‘Tis the season for packaging! Whether your need is for retail or consumer use, packaging will be used this holiday season. Below are some products used for packaging during the holiday season.
- Cardboard Boxes and Other Packaging Tools
Boxes are used for everything during the holiday season, whether it’s gift giving, storage, shipping, or displaying retail.
The boxes are great for boxed sets of Christmas ornaments, toy packaging, and holiday food gift sets. You can even package your artificial tree in our larger corrugated boxes.
For retail, boxes provide structure for stacking on shelves and protection during shipping orders. Boxes can even be branded with holiday graphics, for a fee.
Boxes are durable, eco-friendly, and can support heavy items like Christmas lights and trees.
Paired with our packing tapes, boxes make a strong, integral part of the holidays.
- Shrink Wrap
Polyolefin shrink film is food-safe, clear, available in centerfold rolls or pre-cut bags, and comes in gauges from 60-100 for durability.
Make shrink wrap a part of the holidays by using it to bundle string lights to prevent tangling. Polyolefin centerfold is perfect for food-safe holiday treats, such as trays of cookies or chocolates. Check out our food packaging section on our website for other ideas.
Polyolefin film is also good for securing ornament multi-packs and wrapping artificial wreaths or garlands for compact storage on shelves.
In the retail setting, shrink wrap protects against tampering, moisture, and damage during shipping to stores. It also enhances shelf appeal with its glossy finish and is ideal for multi-item bundles or irregular shapes.
- Poly Bags
Our lay-flat poly bags and gusseted poly bags are perfect for small holiday décor or candies. The lay-flat bags are sealable for small items, and our gusseted bags have expandable sides for bulkier products. We also have zipper/reclosable bags for easy access and anti-static variants for electronics.
Our poly bags are available in transparent, colored, or printed options and come in various thicknesses from 2 to 6 mil. They are inexpensive, versatile, recyclable, and easy to heat-seal or tape shut.
They are cost-effective options for retail settings and can be used to package small, lightweight items. It allows visibility, which prompts impulse buys and protects from dust and handling in stores.
- Stretch Wrap
Stretch wrap is perfect for palletizing bulk shipments of toys or decorations to store and bundling large items like artificial Christmas trees. It stabilizes loads for distribution and provides a dust and moisture barrier.
Our hand or machine stretch film is clingy polyethylene, clear or colored, and vented for air flow.
Stretch wrap machines and films can help you beat that holiday rush.
- Blister Packs and Clamshells
Blister packs (clear plastic bubble over card backing) and clamshells (plastic shells) are a great accessory for Christmas retail.
Toys, such as small figurines, and fragile decorations like glass ornaments or small electronics, can be packaged in blister packs. The clamshell container is especially good for packaging string lights, which can be coiled neatly inside for display.
The blister packs and clamshell containers are effective theft deterrents while being visually appealing. They can be overwrapped with our PVC shrink wrap for added security.
- Bubble Wrap, Foam, and Cushioning
Bubble wrap rolls or sheets, protective foam, and packing peanuts are vital for holiday packaging.
The insulation products can be used to wrap fragile ornaments, cushion toy sets, protect lights, or secure food items like chocolate figures. Retailers can use it for inner protection for shipping to stores.
- Eco-Friendly and Alternative Options
Biodegradable shrink wrap, such as our Eco-Olefin, poly bags, or recycled cardboard are good options for an eco-friendly holiday season.
Eco-boxes can be used for sustainable toys, and biodegradable overwrap is great for organic holiday foods.
The environmentally friendly packaging options appeal to green shoppers and reduce seasonal waste.
U.S. Packaging & Wrapping offers a variety of high-quality packaging solutions. For your packaging needs, visit our website at uspackagingandwrapping.com or contact us by phone at 1-800-441-5090 or by email at customerservice@uspackagingandwrapping.com
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