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    Explore " packaging solutions" with insightful episodes like "Circularity with Seaweed with Julia Marsh of Sway", "Reinventing the Wine Bottle with Santiago Navarro of Packamama", "The Notpla story: From a student kitchen to mixing with royalty", "How to Build Customer Loyalty & Brand Awareness with Custom Packaging | #213 Phillip Akhzar" and "Triathlete Syndrome" from podcasts like ""Decarbonizing Commerce", "Decarbonizing Commerce", "Ashurst Business Agenda Podcast", "Marketing Podcast for Shopify Merchants: The Ecommerce Coffee Break" and "The Sunday Scholar"" and more!

    Episodes (14)

    Circularity with Seaweed with Julia Marsh of Sway

    Circularity with Seaweed with Julia Marsh of Sway
    Keith’s guest this week is Julia Marsh, the co-founder and CEO of Sway, a biomaterials company replacing plastics with regenerative materials made from seaweed. As a designer, Julia spent over a decade building brand and packaging systems for consumer goods companies, tech startups, and design studios, winning the Closed Loop Partners Beyond the Bag Challenge in 2021, and a finalist for the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize in 2022. Join this conversation as Sway announces a $5 million in fresh funding, and Julia brings an incredible perspective on the role of design in packaging and solving problems in sustainability, why seaweed is such a high potential alternative to petroleum-based plastics, the state of and outlook for composting infrastructure, where Sway's packaging works best, and what's next for Sway.

    Reinventing the Wine Bottle with Santiago Navarro of Packamama

    Reinventing the Wine Bottle with Santiago Navarro of Packamama
    Join Keith Anderson and Santiago Navarro, founder and CEO of Packamama, a company reimagining wine packaging to lower emissions while winning at the shelf and preserving tradition. This episode is an interesting case study covering the importance of packaging from a transit perspective, the unavoidable risk of breakage, and the consumption experience of wine. Learn how Packamama has approached creating a package for the future with those and other considerations in mind.

    The Notpla story: From a student kitchen to mixing with royalty

    The Notpla story: From a student kitchen to mixing with royalty

    Inspired by nature, Pierre Paslier and his colleagues at Notpla are reinventing food packaging to protect the environment and end single-use plastic packaging.

    Last year, the world used 139 million tonnes of single-use plastics, up from 133 million tonnes in 2019 – a one kilogram per person increase. Made from oil, these plastics now generate as much greenhouse gas emissions as the United Kingdom, according to recent analysis by the Minderoo Foundation. And many of these plastics will clutter up the earth for hundreds of years before they finally biodegrade.

    In this episode of our Outpacing Change mini-series, we meet a visionary who is determined to reverse this trend. As co-founder of Notpla, Pierre Paslier, is literally making packaging that disappears. Notpla’s packaging solutions are made from seaweed and plants that is biodegradable and home compostable.

    This is a conversation that covers the highs and lows Pierre’s journey. From experiments and crowdfunding in his student kitchen in London, to breakthrough products and winning the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for the environment. Along the way, Pierre shares his tips for business leaders who are seeking to introduce radical change, and he reveals a mega trend that could make or break their organisations.

    This episode is part of Ashurst’s special Outpacing Change mini-series that includes a collection of conversations with innovators and disruptors who have challenged the status-quo and are changing the world around them.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    How to Build Customer Loyalty & Brand Awareness with Custom Packaging | #213 Phillip Akhzar

    How to Build Customer Loyalty & Brand Awareness with Custom Packaging | #213 Phillip Akhzar

    Customer loyalty, brand awareness, and customer retention are the topics of discussion in this episode of the Ecommerce Coffee Break Podcast, featuring Phillip Akhzar, Founder and CEO of Arka.com, as the guest.

    On the Show Today, You’ll Learn:

    • How does packaging impact customers' first impression?
    • What packaging aspects are often overlooked by merchants?
    • How does packaging affect a company's branding and marketing?
    • Can conflicting packaging affect product perception?
    • How can businesses promote sustainability in packaging?

    Links & Resources

    Website: https://www.arka.com/
    Course: https://www.shopify.com/learn/course/introduction-to-packaging-your-products
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-akhzar-89612315/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkapackaging/

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    Triathlete Syndrome

    Triathlete Syndrome

    00:00 Introduction
    01:56 Outside the comfort zone [Leading you]
    04:30 Choose fewer favourites [Leading teams]
    05:38 Fewer apples in the basket [Leading organisations]
    06:55 Behind the scenes
    07:53 Syndrome [Word of the week]
    08:18 Final step
    08:42 Close

    THE SUNDAY SCHOLAR takes a lighter look at leadership. Full of ideas, insights and inspiration. It’s our weekly newsletter—reimagined as a podcast. Something to be expected. Something to look forward to.

