DS Smith Launches e-commerce platform into Europe

Along with our existing UK e-commerce platform, we are proud to announce an expansion of our digital operations, launching ePack offering in Spain and Italy.

Our digital investment aims to capitalise on the forecasted 57% growth in EU e-commerce by 2025[1], with Covid-19 accelerating the switch to online shopping across the continent.

ePack offers 100% eco-friendly packaging to support e-retailers build on a transformational past year in e-commerce and boost growth in sectors like apparel and online groceries – with the latter seeing growth from 9% to 63% of EU consumers shopping online in 2020[2]. The web-shop will offer plastic-free alternatives such as paper mailing bags or fully recyclable insulated fibre-based boxes for delivery.

The move follows unprecedented growth of DS Smith’s online sales in the UK where its web-shop recorded a 700% increase in demand over the past twelve months. The digital expansion supports DS Smith’s presence across Europe, where over 200 factories produce fully recyclable and paper-based packaging for the world’s biggest brands.