E-commerce
One step ahead - join us at the PACKAGING MASTERCLASS
Packaging Europe is delighted to announce it is supporting an innovative new education concept created by BOBST: a PACKAGING MASTERCLASS giving brand owners hands-on immersion in packaging technology trends and developments. Read more
Cepac unveils its new e-commerce range
Cepac, a UK provider of corrugated packaging, has unveiled a new range of adaptable packaging solutions for the ecommerce market. Read more
World anti-counterfeiting Packaging Market to top $4.0 Billion in 2024 According to Smithers Pira
The global market for brand protection, anti-counterfeiting and security packaging components is forecast to grow during the period 2019–24 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4% to $4.0 billion. Read more
On the Need for a Fundamental E-Think
Smurfit Kappa’s Gérard van den Boogaard discusses the mind-boggling array of variables presented by e-commerce, overturning almost all of the suppositions that have served logistics and tertiary packaging well until now. Read more
Scanning the new retail landscape
It’s no big news to say that the way we consume is changing. And, ever mindful of consumer demands, retailers and brand owners are evolving to cater to these new habits. Victoria Hattersley reports. Read more
E-Pack Europe: The challenges and opportunities of e-commerce
How can e-commerce consumer trends boost the adoption of smart and intelligent packaging? How can we make sustainability the core of packaging design? What are the implications for packaging in an omnichannel world? Read more
HP Indigo flexible packaging webinar
Look around you, plastics is the new enemy. Brands, retailers and consumers are demanding we change the way we pack today. Waste reduction, recyclability and composability are turning from buzzwords to business fundamentals. Read more
Smurfit Kappa launches premium DigiStar® paper
Smurfit Kappa has launched an innovative new range of premium papers that are suitable for both digital and flexographic printers. Read more
Unboxing experience startup secures funding
Packhelp, a Warsaw-based startup that allows users to design and order their own custom-branded packaging, has raised $10 million in one of the largest Series A rounds in the CEE region. Read more
Recycle or Reuse? Will Loop Redefine the Circular Economy?
Last year saw great strides in the construction of a circular economy in plastics, mapping out how to marry design for recycling with a viable market for PCR. But some suggest that even universal recycling of plastics would be no panacea. Read more
Carrefour: the Retail Giant Acting like a Start-Up on Sustainability
Sustainability director Bertrand Swiderski tells Tim Sykes about Carrefour’s strategy for cutting carbon, food waste and plastics, as well as the role it is playing the launch of the Loop online shopping concept. Read more
Smurfit Kappa's Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge 2019
The impact of plastic waste on the environment is a global challenge, and it requires a global response. Read more
Smurfit Kappa Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge 2019
The Better Planet Packaging Initiative aims to reimagine and redefine the future of sustainable packaging. As the first of many initiatives, Smurfit Kappa is launching two design challenges, open to designers, engineers, inventors & creative thinkers Read more
Don't let branding undermine your eCommerce capabilities
As the eCommerce sector becomes more crowded and accessible for merchants of all sizes, what can make you stand out? Packaging and eCommerce specialist, Gary Spencer of Packaging Shack, explains all. Read more
What Does 2019 Mean for Food & Bev?
Our writers share their predictions for the trends that will define the coming year in food and drink packaging. Read more
Five e-commerce best practices revealed
Uma Kannappan, Global Product Director, e-Content, at SGK, discusses how optimised digital shelf content can drive a better consumer experience. Read more
The Strategic Role of Packaging in Perishable Food Ecommerce
Fresh food internet sales are growing all over the world, in part as a result of newly available technologies, but also as a new digital generation of consumers enter the market. Read more
Illuminating the European Packaging Outlook
Packaging Europe and Smithers Pira are unveiling the product of an exciting new collaboration: a co-branded report produced by Smithers Pira’s experts according to a brief tailored to the needs and preoccupations Packaging Europe’s readership Read more
New Smart Label Solution for E-commerce
UPM Raflatac has successfully completed the first pilot of its new smart label solution, RafMore for e-commerce. Read more
Prep-Free, Leak-Free
Rieke made a significant statement for the e-commerce channel in Q4 2018 with the launch of a new portfolio of non-leak trigger and pump dispenser solutions. Tim Sykes visited the company’s Leicester, UK, R&D centre to find out what is driving Rieke’ Read more
