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Packaging Revolution Behind Modern Retailing
A history of how folding boxes and branded packaging transformed consumer buying from bulk to named products. Robert Gair pioneered the printing cutting and creasing method after a 1864 mishap, enabling mass production of boxed goods and national brands. The Robert Gair Company grew from a New York loft to a major packaging empire supplying labels folding boxes and shipping cases.
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Maine
California
Robert Gair
Reade Street
New York
Gair
Robert Gair Company
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New England
Haverhill
Merrimac
New London
Thames
Piermont -on-Hudson