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Read our recent news, packaging tips and advice, case studies, and our customers’ FAQs at Wertheimer Box.
Corrugated (NOT Cardboard) 101
Learn the steps in making custom corrugated boxes. Discover the difference between cardboard and corrugated. If you’re new to packaging, here’s what you need to know.
15 Tips for Attractive Retail Product Displays That Sell More Products
Effective retail marketing displays can increase impulse buys, prompt cross-sells, and enhance brand awareness. Boost your sales with these 15 tips for attractive product retail displays that sell more products.
10 Tips for Avoiding Potholes and Pitfalls of POP Displays
Discover 10 tips for retail point of purchase (POP) displays. We can help you stay within budget, stick to a timeline, & sell more products.
10 Need-to-Know Facts When Buying Ecommerce Boxes
10 Need-to-Know Facts When Buying Ecommerce Boxes. Have an online store? Be sure to read these tips from a corrugated packaging veteran.
Managing Packaging Costs During Inflation: 5 Strategies to Protect Your Bottom Line
Protect your packaging margins. Discover 5 actionable strategies to manage packaging costs and protect your bottom line during times of inflation.
B2B Vendor Selection: Why World-Class Customer Service Is the Ultimate Differentiator
What defines world-class B2B customer service? Discover the 5 essential features that drive vendor selection and long-term loyalty for manufacturers.
Accelerate ROI and Elevate Unboxing: Inside Our New Sales & Design Center
Explore 5 customer benefits of our new Sales & Design Center. Accelerate your return on your packaging investment Create unboxing theatre.
The Next Chapter for Wertheimer Box: Expanded Capabilities for You
Dear Valued Customer: By joining the SupplyOne network, we are considerably expanding our ability to support your business with more comprehensive packaging solutions, while maintaining the customer experience you have come to expect from us.
Beyond Aesthetics: 5 Critical Touchpoints for High-Quality Packaging Boxes
What makes a high-quality packaging box? Wertheimer Box implements five critical touchpoints of structure and functionality before we apply any aesthetic design.
Beyond JIT: How Our VMI Solves Packaging Supply Headaches
Corrugated packaging expert Bob Sievert explains “just in time” (JIT), JIT inventory management, and vendor-managed inventory (VMI). Explore the benefits of VMI with Wertheimer Box and see how we can solve your packaging headaches.
Food Safety and Corrugated Packaging
We are committed to food safety in the supply chain. Read food safety and corrugated packaging; see how our corrugated boxes and packaging stack up.
Wertheimer Box Celebrates 85 Years of Enduring Excellence in Packaging
As Wertheimer Box celebrates 85 year of business, President Doug Wertheimer celebrates 20 years as president.
8 Steps to Successful Custom, Point-of-Purchase (POP) Displays
Wertheimer Box offers the expertise and creativity to design custom POP displays that achieve its customers’ goals: Value, Marketability, and Product Protection. Learn how.
Quiz: Discover How New Box-Making Machine’s Capabilities Can Empower Your Business
Fun, Quick, Quiz: Box-Making Machine’s Capabilities Discover how the new APSTAR flexographic machine can empower your business. Get a free “MIC” promo box.
6 Essential Considerations for Food Packaging Boxes
Whether you’re new to planning food packaging boxes or not, you’ll want to think about these 6 essential considerations.
Putting the “E” Into Ecommerce (Part 4): 1914 to 1945
In part 4 of the history of commerce, we explore manufacturing, retail, and packaging from 1914 to 1945: WW I, the Roaring 20s, the Great Depression, and WWII.
Putting the “E” Into Ecommerce (Part 3): The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolutions laid the foundation for today’s eCommerce and packaging. Read about the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and the Technological Revolution.
Putting the “E” Into Ecommerce (Part 2): The Middle Ages and the Age of Exploration
Commerce, packaging, currency, and transportation of goods have existed since the beginning of history. Here, we discuss how the world moved closer to ecommerce through the Early Middle Ages, Medieval Times, and the Age of Exploration.
Putting the “E” into Ecommerce (Part 1): Ancient Commerce
How did we evolve to shopping online? In this multi-part series, putting the “E” into ecommerce, we explore this evolution. Part 1: Ancient Commerce & Packaging
Poly Mailers or Corrugated Boxes? 5 Packaging Considerations
Poly Mailers or Corrugated Boxes? What’s Best? In part 2 of this series, we weigh 5 packaging considerations for corrugated boxes and poly bag mailers.
Poly Bag Mailers or Shipping Boxes? What’s Best?
In part 1 of a two-part series, we examine sustainability. Discover what medical and environmental science tells us about poly bag mailers vs. corrugated boxes.
Five Facts Our Corrugated Box Designers Wish They Knew
One of our structural designers, Dave Owens, discusses five facts that he and his colleagues want to know when creating your corrugated box design. Here’s what he said about what helps the box design team work quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
New Packaging Launch: Case Study
See how Wertheimer Box tailored a company’s new packaging launch to meet its needs in terms of cost, quality, performance and more.
Package Testing FAQs: Keeping It Simple
This article distills a complex topic, package testing, into simple, concise FAQs for product marketing managers, business owners, and COOs.
15 Most Frequent Packaging Mistakes
One of our experienced account managers describes 15 packaging mistakes that she has seen most frequently–and how to prevent them. Avoid cost overruns, delays, and product damage by preventing problems.
Custom Shipping Cartons and Protective Packaging Grow With Client’s Changing Needs: Case Study
Read how our custom shipping cartons & protective packaging evolved with our client’s changing needs. A Wertheimer Box Case Study from the files of Account Representative Maria Deizman.
Complete Packaging Solutions Make Sales Soar: Case Study
Wertheimer Box account representative Maria Deizman shares a case study about complete packaging solutions that made sales soar. Gift Boxes.
10 Ways to Build Customer Trust and Confidence in Manufacturing
Sales account manager Robert (Bob) Sievert shares 10 tips that manufacturers can use to build customer trust and confidence in their companies. Bob has more than 35 years of experience in the corrugated packaging industry.
Is the Customer Always Right?
Chicago’s Marshall Field popularized: The customer is always right. But IS the customer always right? See what Chicago-area company Wertheimer Box says.
Developing New Packaging for a Nationally Known Mustard Producer
Case Study: See how Wertheimer Box collaborated to modernize a plant and developed regular slotted containers (RSCs) and display shippers with die cut windows.
Packaging Advice Tips for New Product Marketing Managers and Entrepreneurs
New to your product marketing role? As one of Chicagoland’s most established packaging companies, Wertheimer Box can help you market your new product.
Taking a Local Brick & Mortar Retailer to a Nationwide Ecommerce Presence
A new retail client wants to move from a local brick and mortar store in Kansas to a nationwide ecommerce site. To do this, he wants high-end branding. What happens next?
Quick Turnaround Time: Case Study
A Wertheimer Box visitor discover he needs corrugated boxes by tomorrow morning to keep up with production. What happens next?
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