Do you know how to prepare your packaging for the grocery side of e-commerce? This Q&A, with Tetra Pak's Alexandre de Souza Carvalho, will answer this question and more for food and beverage manufacturers, producers and retailers.

Amazon Prime Day kicks off today at 3:00 p.m. ET and is one of the biggest e-commerce days of the year, with sales growing over 60 percent year-over-year since 2016. Prime Day features deep discounts for Amazon Prime members and will generate sales to rival those of the holiday season. Kuebix, creator of a transportation management system that delivers true freight intelligence, takes a look at the impact the event will have on the supply chain.

Have you been bitten by the ecommerce bug?

The global e-pharma market is expected to reach U.S. $109.2 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research Inc. The market is primarily driven by constant increase in the number of internet users, improved access to web-based & online services, and rapid increase in aging population who find it difficult to visit pharmacies. 

In the food and beverage market, interesting packaging designs, shapes and materials may catch the eye of shoppers perusing the shelves, but it’s not the sole element driving purchasing decisions.

Shorr Packaging recently surveyed American consumers regarding packaging theft in order to understand who’s being affected by package theft, what cautionary methods Americans are taking to avoid their online shipments from getting taken and to see how consumers believe online retailers can keep their packages safe.

A Q&A with Michael Kuebler, technical director at Smithers Pira.

At PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference in Miami mid-March, I got to hear from David Strauss, Nestlé USA’s head of packaging. He discussed some of the current trends impacting consumer packaging and the machines that create them.