Shoe packaging systems and methods

A method comprising:

• positioning a garment within a garment receptacle, the garment receptacle having a base and a roof;
• and
• inserting, within the garment receptacle over at least a portion of the garment, a shoe box comprising:
• a base panel;
• a roof panel opposite and spaced from the base panel;
• at least one rear panel coupled to the base panel and the roof panel;
• at least one front panel coupled to the base panel and the roof panel, wherein the at least one front panel is opposite and spaced from the at least one rear panel, the base panel, and the roof panel, and wherein the at least one rear panel and the at least one front panel form a tubular cavity for receiving at least one shoe therein;
• and
• left and right side support structures configured to assist in spacing the base panel from the base of the garment receptacle by a first distance, and configured to assist in spacing the roof panel from the roof of the garment receptacle by a second distance, when the shoe box is inserted into the garment receptacle.

A box comprising:

• a base panel;
• a roof panel opposite and spaced from the base panel;
• at least one rear panel coupled to the base panel and the roof panel;
• at least one front panel coupled to the base panel and the roof panel, wherein the at least one front panel is opposite and spaced from the at least one rear panel, the base panel, and the roof panel, and wherein the at least one rear panel and the at least one front panel form a tubular cavity for receiving at least one shoe therein;
• means for spacing the base panel from a base of a garment receptacle by a first distance;
• and
• means for spacing the roof panel from a roof of the garment receptacle by a second distance, when the box is inserted into the garment receptacle.