA). It was also sponsored by the New York State Latino Restaurant Association, Inc.

Prime Line Packaging is always honored to be included in any diverse marketing, sourcing, and/or business match-making event. This includes regional, ethnic, or industry-specific events. We are proud to serve a wide variety of industries, from apparel to online vendors.

Contact us today for ideas on how we meet your packaging needs.

Preparing for Earth Day

Even as you are tearing off Christmas wrapping paper, it’s time to consider ordering your packaging for Earth Day 2013.

April 22, 2013 is the day celebrated in the United States as Earth Day. It is an ideal event to highlight your company’s green initiatives and help your customers recognize this significant day. Ecofriendly, reusable packaging is a great way to reward your customers with durable shopping bags for long-term use. Beyond shopping bags, you can also consider:

  • Reusable printed bags
  • Custom totes
  • Ecofriendly boxes and bags
  • Green packaging
  • Shipping packaging

Green Marketing Campaigns

There are many interesting marketing campaigns which can be done with green packaging. You can give away valuable reusable totes with any purchase. You can launch a green initiative with revitalized, revamped packaging and sales materials, using Earth Day as a start date. You can even offer a trade in event, where your customers bring in old packaging (plastic bags, paper bags, etc.) to be recycled and you reward them with new, custom reusable shopping bags with your logo.

With nearly 80% of disposable packaging ending up in landfills, packaging results in tremendous waste. Green packaging and Earth Day events can lessen the impact and endear your company to customers who are eco-conscious.

Custom eco-friendly packaging is ideal to use during special Earth Day activities and special events. It can also be used the whole year long, emphasizing your commitment to the environment.

Order Now

Now is the time to order your green Earth Day packaging, bags, and materials for 2013. In order to best represent your brand, match your colors/logo/style, and deliver production samples, you need to think ahead.

With advance ordering, you can see samples of materials, such as our cotton, jute, canvas, or soy inks printing. You can view different designs and packaging options, created by our design staff. You will also get deliver in time to distribute your green packaging goods in plenty of time before the holiday.

Whether you participate in green initiatives all year long or you want to celebrate the holiday with a special packaging, Prime Line Packaging is the place for customized, eco-friendly packaging. Let us provide a free, no-obligation quote on your green packaging today.

Success Story: Branded Packaging

When an item is purchased online, the first impression of your product is influenced by your packaging.  Packaging also furthers your branding through the quality of the materials, your logo, the colors used, and the feeling it evokes. And since packaging is often kept long after the purchase, it is a constant reminder of your company name and brand.

Launching and Extending Your Brand

New companies, especially ecommerce sites, should pay special attention to packaging. There are few other opportunities to convince a customer that they made the right decision when they purchased from you while also encouraging them to buy again.

Custom packaging helps set the tone for your business, establishing color, tone, and materials which will be associated with your brand long-term.

Custom mailing boxes or envelopes set the tone for what your customer is about to receive, when ordering online. Once the outer packing is removed, the interior custom packaging enhances the shopping experience, giving your customer the validation that they have bought from a quality retailer.

Interior and exterior packaging can include custom designed and printed:

  • Mailing boxes
  • Mailing envelopes
  • Tissue paper
  • Custom boxes
  • Garment bags
  • Gift boxes
  • Printed tape and ribbon
  • Pouches

Success Story

A perfect example of a new ecommerce site using packaging to establish their brand is demonstrated by 30 Ponte V. They recently launched their online commerce site, www.30pontev.com, filled with exceptional jewelry, designer accessories, and gifts. To emphasize the quality of their exclusive, designer goods they put thought and purpose into their packaging.

When a customer places any order, whether indicated as a gift or not, their order arrives in an attractive custom gift box, hand tied with a chic black bow. This is the first interaction the customer has 30 Ponte V and the interaction is meant to impress.

Their great packaging nicely highlights their brand colors, feel, and tone, assuring customers that they have bought something special and lasting. If it is given as a gift, it is given with pride.

Prime Line Packaging is extremely proud to partner with quality companies like 30 Ponte V. Contact us today for a free, no-obligation quote on custom, branded packaging for your own needs.

