“What are these shipping containers made of?” That is the question we at SteelSTORED are being asked frequently. That is because more and more businesses and individuals are exploring repurposing shipping containers into houses, garages, aboveground swimming pools, pop-up stores, corporate headquarters, art studios, and storage facilities. Specifically they...
Innovation in retail has become in the box – that is, in the shipping container. What has been happening is this: Together the shipping-container industry and retailers have reimagined the standard pop-up store. They have expanded that concept from the usual short-term selling space, anchored in a shopping center,...
Climate change, shippers’ demand for lower costs, repurposing, and developments in technology – those are driving innovation in shipping containers. Our industry is circling back to the inventive spirit of Malcolm McLean. Back in the 1950s, he revolutionized the transportation of goods. That was first by creating the shipping...