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Packaging Artwork and Dielines: Getting Files Right the First Time
Most launch delays blamed on manufacturing are actually artwork delays. Files come back three times because bl…
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Articles in this category for beauty brand owners and cosmetics importers.
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Cosmetic Packaging MOQs: What Actually Sets the Minimum Order
Brands plan around the formula MOQ, then discover the pack will not run below five thousand units. The trigger…
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Cosmetic Contract Manufacturing Agreements: What to Settle Before You Sign
Most disputes between brands and factories trace back to a clause nobody read in the first week. Specification…
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Pricing a Private Label Product: Cost, Landed and Retail
Most pricing failures trace back to comparing a unit cost against a retail price and assuming the difference i…
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How Many SKUs Should You Launch? Product Line Architecture
A range that is too narrow looks incomplete and one that is too wide consumes the budget before any product ha…
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Choosing Where to Manufacture: China, Korea, EU or Domestic
The manufacturing country is a strategy decision that gets made by accident. Comparing the options on minimum …
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Shower Gel and Exfoliating Body Wash Formulation
Body wash is the most price sensitive formulation in personal care. The surfactant blend decides the lather, t…
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Toner Pads and Pre-Soaked Formats: Manufacturing Notes
A pad has to hold its liquid for two years and release it evenly on first use. Substrate, saturation and the j…
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Face Mist and Hydrating Spray Manufacturing
A mist is judged by its spray pattern before its formula. The pump, the orifice and the viscosity decide wheth…