Sisters in Sourcing

Vipac: Vinyl Packaging

Prime Line Packaging is proud to be a 3rd generation family-owned business, alongside our sister company, Vipac. Vipac is the global leader in vinyl packaging for the past 65 years. And together, we meet any business’ packaging needs: vinyl, paper, or plastic.

Vipac offers our customers the advantage of world-wide sourcing, quality vinyl packaging, and true variety.

Vipac specializes in custom vinyl packaging including:

  • Home Fashion bags such as:
    • Accessory bags
    • Blanket, throw, or comforter bags
    • Pillow bags
    • Garment bags
    • Cosmetic bags such as:
      • Drawstring bags
      • Zippered bags
      • Specialty bags

Vipac has been offering a wide variety of custom vinyl packaging, bags, and totes, for over 65 years. They revolutionized the home goods market by crafting the first blanket bag and moved onto other vinyl home décor packaging including; pillow bags, sheet set bags, comforter bags, shower curtains and packaging, and drapery bags.

Over the years, they have added capabilities to meet the needs of their customer through highly creative design concepts, innovative display packaging, and custom printing.

Recognition

Vipac provides vinyl packaging to several nationally-known retailers, such as JC Penney, Target, Walmart, Kmart, Sears, and Macy’s. It was because of these premium retailers that Vipac was awarded the Cal Safety Compliance Corporation (CSCC) certification.

The certification process was requested by Kmart’s Martha Stewart Everyday program. An unannounced  inspection of Vipac’s  Shenzhen, China manufacturing facility studied everything from child labor standards and wages to working conditions and safety requirements. The CSCC is the highest worldwide award presented to manufacturers who exceed basic international labor practices and standards.

World Wide Presence

Not only does Vipac provide vinyl packaging to countless retailers, but they also operate worldwide with international offices in China, India, Pakistan, Turkey, and Vietnam and certified manufacturing facilities in Shenzhen, China and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.  Vipac’s home office is next door to ours, in New Jersey.

By partnering together, Prime Line Packaging can not only offer you quality paper, plastic, and reusable packaging, we can also specialize in vinyl packaging by partnering with Vipac.

Contact us today for competitive pricing on superior vinyl packaging.

Shades of Cotton

Cotton is grown worldwide but due to the invention of the cotton gin, it remains a true American favorite. As mainstream as cotton is, it remains an upscale packaging option. The softness and durability of the fiber is unparalleled. There are very few fabrics which delight as well as cotton. Customers appreciate the quality of cotton, while eco-minded consumers welcome their environment friendly advantages.

Cotton has less chemicals involved in processing and is a renewable source. The fact that cotton is reusable adds to its eco-friendly appeal. From light muslin to heavy denim, cotton can be utilized in a variety of ways.

The word cotton can mean a variety of thicknesses and weaves. A few of the most popular choices for bags, totes and packaging include:

Percale: closely woven, light weight fabric

Polished cotton: a cotton which either satin weaved or plain weaved and shiny with a chemical finish

Muslin: a plain weave with a sheer or coarse finish, usually in a natural color

Poplin: fabric with both a plain weave and a cross rib

Flannel: fabric with a plain or twill weave but with a nap on one side

Chino: strongly twilled fabric

Denim: typical blue, it is a twilled cotton weave which is very durable

Duck: heavy and durable, it is a tightly woven fabric

Cotton bags can decorated in a variety of ways, including:

  • Custom color to match your branding exactly
  • Washed for a softer cotton bag
  • Color match to duplicate a sample or past run
  • Line bag with contrast color
  • Add interior compartment (pockets, pouches, zippers, etc.)
  • Printing on exterior of bag
  • Hot stamping
  • Jeweled embellishments

Custom cotton bags can be created in a variety of styles, including: upscale packaging, drawstring pouches, reusable bags and totes, gift bags, grocery totes, garment bags, and pouches.

With all the current and upcoming shopping bag bans and regulations, cotton is a great material which is acceptable in areas banning or charging for plastic or paper bags. They are usually reused which adds the benefit of extended advertisement for your brand.

Prime Line Packaging is happy to provide a quote for your next cotton manufacturing project.