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been abandoned by leading fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies and retailers, which remain commit- ted to achieving high recyclability across their packaging portfolio over the long term. However, given the strong emergence of the new hygiene megatrend—one likely to become a key element of the next normal in packaging— companies will have to rethink the materials and design requirements of sustainable packaging. Although sustainability has recently taken a back seat, it remains a key industry-shaping trend. E-commerce is everywhere. As a result of the stay-at-home orders in many countries, consumers have dramatically increased their digital engagement—in particular, for online grocery shopping. In the United States, online penetration in this segment has increased hugely. Some industry forecasts predict that penetration will reach 10 percent in 2020, compared with two to three percent before the crisis. This will have significant implications for packaging design. Understandably, most of today’s packaging has been op- timized for traditional brick-and-mortar requirements, not online shipments. The pandemic has brought about major channel and category shifts. In packaging’s next normal, we expect consumers to go on being price sensitive, to further accel- erate their online shopping across all categories, and to CONTINUED ON PAGE 24
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