    Dental Decay

    Dental Decay

    00:00 Introduction
    01:32 An apple a day is never enough [Leading you]
    04:01 One apple can spoil the bunch [Leading teams]
    04:53 Leaders can 10X the apple cart [Leading organisations]
    05:34 Behind the scenes
    06:20 Decay [Word of the week]
    06:42 Final step
    07:05 Close

    THE SUNDAY SCHOLAR takes a lighter look at leadership. Full of ideas, insights and inspiration. It’s our weekly newsletter—reimagined as a podcast. Something to be expected. Something to look forward to.

    Nic Faitos - Senior Partner at Starbright Floral Design, Chair NYC Forbes Business Council

    Nic Faitos - Senior Partner at Starbright Floral Design, Chair NYC Forbes Business Council

    Welcome to the Unboxed Show

    The Unboxed show is a space for conversation about brand experiences, the challenges and wins across industries and product types, and the impactful additional brand experiences and affinity created through custom-branded packaging and beyond. Whether you are a startup founder looking to expand your brand's reach, a marketing professional looking for some tips, or an enterprise executive looking for inspiration from industry leaders, we have an episode for you.

    Your host is Sam Johnston and this week we are joined by Nic Faitos, who is the Senior Partner at Starbright Floral Design one of the most famous florists in New York City, and Chair of the New York Chapter of the Forbes Business Council.


    Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/etMholNHqLs

    Within each episode, we ask industry experts the following 5 questions:

    - What inspired you to get into the custom packaging industry, and how did you get your start in the field?
    - How does custom packaging contribute to creating a unique brand experience, and what are some of the most effective strategies you've seen for achieving this?
    - Can you share any success stories or case studies of businesses that have transformed their brand through custom packaging and design?
    - What are some of the biggest challenges or roadblocks that businesses face when it comes to custom packaging, and how can they overcome them?
    - How do you see the future of custom packaging evolving in the next 5-10 years, and what should businesses be doing now to stay ahead of the curve?

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com


    #ecommerce #ecommercebusiness #packagingsolutions #d2c #design #packagingindustry #retail #retaildesign #ecommercedesign #safety #packagedesign #shipping #packaging  #business  #sustainable  #printing #branding #marketing #work #help #money #designer #ecofriendly #ecodesign #entrepreneurs #brand #statistics #transportation #custompackaging #bespokepackaging #packagesourcing #packagematerials

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com

    Deborah Corn - The Intergalactic Ambassador to The Printerverse at Print Media Centr

    Deborah Corn - The Intergalactic Ambassador to The Printerverse at Print Media Centr

    Welcome to the Unboxed Show

    The Unboxed show is a space for conversation about brand experiences, the challenges and wins across industries and product types, and the impactful additional brand experiences and affinity created through custom-branded packaging and beyond. Whether you are a startup founder looking to expand your brand's reach, a marketing professional looking for some tips, or an enterprise executive looking for inspiration from industry leaders, we have an episode for you.

    Your host is Sam Johnston and this week we are joined by Deborah Corn, who has by far the best job title we have ever come across -  The Intergalactic Ambassador to The Printerverse at Print Media Centr, has one of the most impressive resumes in the print industry with logos like Katz, Showtime, Loreal, the list goes impressively on.

    Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/WRE_iUASgzY

    Within each episode, we ask industry experts the following 5 questions:

    - What inspired you to get into the custom packaging industry, and how did you get your start in the field?
    - How does custom packaging contribute to creating a unique brand experience, and what are some of the most effective strategies you've seen for achieving this?
    - Can you share any success stories or case studies of businesses that have transformed their brand through custom packaging and design?
    - What are some of the biggest challenges or roadblocks that businesses face when it comes to custom packaging, and how can they overcome them?
    - How do you see the future of custom packaging evolving in the next 5-10 years, and what should businesses be doing now to stay ahead of the curve?

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com


    #ecommerce #ecommercebusiness #packagingsolutions #d2c #design #packagingindustry #retail #retaildesign #ecommercedesign #safety #packagedesign #shipping #packaging  #business  #sustainable  #printing #branding #marketing #work #help #money #designer #ecofriendly #ecodesign #entrepreneurs #brand #statistics #transportation #custompackaging #bespokepackaging #packagesourcing #packagematerials

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com

    Michael Kauffman - Executive Director at the Clio Awards

    Michael Kauffman - Executive Director at the Clio Awards

    Welcome to the Unboxed Show

    The Unboxed show is a space for conversation about brand experiences, the challenges and wins across industries and product types, and the impactful additional brand experiences and affinity created through custom-branded packaging and beyond. Whether you are a startup founder looking to expand your brand's reach, a marketing professional looking for some tips, or an enterprise executive looking for inspiration from industry leaders, we have an episode for you.

