Protect Your Shipments from the Three Biggest Holiday Delivery Threats
The holidays are a time when your customers are focused on celebrating, exchanging gifts, and enjoying time with friends and loved ones. Hopefully, your products are part of their merry celebrations. Getting the purchases to each buyer on time and in one piece is part of keeping their business and defining their positive perception of your brand.
And this is a monumental challenge every year because package delivery services are under a lot of pressure to get parcels to their destinations on time. Every region of the country can be volatile in terms of holiday weather and travel, and all of these challenges come together to create a hazardous shipping season over which you have very little control -- except for how you package your products.
With a careful packaging plan, your shipments will make it to their destination on time to delight and inspire loyalty in your customers. This blog post will discuss the three most considerable threats to your holiday deliveries and how to protect against them.
Ham Handed Handlers
Often overwhelmed by package volume, delivery services have temporary or brand-new employees with little to no training. It is easy to see how this can equal less care and attention put into delivering your products.
To combat rough handling, find a cushioned packaging solution that is light and reliably durable, like the Pregis EverTec™ padded mailer, or the Easypack® GeoTerra™, a wrapping solution for light cushioning and interleaving protection.
By unlocking the power of paper, Pregis has created easy shipping solutions for your consumers to receive and recycle while still being light and tough, ensuring your products are safe from wear and tear throughout the shipping process.
Treacherous Travel
Like inconsistent handling conditions, weather can be unstable during the holidays and throughout the beginning of the year. An unpredictable forecast combined with poor road conditions means a bumpier, longer, or maybe colder ride for packages.
This is where Pregis AirSpeed® Hybrid Cushioning (HC) inflatables create a lasting impression that consumers prefer. The proprietary HC square pattern offers more surface area than standard cushioning solutions to absorb shock, provides a premium aesthetic and fits perfectly inside a box.
Pregis HC film comes in three options to meet your specific needs.
- HC Barrier has the highest level of durability, air retention and cushioning.
- HC Renew is the most sustainable option with 30% recycled content.
- HC Inspyre offers packaging with a purpose: A portion of sales are donated to Uzima Clean Water Mission.
HC films are part of a line of on-demand inflatable packaging systems, including cushioning, void fill, and other film blends and inflatable designs powered by Pregis AirSpeed® On-Demand Systems to provide end users complete product protection throughout the shipping cycle and deliver an exceptional unboxing experience for customers.
Protection from Portentous Perils
Packages and products being carted across the country are subject to many perils - rain, snow, sleet, extreme cold.
Pregis IQ testing can help prepare sensitive products for every potential exposure through a battery of transit and environmental toughness tests designed to test the shipment’s rigor in every circumstance.
Engineers at Pregis IQ will analyze your specifications and couple them with the complexities of your supply chain and shipping distribution environment before recommending the best solution.
If your product has a unique size or particular protection requirement, Pregis also offers many specialty products that cater to various applications.
While the holidays are right around the corner and you may not have time to adjust your current packaging plan, it’s never too early to start preparing for next year. The rise of e-commerce means that we will continue to see an increase of shipping stressors, making a complete packaging strategy more crucial than ever. For more information about how to craft the right packaging strategy that will keep your costs down, delight customers, and resist the challenges of a rough and tumble last-minute holiday shipping environment, reach out to Pregis today.
