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How To Plan Your Packaging For Black Friday 2024

Planning Your Black Friday Packaging Is Important...

Black Friday is just around the corner, and its time to start thinking about how your packaging can help the success of your business during this shopping frenzy. By getting your packaging right, you won’t only protect your products, but create unboxing experiences and repeat customer orders. 

Firstly there are some considerations you will need to make:

  • Durability: Black Friday sees an increase in shipping and handling, your packaging will need to be strong enough to withstand the conditions in transit.

  • Branding: Your packaging needs to be instantly recognisable! Consider your designs, colours, logos, fonts, imagery and messaging. Reinforcing your brand identity.

  • Unboxing Experience: Amazing unboxing experiences leave lasting impressions on customers. Add elements like tissue paper, bespoke inserts, or even personalised messages.
  • Sustainability: With the growing consciousness of customers to be more sustainable, choose eco-friendly and recyclable materials.
  • Functionality: Make sure your packaging is easy to open and navigate. Difficult packaging can lead to a negative customer experience, and lower the chance of repeat sales.

By considering these 5 factors of your packaging, your off to a great start and solid foundations for a successful Black Friday packaging strategy.

Black Friday Packaging Ideas...

We have a few packaging ideas that will help you to stand out from the crowd, over come challenges, and reach your targets:

  1. Gift Boxes: Putting products in gift boxes adds a touch of luxury to your customers experience.

  2. Mailing Bags: Small items offer convenient and cost effective ways of sending items in the post. There are now paper alternatives to the conventional plastic mailing bags. 

  3. Custom Tissue Paper: Printed and custom designed tissue paper is a fantastic way of adding your branding to your packing strategy. It also creates a really positive unboxing experience for customers.

  4. Personalised Message: Adding a hand written note or personal message to your packaging for your customer is a great touch for building strong and lasting relationships.
  5. Sustainability: Switching 

Here Are Some Simple Tips To Prepare You For Black Friday & Peak Season...

Here are some simple things you can do to make sure that during the ‘golden quarter’ your business and operations run smoothly and efficiently.

  • Review last years performance
  • Train your staff in advance 
  • Organise your warehouse and storage spaces
  • Refine packing processes
  • Analyse the packaging you use
  • Consider switching to bespoke packaging 
  • Optimise your logistics 
  • Create a memorable experience for your customers, and keep ordering processes simple
  • Build a strategy for returns and easy to use packaging  

Do you have any questions about Black Friday, or preparing for the peak season? Contact us for help and advice on your packaging and packing processes.

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