Packaging for homeware

Box alternatives for online order fulfilment

As lockdown continues, many retailers have experiences of “record breaking” orders for their products online, some are also managing the adversities of corrugate shortages caused by the unprecedented demand for boxes.

If you are struggling to source boxes to fulfil customer orders, here are some alternatives that you may want to consider switching to.

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What’s in store for online retailers this Christmas 2019?

As an online retailer, the run up to Christmas is arguably the most important time of year.

How successful this time proves to be for your business can shape the overall year you have. Lots of sales and happy customers and your overall margins will skyrocket. Miss out on opportunities here though, and it can be a very different picture.

To help your business have a Christmas period to remember, Macfarlane Online has picked out some of our favourite packaging options for your business to consider this Christmas. This can help you deliver the very best offering for each and every one of your customers!

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Everything you need to know about sustainable packaging

In an increasingly environmentally-conscious world, any way in which products can be created with no or minimal damage to the earth is all for the greater good.

This effort certainly extends into the packaging space, and at Macfarlane Online we are committed to offering current and finding new ways of enabling our customers to embrace sustainable packaging like never before.


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Stock your store with packing boxes for summer movers

They say that moving home is up there as one of the most stressful things a person can do.

But that’s not just something people say by the way – there are legitimate statistics to back it up.

A 2015 study from energy provider E.ON found that moving home was considered more stressful than heartbreak! This research found that 6 in 10 people found moving home to be their most stressful life event.

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