BOUCLÉ

BOUCLÉ Inspirations Travel in style… Discover our range of stylish and versatile vanity bags Bouclé is a highly textured fabric that has been a popular choice for garments since the 1950s. A timeless textile, that to this day is still seen in haute couture and ready-to-wear collections. The colour has been inspired by one of…

OPHIDIAN

OPHIDIAN Inspirations YEAR OF THE SNAKE … Celebrate in style with our collection of mini bags Recognising the growing trend in incorporating Chinese New Year elements into a wearable product, Hunter Luxury have created a collection of bags inspired by this culture rich tradition. These super cute space saving bags are the ideal size for…

FUTURE DISCOVERY

FUTURE DISCOVERY Inspirations DUSK TO DAWN… A collection of bags that are perfect for discovery sets and on-the-go kits. With a nod to the 2025 colour of the year – Future Dusk – Hunter Luxury has created a range of bags targeted at trial & mini sizes, travel, and brand collaborations. FEATURES Recycled content Bespoke…

ASTRO

ASTRO The ASTRO collection Heavenly Advents… Gifting that is not just for Christmas Our collection of inspirational advent concepts, perfectly demonstrates Hunter Luxury’s brand focused creativity for the ultimate gifting experience….strive for Wow! Get in touch if you’d like to discuss any of these gifting ideas, or their features. We would love to help you…

VELOUR

VELOUR The VELOUR collection Soft to the touch… A Hunter designed collection of bags inspired by the elements of Autumn. Using the vivid colours of nature, combined with the elegance of pleated velour, this beautiful collection of bags illustrates Hunter Luxury’s passion for inspired design. From winter berries and big blue skies, to morning frost…

OASIS

OASIS TIMELESS ELEGANCE A Hunter Luxury designed collection of exquisite accessories reminiscent of a romantic era. This collection demonstrates perfectly Hunter Luxury’s design and inspiration capabilities. With a nod to the golden age of decadence, beautiful finishes can be achieved by combining materials and decoration processes. Get in touch  if you’d like to discuss how to incorporate…

Repurposing our supply chains for vital PPE

In response to the urgent requirement for vital PPE to protect front-line NHS workers, Hunter have used their extensive Far East sourcing experience to procure thousands of face masks for donation into surgeries and frontline NHS centres. Hunter join the community of Private Enterprise stepping in to help the UK’s response to the Covid-19 crisis.…

The Macallan. A journey to Whisky’s spiritual Middle Earth.

2019 has been a year of ambitions achieved and perhaps the work we’ve delivered for The Macallan was the finest example. To cap off the year, we took up an invitation to The Macallan’s new distillery, taking the team to sample some raw Speyside hospitality. The Macallan’s pioneering subterranean distillery has been open for just…

The Macallan Estate wins at Luxury Packaging Awards 2019

Designed by Lineup Studios, developed and manufactured by Hunter Luxury, The Macallan Estate presentation pack has taken first place in the Luxury Drinks category at the Luxury Packaging Awards – London Grovesnor House, November 2019. The elegant packaging embraces the Estate’s character with landscape-inspired designs and a natural slate inlay, carrying recessed transcript lettering to reflect the…

Industry-first “Natural Slate” packaging for The Macallan Estate

Hunter Luxury has produced a unique presentation box for The Macallan Estate, a new single malt containing rare spirit distilled with barley grown at Easter Elchies estate. The new release uses precious home-grown barley from the legendary Speyside region, previously limited to The Macallan’s most exclusive and sought-after releases. The elegant gift box, produced by…

How Inspiration & Innovation transforms the packaging brief.

