Amazon is making a concerted effort to minimize the size and number of the boxes it's sending out to customers, and many holiday shoppers may notice that this season, according to a report from the ...

Senior manager John Sly sends a package flying in one of Amazon's many crash-test trials at its Sumner lab. Image: Christine Clarridge/Axios In a warehouse south of Seattle, Amazon spends its days ...

One of those solutions is an automated machine that builds padded boxes that are made-to-fit with each item. Products roll down a belt and onto the cardboard. Glue is rolled onto the cardboard before ...

While many retailers have historically relied on a blend of plastic and paper packaging to balance considerations like durability, weight, and size, recycling plastic packaging often necessitates ...

As Amazon faces continued calls to step up overall sustainability efforts and reduce plastic packaging, one of the company’s key packaging programs envisions fewer Amazon boxes on your doorstep. To be ...

The e-commerce giant is now offering customers the option of less or zero packaging. Customer responses have ranged from criticism to praise for the eco-friendly move. 11% of U.S. Amazon orders will ...

Amazon claims four guiding principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence and long-term thinking. Through the company’s focus ...