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The e-commerce/mail order retail sector uses 7 times as many boxes per dollar spent, compared to traditional brick-and-mortar retail logistics. But even as e-commerce spending keeps rising, containerboard demand growth slowed in the first half of 2019. Should the containerboard industry prepare for a weaker “e-commerce boost” going forward?
Prepare for any contingency with the Impact of E-commerce on North American Paper Packaging Markets. This first-ever study of this timely topic provides:
Essentials about e-commerce’s impact on corrugated packaging
27 risk scenarios to help model the future of the market
E-commerce giants are working to use less corrugatedThe intensity of box usage per dollar of retail spending has increased in recent years, mostly due to the growth of e-commerce. However, this relationship – of growing online sales supporting growing box-usage intensity – is likely to deteriorate going forward.
Slowing growth, alternative packaging materials, and other threatsCurrent trends that threaten containerboard demand growth include:
The Impact of E-commerce on North American Paper Packaging Markets provides expert evaluation of these trends – backed by the most exhaustive data and analysis available from any source.
European pulp mills can use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to open a new and unexplored revenue stream, Fastmarkets analysts wrote in a new report, CCS Revenue Case for European Pulp Mills.
Fastmarkets has received market feedback that the highest tier on the table is too low, considering recent increased production capacities and market shares. The proposed change would be as follows: The price subject to this change is: FP-PLP-0033 PIX Pulp China BHKP Net You can find the current methodology for PIX Pulp China here. The original […]
Fastmarkets has received market feedback that the highest tier on the PIX Pulp China BHKP Net seller side weighting table is too low, considering recent increased production capacities and market shares. Based on this, Fastmarkets proposes to change the PIX Pulp China BHKP Net weighting table, found in a separate open consultation launched on March […]
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The Fastmarkets Forest Products Europe Conference 2026 brought together leaders from across the industry to discuss what pressures have gripped markets across the past year. Key takeaways: Interested in getting more insights like this firsthand? You can now register to attend the Fastmarkets Forest Products Latin America Conference 2026. Learn more. As recent geopolitical tension […]
Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for its European PIX Paper indices as part of its announced annual methodology review process.
Key takeaways: The indices for locally produced brown testliner and fluting showed minor drops in February. Fastmarkets calculated its monthly PIX Testliner GCC index at $462.20 per tonne on March 3, down by $0.18 per tonne (0.04%) from $462.38 on February 3. Fastmarkets calculated its PIX Fluting GCC index at $438.15 per tonne on March […]
Brazilian BEK prices remained influenced by seasonal demand patterns, currency movements and buyer inventory strategies, as early signs of the Middle East conflict impact on pulp markets emerged through logistics and cost considerations.
Effective March 5, Fastmarkets has removed the synthetic history added to European cartonboard prices and US kraft paper in October 2023, to improve the quality of the dataset.
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