“Repetition is the death of art” Robin Green 1992 So much time, effort and insight gets invested in the consumer brand journey. The seductive brand stories we tell through digital space. The elegant and beautifully shot advertising campaign. The military-precision in optimising the media spend. Rigorous planning, reams of customer data, debate, appraisal and interrogation…

The Power of Inspiration

MD Mike Banister explains what makes Inspiration and Innovation Sessions such a compelling feature in Hunter’s creative and development process. We started Inspiration and Innovation Sessions to help our clients expand their thinking around gifting occasions. We take over a meeting space and create an immersive environment to spark discussion and ideas. We cover a range…

Thinfilm – The tipping point in smart packaging technology

Hunter Luxury Thimfilm technology in luxury packaging

We’ve seen the potential in smart luxury packaging for some time. Near Field Communication (NFC) technology when combined with packaged branded product brings unmatchable connection between brands and consumers around a ‘big data’ framework. It might well drive a revolution in packaged brands – merging the boundaries between physical product and digital marketing. ThinFilm’s NFC…

Sustainability plays major role at IPACK-IMA 2018

Hunter News from IPACK IMA 2018

Our Innovation Manager Susana Almeida enjoyed an interesting trip to IPACK-IMA 2018 in Milan last week. The IPACK-Mat halls provided a great insight into near-horizon developments for luxury brand packaging partners. This part of the show delivered a showcase for innovators in the Smart, Protective and Sustainable Packaging solutions. With sustainable packaging set to reach…

Postcards from London Fashion Week 2018

Sustainability in luxury

London Fashion Week 2018 has finished. As keen observers, we were pleasantly surprised to see sustainability featuring quite prominently above the glitz and glamour.   As a luxury packaging supplier, we are always on the look-out for the latest innovations in sustainability, and we were delighted to have come across The Sustainable Angle, the award-winning, not-for-profit behind the Future…

The secret to exceptional luxury packaging [video]

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At Hunter we deliver exceptional luxury packaging for the world’s best brands. Our decades of experience and creative skills help some of the world’s finest brands deliver ‘best in category’ consumer experiences. https://youtu.be/3Ydv62OSH3A #WeAreHunter

Luxury gift packaging: The paradox of the ‘invisible’ gift

There are two things people tend to do if they don’t feel they are being heard. They repeat themselves over and over, and/or they raise their voice. Many people hold the erroneous belief: If I yell at you, then you will hear me. Brands that struggle to be seen on the retail floor behave in…

Thinking inside the box – unboxing luxury packaging

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It is undeniable that luxury packaging creates an opportunity for social sharing and user-generated content. A Google search for the hashtag #unboxing shows 107 million results. And with almost all social channels now allowing users to upload and share their own video content, unboxing videos are no longer the exclusive domain of YouTube. Unboxing videos…

Taking a step forward to create a culture of innovation

Innovation Manager

Hunter Luxury Packaging has appointed Susana Almeida as their new Product Development & Innovation Manager.   With an eagle eye for innovative design and an ability to spot and maximise trends, Susana came to Hunter from Pangaea Laboratories where she worked as a New Business Development Manager with a focus on opening new markets for their newer brands. Prior to this,…

Case study – packaging creativity for the spirits sector

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When Hunter Luxury Packaging presented Finlandia‘s brand team with our unique bottle sleeve, they instantly fell in love. So far so good… Grab me! There was no doubt that the wrap concept gave bottles ‘grab appeal’ on the shelves, and the client was excited by the potential it had to lift sales at Christmas time. At…

Luxury spirits packaging that speaks to a younger audience

Hunter_Luxury spirits packaging for the Millennial generation

Whisky packaging has traditionally gravitated towards the staid and conservative. Many blended Scotch whisky brands are well over a century old and the logos, labels and bottle shapes associated with them are closely intertwined in the minds of their loyal, mostly middle-aged consumers. What design agency, for instance, would ever jettison the famous Johnnie Walker Striding Man,…

4 must-have features of winning e-commerce packaging

Global retail online sales have increased steadily since 2010, and 2016 was a year of all-time records, with a reported 1.4 billion people shopping online. Today China, the US and the UK together account for 68% of total global online retail turnover. In the UK, the average online consumer spent the equivalent of $4,000 online…