All E-commerce articles – Page 2
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ArticleThe cost of e-commerce returns for retailers
When so many retailers offer free returns, people can easily be lulled into thinking there’s no cost attached. Research suggests that returns cost UK retailers £60 billion annually, on top of the the environmental impacts of transit and re-selling or disposing of items. DPack offers potential solutions for retailers facing these challenges.
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The importance of designing smart technology into fashion’s sustainable packaging goals
As fashion and retail brands commit to sustainable packaging targets, Debbie Shakespeare, senior director of sustainability compliance and core product line management at Avery Dennison RBIS, explains how incorporating smart technology across the supply chain will be essential to meeting these goals.
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What do past trends tell us about the future of the packaging industry?
Based on the last 20 years of development in consumer demand, global policy, and corporate action, McKinsey reports that sustainability and digitalisation are the main megatrends that will provide both challenges and opportunities for the future of the packaging industry, with leaders needing to take action now to be resilient to change.
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Antalis Packaging’s ‘recyclable’ shipping carton utilises honeycomb protective design
Antalis Packaging has created what it says is an easy-to-recycle alternative to wooden shipping crates, offering a honeycomb cell design for enhanced protection for a company that requested sustainable crates for the transportation of heavy, fragile goods overseas.
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What can we expect from supply chain digitalisation in 2022?
Josephine Coombe, Managing Director of Nulogy in Europe, discusses expectations for digitalisation in 2022, and the role it will play in tackling supply chain challenges for contract packers, manufacturers, and brands alike.
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The packaging stories and trends to follow in 2022
From the trends in e-commerce and reusable packaging to the events that will shape the sustainability agenda for packaging, we highlight some of the key issues facing the industry today.
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Smurfit Kappa develops recyclable insulation for recipe delivery box
Smurfit Kappa has collaborated with the UK recipe box company, Mindful Chef, on recyclable corrugated cardboard insulation packs that reportedly offer a 30% lower carbon footprint than the previous insulation solution. Mindful Chef says it has seen a significant increase in demand for its home-delivered recipe boxes, ...
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The effect of e-commerce growth on packaging trends
The e-commerce channel continues to grow in importance globally. In this article, Sarah Jin and Yang Li, application development team leads at ExxonMobil, unpack the effects of this growth on packaging trends. Increased adoption is driven by behavior shifts due to the pandemic, burgeoning on-line access ...
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A look at innovative packaging solutions in the e-commerce space
Beatriz Gonçalves, materials engineer and coauthor of the Intelligence Brief, discusses the importance of packaging innovations that can enhance supply chain issues, branding, and sustainability goals.
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What can we expect from packaging design in 2022?
Pentawards has released a report identifying the key trends that could influence packaging design in 2022, with topics ranging from storytelling to sustainability to social justice.
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Sustainability Perspectives: Mondi gives eCommerce insights
Daniela Dorner, Group eCommerce Director, Mondi Group sits down with Libby Munford, Editor, Packaging Europe to discuss how eCommerce is here to stay - but it must be sustainable. How can packaging be part of the solution?
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‘We need more innovation’: Just Eat unpacks its sustainability strategy
How does one of the leading players in the food delivery market, Just Eat, hope to cope with a multitude of sustainability and functionality concerns?
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Mondi opens ISTA-certified lab for safer packaging in transit
Mondi Bupak announces the opening of its new laboratory in the Czech Republic, one of the company’s flagship plants in Central Europe for the development of durable and sustainable corrugated e-commerce packaging solutions.
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Over 21 million items could be delivered broken during Black Friday sales period
According to research by DS Smith, 41% of people expect to receive up to six faulty or damaged items – partially due to poor packaging – following the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, representing a total cost of at least £739 million.
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Amazon Germany to reduce SUP in outer packaging
Amazon is aiming to stop using single-use plastics (SUP) for its outer packaging by the end of 2021 in Germany.
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Creating more from less: An introduction to tactical packaging
In today’s digital-first world, how can brands maximise the commercial value of their packaging? It’s all about creating meaningful ways to interact with customers without a physical presence, argues Matt Ward.
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The dark side of subscription beauty and how eco-conscious brands are re-writing the rulebook
What are the environmental costs of the subscription box market? Rich Quelch, global head of marketing at Lifestyle Packaging, tells us more.
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Sparck Technologies unveils automated fit-to-size packaging systems
Sparck Technologies, which is the new name for Packaging by Quadient, says its CVP Everest and CVP Impack automated fit-to-size packaging systems eliminate the need for void fill while boosting efficiency across e-commerce applications.
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Primary packaging innovation for e-commerce
Elisabeth Skoda looks at just a small selection of notable developments of primary packaging geared towards e-commerce.
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Smurfit Kappa expands e-commerce solutions with new health and beauty portfolio
Smurfit Kappa is set to release a range of circular packaging solutions for the online health and beauty market, a rapidly growing segment of e-commerce valued at €17.6 billion in 2020.
