More than 20 years ago, the Valmorbida family started a coffee company with a single origin and a single goal: to supply Melbourne with premium, perfectly roasted coffee. From those modest beginnings, DC Coffee grew and grew. Today, you can find their coffee in cafes, Coles supermarkets, and in the homes of tasteful amateur baristas across Australia. As their proud packaging supplier, the Abbe team caught up with Rob to chat about the journey so far and how great packaging helps them to tell their brand story and communicate their values.
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Abbe's Sophisticated Packaging Solutions helps debt new skincare brand, ST.SAJ. Australia's newest skincare brand, ST.SAJ, made its debut in September 2024. ST.SAJ was established by the multifaceted entrepreneur, TV personality, author, and now skincare innovator, Emmylou MacCarthy. When ST.SAJ founder Emmylou MacCarthy sought a partner capable of elevating her brand and transforming her packaging concepts into reality, Abbe emerged as the natural choice. "Similar to ST.SAJ, Abbe represents Australian manufacturing excellence, emphasising quality and value," MacCarthy noted. "When consulting other Melbourne-based entrepreneurs about their preferred packaging collaborator, the answer was always Abbe."
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e-Commerce has ignited the home delivery boom. The sheer volume of parcels being delivered has skyrocketed—with Australia Post delivering 447 million parcels in FY241 alone. This growth means that freight costs have begun to swell but for a very misunderstood reason. The physical weight of a parcel, also known as the actual weight, or dead weight, has been affected by a general increase in postage costs. Since shipping fees can make or break checkout conversions, relying solely on dead weight isn’t always a logical way to calculate postage costs.
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