We show how one can, in a unified way, calculate the Kottman and the packing constants of the Orlicz sequence space defined by an N-function, equipped with either the gauge or Orlicz norms. The values of these constants for a class of reflexive Orlicz sequence spaces are found, using a quantitative index of N-functions and some interpolation theorems. The exposition is essentially selfcontained.

Let 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ and let $w_0,w_1$ be two weights on the unit circle such that $log\left(w_0{w}_1^{-1}\right)\in BMO$. We prove that the couple $(H_p\left(w_0\right),H_p\left(w_1\right))$ of weighted Hardy spaces is a partial retract of $(L_p\left(w_0\right),L_p\left(w_1\right))$. This completes previous work of the authors. More generally, we have a similar result for finite families of weighted Hardy spaces. We include some applications to interpolation.