Growing Cross-Border E-Commerce Sales Drives the Growth of the Global E-Commerce Packaging Market

Published: Aug 2019

Global e-commerce packaging market has significant growth attributed to the growing e-commerce industry across the globe. The packaging is basically done for the protection, information transmission, and security of products. E-commerce packaging consists of three steps that include primary packaging, secondary packaging, and shipping/third packaging. E-commerce is an area that has grown considerably in recent years and continues to grow at a rapid pace. The forces behind e-commercialization are complex and driven by both market and consumer demands. The most significant driving forces are globalization, the increase in tech-savvy consumers, improved technology, and the company’s investment in online divisions such as consumer electronics, fashion, and lifestyle products.

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An increasing number of consumers expect a seamless shopping experience that enables them to interact with brands and retailers anytime, anywhere. As a result, there are greater opportunities for online shopping than ever before which creates significant opportunities for the e-commerce packaging market. Various e-commerce businesses are now shifting to towards environment-friendly corrugated packaging rather than using plastic packages. The key reason for the enhancement packaging services is to make sure that the product is transported to the customer in the best condition, at the same time, with proper labeling to promote the brand.

Since e-commerce typically involves direct-to-consumer delivery, packaging must perform a variety of critical jobs related to maintaining the expected value and functionality of the products. The retailers need to meet certain key criteria for e-commerce delivery such as protect the product from damage, prevent theft, design recyclable packaging, avoid excessive packaging, and design convenient and safe to handle packaging. Due to these factors, the e-commerce packaging industry is growing at a significant pace. Packaging solution providers are constantly looking for new ways to reduce the environmental impact such as rain, earthquakes, or ant natural disaster on the packaging.

Growing internet penetration and increasing internet access in the developing economies across the globe have created huge potential market opportunities for e-commerce and packaging providers. Rising environmental awareness among customers and growing attention for effective packaging designs have pushed vendors in the market to create sustainable and innovative packaging products. The major companies of e-commerce packaging market include Crown Holdings, Inc., Amcor Ltd., International Paper Co., DS Smith PLC., Mondi Group PLC., Smurfit Kappa Group, Lumi, Inc, Fencor Packaging Group Ltd., and Sealed Air Corp.

Current Market Trends Covered in the Market Report:

·         Radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology boost labeling and packaging.

·         Growing cross-border e-commerce sales.

·         Packaging solution providers are proposing robust packaging solutions that can bear the damages during logistics and handling.

·         E-commerce companies are collaborating for their distribution and launches of products, resulting in the growing demand for e-commerce packaging.

Global E-commerce Packaging Market - Segmentation

By Material Type

·         Plastics

·         Corrugated Board

·         Glass

·         Others

By Application

·         Electronic Products

·         Food and Beverages

·         Pharmaceutical Products

·         Personal Care Products

·         Others

Global E-commerce Packaging Market – Segment by Region

North America

·         US

·         Canada

Europe

·         Germany

·         UK

·         France

·         Spain

·         Italy

·         Rest of Europe

Asia-Pacific   

·         China

·         Japan

·         India

·         Rest of Asia-Pacific

Rest of the World

·         Middle East & Africa

·         Latin America