When a leading pet products brand found itself with a multi-year, high-visibility opportunity to get its aquarium supply products into one of the country’s biggest pet retailers, the complications grew like algae in a poorly maintained fish tank. There were competing expectations between the brand and the retailer over how many products should have space…
TPH President Shares the Story of Company’s Face Shield Production Effort
May 26, 2020In the current COVID-19 environment, at TPH Global Solutions® “business as usual” is anything but ordinary. To think only a few months ago, we were navigating a trade war with constantly changing tariffs between the U.S. and China. With all that we have been through in the last 20 years, few obstacles match the challenges…
Chicago Manufacturers Turn Downtime into PPE for Hospitals Fighting COVID-19
March 27, 2020U.S.-Produced Face Shields to Help Ease the Shortage TPH Global Solutions® a Chicago-based retail packaging, display and supply chain company and its Chicago-area manufacturing partners are collaborating to manufacture up to 500,000 plastic face shields by the end of April for frontline medical personnel in the COVID-19 coronavirus effort. The companies expect to ramp up…
COVID-19 Upstream Supply Chain Update
March 20, 2020The most recent China and shipping update from our friends at American Shipping Company (an excerpt): Cargo Is Streamlining Much Better from China Cargo has returned to levels before the COVID-19 outbreak, as production returns back to near normal, workers have returned from quarantines, and truck service improved as truck drivers are now less restricted…
The Right Partnership is More than an Accessory for this Brand’s Director of Product Development
January 31, 2020A TPH Global® client with global operations and retail channel demands describes the value of working with a partner with the expertise, resources and supply chain wide perspective to support and lift sales across their club store, big box and mass market channels. When it comes to running a successful campaign at a big box…
Sam’s Club Packaging: A Recipe for the Perfect Partnership
December 17, 2019You only need a few simple ingredients to make a loaf of bread. But there’s nothing simple about making a great loaf of bread, as anyone who has ever tried to do it knows. Jim Challenger, founder and president of Challenger Breadware, spent years working on his breadmaking skills – combining flour, water, salt, homemade yeast…
Pallet Displays for Warehouse Clubs: Best Practices
September 19, 2019A pet supplies manufacturer recently approached us to create pallet displays for Costco. Because of our extensive experience working with Costco, Sam’s Club, BJ’s, and other warehouse clubs, we decided to share pallet display best practices so that your test run of 30-50 displays turns into a full launch of all club stores. Test Orders…