E-commerce/D2C packaging

Annual Outlook Report: E-commerce

What's in store for CPGs in 2025 and beyond? Packaging World editors explore the survey responses from 118 brand owners, CPG, and FMCG Packaging World readers.

April 16, 2025

Trends: Page 14

Digital Transformation

Annual Outlook Report: Digitalization

What's in store for CPGs in 2025 and beyond? Packaging World editors explore the survey responses from 96 brand owners, CPG, and FMCG Packaging World readers.

April 16, 2025

Contract Packaging

Annual Outlook Report: Contract Packaging

Packaging World's inaugural Annual Outlook report takes aim to benchmark changes and trends as the packaging landscape evolves.

April 16, 2025

E-commerce/D2C packaging

After the Gold Rush, E-Comm Packaging Gets Complex, Sophisticated

Survey respondents who sell via e-comm focus on what they can control, citing packaging’s sustainability, robustness, and appearance as top considerations. But complex carrier/seller platforms and their associated costs continue to bother brands owners.

April 16, 2025

Package Design

Futurist's Column: Holistic Design is No Longer Optional

Driven by a growing population of consumers with disabilities and a general demand for user-friendly products, packaging accessibility and ease-of-use will soon be essential for CPGs' competitive survival.

April 15, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Shop Beer Co.'s Shrink Sleeve Labeling

In a saturated market, how can craft brewers stand out? The Shop Beer Co. utilizes an in-house shrink sleeve labeling operation and a new canning line to increase efficiency.

April 15, 2025

Digital Transformation

Is Manufacturing Next for CPG Digital Transformations?

Most CPGs' digital transformation began on the business side, with supply chain optimization, demand planning, and streamlining trade. Now, digitalization is happening in manufacturing, where processing and packaging primed for digital leaps forward.

April 14, 2025

Workforce

Specright Appoints Mike Boese CEO; Founder Matthew Wright Transitions to Executive Chairman

Specright

Leadership changes address surge in Specification Data Management platform demand and utilization and prepare Specright for the next stage of growth.

April 9, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: How2Recycle's New Guidelines

How can recycling be simplified for the consumer? How2Recycle released its semi-annual Guidelines for Use, a guidance document instructing the program’s more than 800 members on proper use of North America’s most recognizable on-pack disposal instruction.

April 8, 2025

Package Design

Video: FDA Front-of-Pack Nutrition Label Timeline Explained

Eric Greenberg, a Chicago-based attorney with expertise in FDA regulatory compliance, shares his thoughts on the drawn-out timeline for the FDA's front-of-pack nutrition label proposal from January 2025.

April 5, 2025

PMMI News

PMMI Foundation Joins Forces with FIRST as an Alliance Partner to Advance STEM Education

Partnership leverages contributions through the PMMI U Skills Fund to support STEM education and robotics competitions, supporting the future manufacturing workforce.

April 2, 2025

Workforce

FPA Announces 2025 Board of Directors

Flexible Packaging Association

The Flexible Packaging Association welcomes new members, including Russell Grissett of Sonoco Flexible Packaging as Chair, to guide the FPA through its 75th anniversary.

April 1, 2025

PMMI News

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2025: The Premier Packaging & Processing Event Returns — Registration Now Open!

Join 35,000 industry professionals from 40+ markets to explore cutting-edge innovations, network with leaders, and gain exclusive industry insights—all in one place.

March 31, 2025