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Corrugated Packaging: An Extraordinary Recycling Success Story

April 19, 2021

Corrugated packaging is an increasingly noticeable part of daily life, especially with recent, explosive growth of e-commerce and home delivery services.

Data Watch: Why Outsource Logistics and Contract Packaging

Outsourcing responsibilities allows e-retailers to focus on other activities

April 12, 2021

During this unprecedented time, e-commerce companies are struggling to keep up with the drastic increase in online orders, the unstable labor market and lack of affordable well-positioned distribution locations.

The Retail Reset: Private Label Brands

Private brand growth has surged during the pandemic. Here’s how to stay ahead.

Kristen Kazarian

December 9, 2020

Sales of private brands jumped by double digits in the first quarter of 2020 as U.S. consumers stocked up on groceries and daily essentials during the initial phase of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data from the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) and Nielsen.

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3 Ways to Prepare for a Holiday Ecommerce Surge

Ecommerce sales are expected to garner a greater share of total retail sales globally for the holiday season.

Bharani Bobba

November 2, 2020

While ecommerce had been seeing a surge prior to COVID-19, in the current and post-pandemic environment — and particularly heading into the holiday season — ecommerce sales are expected to garner a greater share of total retail sales globally.

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Finding a Partner for Ecommerce Growth

Do you have the proper management, technology, distribution and brand control in place?

Kristen Kazarian

November 1, 2020

You need more than a product, great photos and some text to sell products online. Brand owners need to make sure they are on a platform that is right for their products.

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Easing Product Safety Concerns in Today’s Climate

How brands can leverage packaging to uphold consumer expectations amid the COVID-19 crisis

Tom Egan

October 13, 2020

Amid this uncertainty, consumers are practicing new approaches to various aspects of their lives, including how they conduct visits with loved ones or how they clock in for work. In particular, COVID-19 has prompted a major shift in how people shop.

The Promise of Connected Packaging: From brand protection to consumer engagement

An unfolding revolution in digital packaging creates a trifecta of opportunity for brand owners

September 14, 2020

It is now well accepted that virtually all brands, from the utmost recognized to the newly eager, face an unprecedented onslaught of counterfeiting and gray market trading. In emerging countries, this menace is bold and audacious, with outright fakes appearing in the open marketplace. In developed countries, the problem is equally insidious due to online propagation of counterfeit products through e-commerce platforms.

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The Ecommerce Tipping Point in Packaging

A range of automated packaging equipment options enables cost-effective, speedy fulfillment even during peak periods.

Del Williams

May 6, 2020

With the rapid growth in eCommerce, online retailers that are already annually fulfilling a significant volume of orders may reach a tipping point where they must eliminate manual aspects of the packing and fulfillment process and transition to higher speed, automated packaging operations.

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Flexible Insights: Materials

Dennis Calamusa

February 11, 2020

As a longtime supplier of flexible packaging machinery, I have had the unique opportunity to work with a number of companies to help them solve their evolving packaging challenges and continue to evolve their packaging— from large companies to a growing number of entrepreneurial startups.

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Boxes Are the Backbone of E-Commerce

Rachel Kenyon

November 14, 2019

For over a century corrugated packaging has carried products around the world, delivering everything from machine parts to computers and food from point of origin to point of use.