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Alternative Packaging Trailblazer Boxed Water Seeks Next Growth Phase

Q&A With CMO Robert Koenen
January 19, 2021

While Boxed Water is Better represents a small fraction of the packaged water category, the company has captured an outsized share of social media and celebrity attention since its founding in 2009. That’s in large part due to the purified water brand’s strikingly plain carton within a premium water category dominated by sculpted plastic bottles. With a package made mostly of paper, Boxed Water has helped drive the consumer conversation around packaging sustainability, an issue that will only grow in impact and importance during this decade. We spoke to Boxed Water’s Chief Marketing Officer Robert Koenen about growth prospects and how the company is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic...


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UPDATE: Monster Keeps Hard Seltzer Decision Close to Vest

Meeting Today Follows Seltzer Trademark Parade
January 14, 2021

Will Monster Beverage diversify into hard seltzers? The question has swirled since mid-2019, when CEO Rodney Sachs told investors he would consider an entry into the category. The next best chance for an answer to the question comes Thursday, when Monster executives host an annual business update webcast for investors. And there is fresh evidence ...


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The Liquid Deathification of Bottled Water

Canned Water Startup Adopts Edgy Style of Energy, Beer To Create Unique Appeal
November 11, 2020

Liquid Death, the canned water startup with heavy metal branding that promises to “Murder Your Thirst,” is getting traction. BD interviewed Cessario to delve into his unique approach to the bottled water category. While the brand might be easy to dismiss as gimmicky, Cessario is a serious entrepreneur who is looking to take sales not only from PET-packaged bottled waters, but from energy drinks and beer, too. The following has been edited for clarity and space...


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Briefs: November 2, 2020

November 2, 2020

PEPSI CENTER BECOMES BALL ARENA. Aluminum can maker Ball has bought naming rights for the home of the Denver Nuggets professional basketball team and the Colorado Avalanche professional hockey team. The facility, formerly called...


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On-Pack Industry Recycling Message to Rollout Early 2021

Industry's ‘Every Bottle Back’ Initiative Reaches 10 Cities After Year of Work
November 2, 2020

Consistent recycling messages on PET plastic bottles distributed by competing US beverage companies is now expected to rollout by early next year, according to American Beverage Association President and CEO Katherine Lugar. The effort is part of the Every Bottle Back plastic waste reduction initiative announced one year ago by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Keurig Dr Pepper under the direction of the ABA. The voluntary on-pack language will...


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