As cardboard packaging manufacturers, Aylesbury Box company champions bespoke boxes with carefully matched colour printing. Dcypher, a cosmetics brand, also focuses on bespoke products and colour matching, so let’s find out more. Dcypher Colour-matching Cosmetics Each of us is unique and we have distinct skin tones. Applying...
A sense of social and environmental responsibility is driving consumers and brands towards sustainable packaging solutions. As a familiar, robust yet lightweight material, cardboard is the obvious alternative to plastic. Ticking all the sustainability boxes, cardboard packaging is formed from recycled and renewable materials, which can...
A bright, sunny weekend and we’ve all started to dream of those warm summer days. It may have been February, but last weekend was a delightful reminder that spring is in the air. With the promise of good weather comes plans for picnics and barbeques...
In recent months, Aylesbury Box Company have been contacted by a record number of start-up businesses. Furlough, redundancy and job uncertainty has been the catalyst for many people to become their own boss. Data shared on Small Business suggests that 12,490 of the new businesses launched...
Stories of Amazon hoarding all of the cardboard boxes are circulating. Has this presented other online retailers with packaging supply issues? As a specialist cardboard packaging manufacturer, we have prepared for and responded to a gradual increase in demand. The industry has been able to balance...
“Necessity is the mother of invention” – Plato Dire situations and uncertainty are often the sparks for exploring new opportunities. This is seen in the current emergence of thousands of new e-commerce businesses. Months of furlough, job losses and business closures are igniting entrepreneurial spirits. If you...
Brexit rules, Covid-19 restrictions and rapid shifts in customer behaviours; as a business owner, it can feel as though you have no control over anything. As an e-commerce business, the design of your product packaging and shipping boxes is something that you can take control...
The demands on hospitals, pharmacies and other healthcare centres have been pushed to the limits through the Covid-19 pandemic. The pressures on nurses, doctors, cleaners and support teams have been relentless. Gratitude for all NHS workers has skyrocketed. This country is so fortunate to have dedicated...
The UK has been renegotiating trade and economic relationships with the EU for years, with little impact on daily operations. Although the UK formally left on 3 January 2020, we have been in a year of transition. This has now ended and, ready or not,...
Every retailer needs to maximise sales in the countdown to Christmas. Getting your products, packaging, workspace and processes in order now will minimise ‘Out of Stock’, late deliveries and missed opportunities. The events of 2020 have driven demand for e-commerce. Even those who favoured physical stores...