Packaging Digest

Three-sided bottles heat up haircare sales
Thermafuse Healthier Hair With Heat of Kannapolis, NC, is not only putting the heat on its products, it's putting some heat on its packaging with hot, new bottle shapes created with help from Joni Rae and Associates (www.joniraeandassociates.com). Available in salons across the country, the products work with the heat of blow dryers and hot irons to heal and repair hair using what Thermafus...

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