Sustainability Defined in Guides

By Erika Flynn

Hollywood, Fla. and St. Louis – The term sustainability certainly isn’t a new one, but the education about green practices is far from over. The Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) and idX Corp. have published guides targeting sustainability in the industry. Both want to educate retailers as well as their manufacturing partners, vendors and other suppliers.

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Mirror Light Box Reacts to Motion

By Craig Shutt

Cottonwood, Ariz. – A display piece combining a reflective surface and a light box can change its surface image as shoppers approach, providing a mirrored surface from close up and graphics from further away. The unit is used especially by restaurants, bars, nightclubs and hotel lobbies.

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Paper Rocks Printing World

By Jeffrey Steele

Orange, Calif. — Consumer packaged goods manufacturers seeking green substitutes for traditional pressure-sensitive labels have a new option as up-to-date as modern technology and as old as the Stone Age.

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Do you have Graphic Materials & Printer Media for in-store applications? P-O-P Design magazine's next issue features a new product round-up of graphic materials and media.

Company News

Four companies from the packaging and printing industry formed the North American Packaging Alliance: Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Montgomeryville, Pa.; Wunderlich Fibre Box, St. Louis; DeLine Box & Display, Denver; and Fleetwood-Fibre Packaging & Graphics, City of Industry, Calif.

Design of the Times Entries

You still have time to get in your entries for this year's Design of the Times contest, but don't dilly dally — the deadline is June 12. Brands and retailers look at your work in the judging room, and attendees see your display in the DOT gallery at the In-Store Marketing Expo.

May/June Has Arrived

Our May/June issue should have reached your desk by now. We're talking about a lightbox that turns into a mirror, LCD media players and neon projected onto glass windows. Two product roundups include locks and security devices and digital signage hardware. Check out May/June's digital edition under the Digital Media tab.

Trends, Packaging & RFID

Keep an eye out for your January/February issue of P-O-P Design next Monday. You'll want to check out the Institute and Shopper Marketing magazine's annual Trends Report. Shopper marketing budgets were reduced, and some respondents predict that spending will be cut in 2009. But big budget brands had a better year. Institute members can view the story and charts