We’re delighted to announce that our very own Neil Osment has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Sheet Plant Association (SPA), replacing Raj Bhardwaj as Supplier Representative on the Committee.
NOA-PRISM will soon be publishing a ground-breaking report detailing the impact of the internet and New Generation Retailing on the corrugated industry.
VanMoof is a Dutch bicycle company with locations around the world. In a bid to increase their online ecommerce sales, VanMoof realised that they needed to reduce the number of damages during deliveries. So, instead of featuring a picture of a bike on the side of their corrugated cardboard boxes, they came up with the ingenious idea of featuring an image of a flatscreen TV – in the hope that couriers would take a little more care in handling their goods.
Simon and myself had the privilege of attending the most recent FEFCO Conference in Berlin. We came away inspired by several speakers and with some great quotes ringing in our ears. We thought you might like to have our “take” on what was being said at the Conference. Three themes featured overall – (1) Retail is seeing change like never before, (2) Internet retail is a game changer and (3) Corrugated has a huge opportunity now to stake it’s place in the future of retail.
