E-commerce
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
Dedicated Industry Forums at Packaging Innovations
Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print 2019 will host six dedicated industry forums - drinks, food, pharma, beauty, ecommerce and retail – when the show returns to Birmingham’s NEC. Read more
#unboxingEurope Experience Coming Soon - Engage to Win an Exclusive Corrugated Artwork
As well as talking about innovation at Packaging Europe, we like to practise it. That’s why we have partnered with HP to create digitally printed, localised packaging for our own magazine for thousands of subscribers across Europe Read more
Challenges and Opportunities for Fresh Produce Packaging
FRUIT LOGISTICA covers every sector of the fresh produce business and aims to provide a complete picture of the latest innovations, products and services at every link in the international supply chain. Read more
Report Reveals Rise in Demand for Corrugated
Demand for corrugated in Europe is set to continue growing, but it is unlikely to grab a large share of the plastic packaging market without a highly focussed effort, according to a new report into the state of the packaging sector. Read more
#unboxingeurope Experience Coming Soon to Packaging Europe Subscribers
A new unboxing experience is coming soon to Europe! Packaging Europe will soon be engaging the region as never seen before thanks to a versioned packaging experiment conducted in collaboration with HP Read more
2018 Retrospective
Libby White looks back on some of the defining innovations of the year, whose significance is gauged not just in terms of market impact, but also in the way they are emblematic of two megatrends that have dominated the year in packaging. Read more
LivingPackets: A Smart Pack for e-commerce
LivingPackets, a next-generation packaging solutions start-up, has launched "LivingPackets THE BOX," a revolutionary, sustainable and trackable shipping box which generates almost zero packaging waste. Read more
FachPack 2018 Last Look
Elisabeth Skoda picks out some of the highlights of this year’s most important European packaging expo – Nürnberg’s FachPack. Read more
Packaging Connections Black Friday 23/11/2018
As Black Friday merges into Cyber Monday we focus on Amazon's and Procter and Gamble's Tide brand's efforts to optimise packaging functionality and minimise waste for the e-commerce channel Read more
"We have all the opportunities in the world"
Digital transformation is inevitable. Industry, economy and society are already there. How can companies face these changes and get the most value out of it? Johannes Stemmer, Director Digital Transformation at BEUMER Group, offers his thoughts. Read more
Turning the Tide: The Eco-Box eCommerce Rethink
P&G has introduced a new bag-in-box for North American e-commerce channels to ship Liquid Tide laundry detergent with greatly increased efficiency. Tim Sykes spoke to some of the creators of the new format. Read more