The Evolution of New Packaging Roles 1. How the Industrial Revolution affected packaging The evolution of selling and informing as vital packaging roles - Bulk packaging was the rule, with the barrel being the workhorse of the packaging industry. - Flour, apples, biscuits, molasses, gunpowder, whiskey, nails and whale oil transported in barrels. - Packaging served primarily to contain and protect. - Individual packaging being of little importance until the Industrial Revolution spurred the growth of cities. 2.The first packaged retail products - Medicines, cosmetics, teas, liquors and other expensive products; “a paper of pins”.The Evolution of New Packaging Roles 1. How the Industrial Revolution affected packaging The evolution of selling and informing as vital packaging roles - Bulk packaging was the rule, with the barrel being the workhorse of the packaging industry. - Flour, apples, biscuits, molasses, gunpowder, whiskey, nails and whale oil transported in barrels. - Packaging served primarily to contain and protect. - Individual packaging being of little importance until the Industrial Revolution spurred the growth of cities. 2.The first packaged retail products - Medicines, cosmetics, teas, liquors and other expensive products; “a paper of pins