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"In a way this bundle that constitutes mainstream music begins to establish a model that could be the future of recorded music  that the recordings are the “loss leaders� for everything else."
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Product Packages Now Shout to Get Your Attention
"Consumer goods companies are using their products’ packages as 3-D ads to grab shoppers’ fickle attention."
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In Small Packages, Fewer Calories and More Profit
"In three years, sales of 100-calorie snack packs have passed the $20-million-a-year mark, as consumers don’t seem to mind paying more for less."
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"This is a confident design. Coca-cola is acknowledging that we all know the product, so just drink it. They've given similar treatment to the majority of the Coke line, including Diet and Zero. Simple, back to basics, pure equity."
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"The Carbon Trust is launching a green equivalent to the Fairtrade label - a consumer label which details the carbon footprint of a product and a commitment by its producer to reduce it."
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Lots of info on the hazards of packaging . . .
Michael Bierut explains the new Saks' identity by Pentagram
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When the packaging makes it perfect
"Great packaging makes shopping more fun, and, as Tiffany has proved, occasionally elicits cash from impressionable people like me."
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"This week, FontShop takes a trip to the supermarket in search of palatable packaging. Among the shelves cluttered with superfluous drop shadows and chaotic typography, it was easy to spot the few beautiful boxes."
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The evolution of the NetFlix envelope
A look at the changes the NetFlix envelope has gone through in seven years.
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"There was a time when presents were mailed in November with the challenging admonition: Do not open until Christmas. That tradition has given way to a new challenge: anyone receiving a package in November has to attack it immediately to get it open by Ch
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PingMag’s choice of Japanese cigarette packaging.
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A School of Visual Arts Grad Remakes the Pill Bottle
How the pill bottle was remadeâ€â€sensibly and beautifully.
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