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How you can cut costs with gummed paper tape

Who'd have ever thought that packaging tape could do all that?

Have you switched yet? To gummed paper tape, that is? If you haven't, now's the time. Macfarlane Online can offer you must-have gummed paper tape at competitive prices. But you probably want to know why you should even contemplate saying Hello to gummed, and Good Riddance to other types of tape, right? Right. Basically, when used with an electronic gummed tape dispenser, you're minimising wastage and getting a better yield from each roll. Simply cut your tape at a uniform size. As it sticks so well to cardboard, only one strip of gum-backed tape is all it takes to secure a pack. Job done.

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Sick of 'Sorry we missed you' cards? We've got the solution!

Maybe you weren't even out?

Perhaps you were at home the whole time and you simply didn't hear the doorbell or the knock at the door. Or possibly you live on the top floor of a shared house, and by the time you've made it to ground level, the 'Sorry we missed you' card is already on the mat in the hall, lying there: on top of the gas bill and the Domino’s Pizza leaflet, making your blood boil hotter than Mercury's molten core.

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A poor online shopping experience can end up in a loss of customers…

It's a 'packaging thing'!

The competition for shoppers used to be between high street retailers and eCommerce stores basically, didn't it? It was a battle for consumer spending that online businesses were gradually winning, as shoppers increasingly opted to simply buy online. After all, who wants to traipse to the shops or get the car out and head for the local retail park when you can get all the stuff you need at the click of a mouse? 

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