BoldtSmith designs and optimizes packaging systems to meet retailer standards, reduce restocking time, eliminate compliance penalties, decrease time-to-shelf, avoid chargebacks and align with sustainability guidelines for all major retailers. We can work with any retail package type, including retail-ready packaging and shelf-ready packaging (SRP) for consumer goods and large-format packaging, to protect big items like building materials, furniture and appliances.
Our packaging optimization capabilities align with the most recent retailer packaging guidelines from big-box stores like Walmart, Target, Lowe’s and Home Depot, as well as grocery chains and specialty retailers. Whether you need new product development (NPD) or existing product optimization, our team of consultants has the solution to meet your needs. Request a retail packaging audit to prepare your packages for the retail environment.
Our core consulting services for general merchandise superstores create value at all levels of your operation. When you partner with BoldtSmith, our packaging optimization experts will:
Many retailers require their brands to use packaging that follows SRP design principles, so the product can be immediately stocked and displayed upon arrival at the store. BoldtSmith can optimize the design of your packaging to facilitate easy stocking and improved shopper visibility.
Big-box stores carry large items like grills, windows, doors, furniture and appliances. Developing a packaging solution that meets retailer requirements while protecting the product through shipping and handling is a major challenge. BoldtSmith will evaluate your large-format items and create a packaging solution that provides protection in transit and markets the product in retail displays.
BoldtSmith ensures your big-box store has the correct product quantities and options, so customers can expect to find the exact item they’re looking for. We’ll evaluate your case pack and pre-pack architecture for proper alignment to your minimum display quantities (MDQs) and planograms.
If your retail orders don’t comply with the retailer’s requirements, you may get a chargeback — a penalty for noncompliance that can cost a few hundred or several thousand dollars per incident. BoldtSmith will keep these fees from increasing your shipping costs and decreasing your profit margins by enabling a Perfect Order Program. This oversight eliminates barcode, advance shipping notice (ASN), and timing problems to ensure shipments arrive in exceptional condition on time and with the correct labels.
Many retailers’ packaging guidelines cover sustainability by specifying materials, labels and brands must use to be eco-friendly. BoldtSmith has a deep understanding of these rules and will help you achieve compliance through recyclable materials, source reduction and label requirements
BoldtSmith makes a difference in your packaging operations and drives value for your business by delivering:
Our optimization capabilities for general merchandise superstores drive value for your business in the short and long term. Since BoldtSmith is a packaging consultant, not a packaging supplier, you can trust that our guidance is unbiased and rooted in your company’s best interest. We will bring the following benefits to your operations:
We achieve compliance with mass merchandiser requirements and reduce costs for your company by following a three-step optimization process for your new and existing products:
We'll audit the current packaging against retailer packaging guidelines to identify compliance gaps and efficiency opportunities.
Using the audit results as a guide, our optimization experts will engineer packaging structures, case packs and documentation aligned to retailer requirements across channels.
When we've optimized your package, we'll test its compliance, create retailer-ready documentation and train vendor teams on execution.
Every big-box retailer has specific packaging guidelines that brands must comply with:
BoldtSmith has a deep understanding of these requirements and brings this expertise to our packaging optimization services. We stay updated on standard developments and changes in the industry to align your packaging to what retailers expect and customers want.
BoldtSmith has previously worked with big-box retailers to develop packaging guidelines as well as brands that need to comply with these guidelines. Read our case studies to learn how we:
BoldtSmith does not supply packaging materials or product display setups. We provide expert advisory, engineering, testing strategy and enablement services for mass merchandisers only.
Our packaging optimization solutions address mass merchandiser requirements from some of the largest big-box stores, including Walmart, Target, Lowe’s and Home Depot. Our ability to meet multiple packaging guidelines maximizes your efficiency.
BoldtSmith supports retailers developing packaging guidelines and brands implementing them for optimization, efficiency and compliance at every level.
Optimize your packaging materials and reduce costs with our mass merchandiser (big-box retail) packaging optimization services. Get started by requesting a mass retail packaging audit from our team.
