Steven Charles Hunt President, ShipMate, Inc. Club Store Packaging for Aerosols “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” —Jack London Club store packaging has many advantages over conventional retail packaging. Many club stores (a large retailer that usually sells a wide variety of merchandise, in which customers are required to buy large, wholesale quantities) require that certain items be “pallet display-ready” or “floor display-ready.” These club stores have created “club pack” packaging requirements, designed to attract the spontaneous shopper, while making displays easier for the club store to manage. Club packs use less material, require less handling by employees (thereby reducing the potential for injuries and lowering labor costs) and are environmentally advantageous. 24 Spray September 2014 Club stores identify packaging features they believe to be important and then create requirements for their stores. Some club stores want the 40" dimension of the pallet to face the customer, while others may want a 48" side of a pallet to be the selling face. In some cases, club stores may indicate that the consumer be able to access the goods from two, three or even four sides of the pallet or floor display. While there are not as many hazardous materials available in club pack displays as food items and other non-hazardous goods, there is increasing demand by some club stores to provide “club packs” of beauty supplies, home improvement products and other seasonal items that are classified as dangerous goods. While there are very specific advantages in the ability to provide these types of products in display-ready formats for club stores and big-box retailers, there are also some limitations that you must be aware of. The regulatory requirements of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, subchapter C apply to beauty supplies, home improvement products, cleaning chemicals and even certain foodstuffs that meet the definition of a hazardous material. Packaging Limitations Aerosol consumer products may be entitled to some regulatory relief if they are packaged as Limited Quantities (LTD QTY) or classified and described as Consumer Commodities, Other Regulated Material (ORM-D). Flammable and non-flammable aerosols may be reclassed as LTD QTY or ORM-D if they are limited to no more than 1000mL (33.8 fl. oz) and packed in strong outer packaging not exceeding 30kg (66 lbs) per case. Inside a club store from here to there: topics in transportation
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