DS Smith launches successful ePack webshop for SMEs also in the Netherlands
It has recently become possible in the Netherlands to order 100% recyclable and plastic-free shipping packaging online via DS Smith’s successful e-commerce platform. ePack. With this new platform, companies can buy all their 100% recyclable packaging, made from renewable raw materials, online in one place. The platform has been developed to provide a flexible, fast and fast service to small and medium-sized businesses.
The packaging giant now covers the entire e-commerce sector: from the largest internet giants to the very latest startups. While the production sites focus on those web shops that need dozens of customized products, ePack focuses on supporting smaller companies that are looking for sustainable standard packaging from stock. The right packaging often improves the consumer experience and can cause costs for material, transport and damage.
The webshop helps to reduce the environmental impact of packaging in many ways. The entire range of the webshop consists of packaging that is 100% made from renewable resources. In addition, there are various alternatives available for the normally made of plastic. DS Smith employs no less than 700 designers worldwide who design sleek and sustainable packaging solutions. Among other things, these designs help webshops to calculate empty space, to reduce costs by reducing order picking and to increase the efficiency of packing machines, to reduce damage and to speed up returns.
Hiddo van de Ven, Sales, Marketing & Innovation Director Benelux at DS Smith: “The way we live and shop has changed in recent years and the demand for more sustainable e-commerce packaging remains strong. In addition to the production of corrugated cardboard mailing packaging, DS Smith has already set up various services for the larger players in e-commerce with which packaging can be tested and made cheaper. With the ePack platform, we can now also serve small and medium-sized businesses with the ability to order various products from tapes, mailbags and stuffing material to a wide range of corrugated cardboard by the dozen in one place. Thanks to our significant scale in Europe, e-retailers large and small now have access to sustainable and high-quality packaging. This way they can improve the customer experience and grow their online presence.”
In 2018, DS Smith started rolling out ePack in the United Kingdom, meanwhile the webshop was launched in the various southern European countries. In line with DS Smith’s European growth strategy, ePack has also been extensively developed in the Benelux, France and Germany.