    This week we are joined by Michael Kauffman, who is the Executive Director of the Clio Music and Clio Cannabis programs at The prestigious Clio Awards, as well a wealth of experience having worked at organizations such as Youtube and Google to name just a few.

    Within each episode, we ask industry experts the following 5 questions:

    - What inspired you to get into the custom packaging industry, and how did you get your start in the field?
    - How does custom packaging contribute to creating a unique brand experience, and what are some of the most effective strategies you've seen for achieving this?
    - Can you share any success stories or case studies of businesses that have transformed their brand through custom packaging and design?
    - What are some of the biggest challenges or roadblocks that businesses face when it comes to custom packaging, and how can they overcome them?
    - How do you see the future of custom packaging evolving in the next 5-10 years, and what should businesses be doing now to stay ahead of the curve?

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging. 

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com 

    Contact details for our guest.
    Instagram: @michaeljoel
    Linkedin: /michaelkauffman
    Twitter: @michaeljoel
    e: michael.kauffman@clioawards.com

    #ecommerce #ecommercebusiness #packagingsolutions #d2c #design #packagingindustry #retail #retaildesign #ecommercedesign #safety #packagedesign #shipping #packaging  #business  #sustainable  #printing #branding #marketing #work #help #money #designer #ecofriendly #ecodesign #entrepreneurs #brand #statistics #transportation #custompackaging #bespokepackaging #packagesourcing #packagematerials #clio #clioawards

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com

    Joshua Sizemore - Consumer Goods CEO & Advisor

    Joshua Sizemore - Consumer Goods CEO & Advisor

    Welcome to the Unboxed Show

    The Unboxed show is a space for conversation about brand experiences, the challenges and wins across industries and product types, and the impactful additional brand experiences and affinity created through custom-branded packaging and beyond.

    This week we are joined by Joshua Sizemore, a Consumer Goods CEO & Advisor, Chief Executive officer at Beloit Kombucha Company, advisor to numerous CPG brands such as Dorito, EZ beverages, Lacoste, and an overall packaging industry expert!

    Within each episode, we ask industry experts the following 5 questions:

    - What inspired you to get into the custom packaging industry, and how did you get your start in the field?
    - How does custom packaging contribute to creating a unique brand experience, and what are some of the most effective strategies you've seen for achieving this?
    - Can you share any success stories or case studies of businesses that have transformed their brand through custom packaging and design?
    - What are some of the biggest challenges or roadblocks that businesses face when it comes to custom packaging, and how can they overcome them?
    - How do you see the future of custom packaging evolving in the next 5-10 years, and what should businesses be doing now to stay ahead of the curve?


    #ecommerce #ecommercebusiness #packagingsolutions #d2c #design #packagingindustry #retail #retaildesign #ecommercedesign #safety #packagedesign #shipping #packaging  #business  #sustainable  #printing #branding #marketing #work #help #money #designer #ecofriendly #ecodesign #entrepreneurs #brand #statistics #transportation #custompackaging #bespokepackaging

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com

    Doug Epperly - President at Merchant Boxes

    Doug Epperly - President at Merchant Boxes

    Welcome to the Unboxed Show

    The Unboxed show is a space for conversation about brand experiences, the challenges and wins across industries and product types, and the impactful additional brand experiences and affinity created through custom-branded packaging and beyond.
     
    Within each episode, we ask industry experts the following 5 questions:

    - What inspired you to get into the custom packaging industry, and how did you get your start in the field?
    - How does custom packaging contribute to creating a unique brand experience, and what are some of the most effective strategies you've seen for achieving this?
    - Can you share any success stories or case studies of businesses that have transformed their brand through custom packaging and design?
    - What are some of the biggest challenges or roadblocks that businesses face when it comes to custom packaging, and how can they overcome them?
    - How do you see the future of custom packaging evolving in the next 5-10 years, and what should businesses be doing now to stay ahead of the curve?

    Your host is Sam Johnston, and in this episode, we'll be talking to Doug Epperly, who is the President at Merchant Boxes and one of the most experienced executives in the country in the space of design, logistics, fulfillment, and sourcing.

    Reach out to Doug here: Doug@merchantboxes.com
    Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/b0jffTjtTnc

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com

    #ecommerce #ecommercebusiness #packagingsolutions #d2c #design #packagingindustry #retail #retaildesign #ecommercedesign #safety #packagedesign #shipping #packaging  #business  #sustainable  #printing #branding #marketing #work #help #money #designer

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com

    Mickey Waite - Vice President at Merchant Boxes

    Mickey Waite - Vice President at Merchant Boxes

    Welcome to the Unboxed Show

    The Unboxed show is a space for conversation about brand experiences, the challenges and wins across industries and product types, and the impactful additional brand experiences and affinity created through custom-branded packaging and beyond.
     
