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Amazon.com Expands Eco-friendly, Frustration-Free Packaging Initiative

August 31, 2009 | Comments (4)

Amazon shipping boxesAmazon.com has launched the next phase of its “Frustration-Free Packaging” initiative.

Now, electronics manufacturers Kingston and Monster are on-board, offering dozens of their top-selling items in new easy-to-open, environmentally friendly packaging.

Amazon introduced Frustration-Free Packaging back in November 2008. This March, the company added innovative features on its website that allow customers to rate the packaging used by both Amazon and product manufacturers. Since then, tens of thousands of customers have provided feedback, which Amazon says it is using to improve the way products are packaged and shipped to customers.
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