this negative perception has certainly spread awareness among plastic companies that are warranted and not warranted. they have started decreasing or eradicating the use of this type of packaging as per the requirement. for the reduction of waste and wrap rage from shoppers, who experienced frustration while opening difficult packaging, manufacturers are being compelled by amazon and walmart to change their packaging techniques. hard plastic clamshells for electronics and wire ties for securing items to cardboard backings are some of the awkward packages included. customers have complained to amazon about another pair of scissors required to open the package of scissors that they purchase in a clamshell. there are reasons for difficult access to such packages, which are not very obvious. consumer retail theft is one of the main reasons for these packages to be resistant. however, as per the 2001 university of florida national retail security survey, employee theft is another major reason for 45.9 of store inventory reduction. thus, the price tag of approximately 15.2 billion is estimated every year with regards to employee theft. thus, employee dishonesty is reported to be the utmost single threat for store level profit. in the study, the average dollar loss incurred from one employee theft case is 1,445.86 compared to 128.03, which is the average of a shoplifting incident. therefore, it is really challenging to prevent theft in the retail environment and warehouses while creating packaging. these challenges have compelled the plastics industry to create more packaging that deters theft, while providing in the package designs of easy opening capabilities. millions of retail and consumer electronics packages in the stream feature an easy open packaging design due to plastic ingenuity. you can access the product without the use of a knife or scissors as well as maintain measures of antitamper and pilfer proof. a proprietary process is shown on these easy open packages that are sealed. the consumer needs to pull two tabs to break the notches with a easy grasp. the pull tabs are situated in a particular place on the package for proper leverage while opening the package. a very audible sound is made when you open the perforations and they get visually transformed. thus, the improvements in design help in protecting and displaying the product without the need to use a blow torch or crowbar to open the package. source of information httpwww.plasticingenuity.comblog20120430easyopenpackagingcomment74