    Within each episode, we ask industry experts the following 5 questions:

    - What inspired you to get into the custom packaging industry, and how did you get your start in the field?
    - How does custom packaging contribute to creating a unique brand experience, and what are some of the most effective strategies you've seen for achieving this?
    - Can you share any success stories or case studies of businesses that have transformed their brand through custom packaging and design?
    - What are some of the biggest challenges or roadblocks that businesses face when it comes to custom packaging, and how can they overcome them?
    - How do you see the future of custom packaging evolving in the next 5-10 years, and what should businesses be doing now to stay ahead of the curve?

    Reach out to Mickey here: mickey@merchantboxes.com
    Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/pt1gnjDIfqg

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com

    #ecommerce #ecommercebusiness #packagingsolutions #d2c #design #packagingindustry #retail #retaildesign #ecommercedesign #safety #packagedesign #shipping #packaging  #business  #sustainable  #printing #branding #marketing #work #help #money #designer #ecofriendly #ecodesign #entrepreneurs #brand #statistics #

    This show is sponsored by Merchant Boxes.
    Merchant Boxes is the award-winning custom packaging and sourcing agency leading the charge in extended brand experiences. Having worked with some of the biggest brands on the planet all the way to small batch innovative custom projects for small businesses, Merchant Boxes are the standard in custom packaging.

    Check them out here: www.merchantboxes.com

    Wrapping up the year with 3 gifts for you

    Wrapping up the year with 3 gifts for you

    INTRODUCTION

    In this episode, I am celebrating the end of the year with you with 3 actionable gifts:

    • the 1st one is already kind of unpacked if you are a regular listener 
    • the 2nd one will help you to wrap your gifts more sustainably with 3 tips 
    • and the 3rd one starts 2022 with a discount on my circular packaging training

    I am thrilled to get back to you in January with new guests and always more inspiring content!

     

    ABOUT COLIENNE REGOUT FROM LOOK4LOOPS

    Businesses lead the way! As a true believer, Colienne Regout makes you rethink your packaging so you can adapt to future markets and spot business opportunities. Colienne helps organizations to improve their economic, social, and ecological impacts in Europe and Canada by optimizing the use of their resources and designing out the concept of waste. She started with facilitating Corporate Social Responsibility and with implementing Sharing Economy initiatives. As the founder of Look4Loops, she is now using the Circular Economy to enhance processes from the beginning until the end of their life cycles. 

    Besides operating changes in the field, education is a big part of what Colienne does: She is the host of this podcast, she created the ‘Develop Circular Packaging Solutions’ training, she sub-teaches at BCIT and she also facilitates workshops and serious games about climate change and the circular economy.  

    As a Circulab certified consultant, she benefits from shared knowledge and co-developed tools thanks to a community of over seventy worldwide colleagues.

     

    WHERE TO FIND COLIENNE AND HER SERVICES?

     

    COLIENNE'S RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FOR OUR AUDIENCE

     

    PODCAST MUSIC

    Special thanks to Joachim Regout who made the jingle. Have a look at his work here

    I am happy to bring a sample of our strong bonds on these sound waves. Since I was a child, he made me discover a wide range of music of all kinds. I am also delighted he is a nature lover and shares the Look4Loops 'out of the box philosophy'. He is an inspiring source of creativity for me. 

     

    HexcelPack - Sustainable Packing Solutions That Work

    HexcelPack - Sustainable Packing Solutions That Work

    https://www.hexcelpack.com/

    https://www.mindfulbusinessespodcast.com/

    HexcelPack™ was founded in 2014 using an updated version of a 30-year-old technology developed by David Goodrich, with the idea of using paper to replace the traditional, one-use plastic products that are prevalent throughout the world in the packaging industry. HexcelPack’s™ proprietary slit paper technology was developed in the early 90’s when it was discovered that the hexagon is one of the strongest shapes to engineer, and it was possible to successfully manufacture slit paper using the hexagon shape. Back then, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was still unknown, and most people had little awareness of the wide-ranging negative impact of plastic waste on ocean ecosystems. Today, a concern for preserving ocean ecology is the company’s driving influence – making recyclable, sustainable paper packaging products in lieu of plastic. HexcelPack™ uses specialty kraft papers that make HexcelWrap™ completely unique. We talk to Lorne Herszkowicz - Partner of Hexcel Pak about how nature inspired this sustainable innovation. Learn more in this episode of Mindful Businesses.