Shipping Boxes Consumer Insights

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Shipping Boxes Overview

• Corrugated Shipping Boxes
• Factors Affecting Corrugated Shipping Box Sales
• Industry Composition
• Market Share
• Sustainability
  • Recycling & Recycled Content
  • Compostability
  • Renewable Resource & Forest Management

3. E-Commerce Overview

• E-Commerce Sales Outlook
  • Right-Sizing & Shipping Container Optimization
  • E-Commerce Ready Packaging
• Annual Parcels/Packages Shipped
  • Leading Shipping Companies
  • Shipping Containers

4. COVID-19 Trends

• Most Still Consider the Pandemic a Health Threat
• COVID-19 Variant Concerns
• Changes to Shopping Habits Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

5. Online Shopping & Packaging Insights

• Online Shopping Habits
• What Consumers Are Ordering Via E-Commerce
• Prevalence of Boxes in E-Commerce Home Deliveries
• Ordering Items That Need to Be Kept Cool
• Views on Safety of Packaging for Online Orders
• Attitudes Toward the Unboxing Experience

6. Recycling & Sustainability Insights

• Recycling Awareness & Attitudes Toward Sustainability
• Consumer Attitudes on Recycling & Sustainability
  • Attitudes by Gender
  • Attitudes by Age Group

7. More Detailed Packaging Industry Coverage Available

List of Tables

3. E-Commerce Overview

• Table 3-1. E-Commerce Sales by Product Category, 2011, 2016, 2021, & 2026 (billion dollars)
• Table 3-2. Annual E-Commerce Sales by Product Category, 2018 - 2025 (billion dollars)
• Table 3-3. Annual Packages Shipped by Shipper, 2018 - 2021 (million packages)
• Table 3-4. Packages Shipped by Shipping Container, 2011, 2016, 2021, & 2026 (million packages & million dollars)
• Table 3-5. Annual Packages Shipped by Shipping Container, 2018 - 2025 (million packages)

4. COVID-19 Trends

• Table 4-1. Coronavirus Health Concerns: I am concerned about the..., 2020 - 2022 (% of consumers)
• Table 4-2. Changes to Shopping Habits Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 (% respondents)

5. Online Shopping & Packaging Insights

• Table 5-1. Do You Shop Online For Home Delivery? Online Shopping Habits by Age Group, 2021 (% respondents)
• Table 5-2 Do You Shop Online For Home Delivery? Online Shopping Habits by Rural vs. Urban Setting, 2021 (% respondents)
• Table 5-3. Do You Shop Online For Home Delivery? Online Shopping Habits by Household Income Bracket, 2021 (% respondents)
• Table 5-4. What do you shop for online? Online Shopping Habits by Age Group, 2022 (% respondents who shopped online in the last 12 months)
• Table 5-5. What do you shop for online? Online Shopping Habits by Rural vs. Urban Setting, 2022 (% respondents who shopped online in the last 12 months)
• Table 5-6. What do you shop for online? Online Shopping Habits by Household Income Bracket, 2022 (% respondents who shopped online in the last 12 months)
• Table 5-7. What Share of Your Online Purchases Would You Estimate Arrive in Boxes, Instead of Paper or Plastic Mailers? by Age Group, 2021 (% respondents who shop online for home delivery)
• Table 5-8. What Share of Your Online Purchases Would You Estimate Arrive in Boxes, Instead of Paper or Plastic Mailers? by Rural vs. Urban Setting, 2021 (% respondents who shop online for home delivery)
• Table 5-9. What Share of Your Online Purchases Would You Estimate Arrive in Boxes, Instead of Paper or Plastic Mailers? by Household Income Bracket, 2021 (% respondents who shop online for home delivery)

6. Recycling & Sustainability Insights

• Table 6-1. Recycling Awareness & Attitudes Toward Sustainability, 2022 (% respondents who shopped online in the last 12 months)
• Table 6-2. Consumer Attitudes on Recycling & Sustainability by Gender, 2022 (% respondents)
• Table 6-3. Consumer Attitudes on Recycling & Sustainability by Age Group, 2022 (% respondents)

7. More Detailed Packaging Industry Coverage Available

List of Figures

4. COVID-19 Trends

• Figure 4-1. Concerns about the Delta/Omicron Variant and Future Variants of COVID-19, 2021 - 2022 (% of consumers)

5. Online Shopping & Packaging Insights

• Figure 5-1. I frequently receive e-commerce shipments of things that need to be kept cool by Gender, Age Group, Income Bracket, & Rural vs. Urban Setting, 2021 (% of respondents)
• Figure 5-2. Boxes keep my e-commerce shipments safer than mailers/envelopes/bags. by Gender, Age Group, Income Bracket, & Rural vs. Urban Setting, 2021 (% of respondents)
• Figure 5-3. A positive 'unboxing' experience (easy opening, attractive packaging) makes me more likely to buy again from the same online company by Gender, Age Group, Income Bracket, & Rural vs. Urban Setting, 2021 (% of respondents)

7. More Detailed Packaging Industry Coverage Available