The global e-commerce packaging marketing is projected to see a compound annual growth rate of 11.3% through 2023, cites The Freedonia Group. Apparel and accessories alone took 18% of the market in 2018. Key trends in e-commerce include growth in products needing high-value packaging, expansion of online order fulfillment infrastructure in less developed geographic markets; and right-sizing of boxes that reduce protective packaging needs.
Westrock’s BoxSizer, for example, is an automated packaging machine that works well for online retailer packaging. The automated machine is the only one on the market that can right-size multiple preloaded box footprints arriving at random to the infeed, reducing costs around labor, void fill and shipping — without the need for changeover.