Packaging

American packaging trends are quickly evolving and pushing designers in multiple industries to innovate. Growing desire for convenience is one trend that is seen across various packaging industries as consumers are finding they need products that fit...

Amid the unfavourable economic climate in the country in 2018, lower-income consumers attempted to tighten their budgets for many products, ranging from food, beverages and even personal care and home care. They aimed to consume smaller amounts of ...

Busy lifestyles ensure the prevalence of eating and drinking on the go, and smaller pack sizes lend themselves to this trend. This was partly a reaction to the rising trend for convenient shopping, but also a result of “shrinkflation”, whereby pack ...

The general drivers in all categories at the end of the review period were about: Finding environmentally-friendly packaging solutions and reducing wastage; promoting easy and convenient use, and easy storage and transportation; satisfying demand for...

Canadian packaging trends continue to be dominated by greater demand for products that could be used for multiple consumption occasions and that also fit widespread concerns about recycling and sustainability. In packaged food, beauty and personal ...

As households change, different packaging sizes are necessary to meet the different needs of consumers. While larger pack sizes were introduced to cater to traditional, large families, smaller, often single-person households want packaging that does ...

As in previous years of the review period, growing concerns over the impact of packaging waste on the environment and the rising need for convenience among consumers had the biggest impact on the industry overall during 2018. With consumers moving ...

Amid ongoing economic uncertainty, consumers continue to try to make the most of their low real incomes, favouring value-added fast-moving consumer goods. However, these categories are not able to compensate for the fall in other categories with ...

The economic uncertainty prevails in Mexico due mainly to international political events and rising inflation. In many consumer goods markets, packaging was reduced mostly in terms of size (particularly in food and beverages) in order to cope with ...

The increasingly diverse product ranges on offer across numerous consumer goods industries have resulted in consumer buying habits becoming even more complex. In order to remain relevant in the minds of consumers, many companies and brands are now ...

Lower purchasing power experienced by the majority of Russian consumers resulted in increasing demand for packaging sizes and formats that offered a cost saving across fast-moving consumer goods categories during 2018. On-the-go consumption of hot ...

Consumers continue to look for smaller packaging within many categories partly due to the demand for convenient, on-the-go products to suit their busy lifestyles. This downsizing also related to the ongoing desire to try out and to travel with beauty...

Given the increasingly busy lifestyles of Hong Kongers, convenience and ease of usage are important factors when choosing consumer products. Therefore, packaging designed to improve ease of use and promote greater convenience appeals to domestic ...

Changing consumer lifestyles and government efforts to diversify the economy and create jobs for locals are influencing the development of packaging in Saudi Arabia. The end of the review period saw Saudi Arabia suffer an economic slowdown as a ...

The economic slowdown in the United Arab Emirates led to a slowdown in packaging categories including food, beauty and personal care, soft drinks and home care. This forced companies to seek alternative ways to drive sales such as offering larger ...

The performance of packaging is attributable to impressive economic growth. The advance of the economy resulted in increased consumer confidence, with better than expected incomes, which resulted in a strong positive impact on consumption as a whole....

Packaged consumer goods in China are being shaped by shifting market conditions as well as changes in consumer demand and behaviour. Within beverages, new technologies and subcultural elements are widely used on labels, making the products more ...

With an improving economy, Spanish consumers have started to show a growing interest in convenient smaller-sized packaging as well as added value options, with some areas also introducing premium packaging to help drive interest. The shift to smaller...

From home care and beauty and personal care, to hot and cold beverages; consumers need convenience and affordability with the environment in mind. The Singapore government has plans to introduce a mandatory reporting framework on packaging that will ...

Poles are living increasingly hectic lives, and regularly consume on the go. Because of this, the demand for small and handy sized portions of food and bottles of liquids is very high. Polish households are also much smaller than they used to be and ...