COVID-19 IMPACT ON E-COMMERCE PACKAGING IN THE MATERIALS AND PACKAGING INDUSTRY
In the e-commerce packaging industry, each dealer has predicted the crises that will occur due to the pandemic situations that COVID-19 is creating globally in the e-commerce packaging market, but COVID-19 has the mixed pattern situation in developing countries for the ecommerce packaging companies. The jumbled situation can be investigated as we can see there has been a dramatic rise in demand for medication, packaging food, raw food and other important products. At the same time , demand for other commodities not used on a more regular basis has dropped as a result of lock-ups in the different regions. The effect of COVID-19 on the product ranges sold by manufacturers / dealers, the effect of COVID-19 on the ecommerce packaging firms can be seen. For instance,
More than 40% of the selling of plastic boxes is attributed to the packaging and transfer of items from one location to another as demand for grooming products, medicines and medical devices has been increased in COVID-19
Specific forms of packaging such as plastics and paper & paperboard are often commonly used to bundle e-commerce orders that raise e-commerce packaging demand. There is also the growing competition for packaging of grocery products and other consumer goods such as foods, eggs, cheese and frozen meals and vegetables
Reduced e-commerce order demand as a result of stay-at-home rules has shut down the production of products that are not deemed necessary, such as clothing and footwear, household and appliances, and electrical objects Throughout the e-commerce packaging industry, cardboard boxes are progressively favoured because they give shipping goods security. The combination of rigidity and cushioning qualities makes them solid during transportation and movement to bring effect.
