Impact of E-commerce on North American Paper Packaging Markets
Will paper packaging demand keep booming along with online retail growth, or will the "e-commerce boost" weaken in coming years? This study – the first of its kind available from any source – is an exhaustive analysis of how North American e-commerce shapes the corrugated packaging space.
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
- Detailed breakouts of spending by merchandise type
- Historical data showing impact on North American containerboard and corrugated box markets, broken out into retail and wholesale
- E-commerce market statistics that are most relevant for packaging
- Forecasts of e-commerce for both the US and Canada, modeling three different scenarios for the evolution of three key variables:
- Economic conditions
- E-commerce/mail order share of relevant retail spending
- Correlation of e-commerce and packaging demand
- Along with presenting three different scenarios for each of these factors, the Impact of E-commerce on North American Paper Packaging Markets supports comparative analysis among them. This enables the analysis of 27 different risk scenarios for the future of the containerboard market in North America – a powerful analytical tool that can’t be found anywhere else.
Slowing growth, alternative packaging materials, and other threatsCurrent trends that threaten containerboard demand growth include:
- Overbox reduction
- Primary packaging redesign
- On-site custom box conversion
- Corrugated alternatives such as plastic mailers
- Retail store fulfillment
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