Do you need to consider the boom in e-commerce when it comes to your current packaging designs? Here is the latest on how digital is influencing packaging aesthetics.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has received eight awards at the WorldStar Packaging Awards. All of the winning products have robust sustainability credentials.

General Mills is hoping pet food will help it fight lagging cereal and snack sales. The company said that it plans to double distribution of Blue Buffalo pet food items in the food, drug and mass market channel, including grocery, drug stores and big box retailers.

Subscription packaging has boomed in 2018, and it’s not just in cosmetics and male grooming products, pet food has also seen a major uplift in popularity. 

Mars, the global food conglomerate behind pet food brands such as Whiskas, Cesar and Pedigree, has just announced a new partnership with Terracycle to enable pet food packaging to be recycled.

MERA Tiernahrung GmbH, a private-label pet food company, turned to Mondi for new dog food packaging. The supplier's new, paper-based line of dog food packaging is from its FlexziBox concept.

After conducting an industry leading package theft report last year, Shorr Packaging has released a 2018 report on package theft that is focused on Amazon package theft in cities across the United States. Last year, the company found that over 31 percent of all Americans had experienced package theft and it's expected to increase. In its latest report, Shorr analyzed Google search trends in the 50 largest cities across the U.S. to see where package theft is most concentrated. 

Amcor has appointed Eric Roegner as president of Amcor Rigid Plastics. He will succeed Mike Schmitt in the role in mid-November.