Either way, the likelihood is that it will come in a cardboard box. Nearly 95% of all products in the U.S. are shipped in a corrugated cardboard box, according to Packaging Fulfillment Co.

"The package is very simple. And the beauty of it is that it's a returnable package using expendable materials," Hurley said. "You look at Amazon boxes, which have one purpose in life: To go from ...

Consider the dollar savings, not to mention trees that go uncut for cardboard. Youell, 64, of Columbus, Ohio, has worked in the corrugated box business for nearly half a century.

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But the crunch on cardboard could have been much worse if Amazon hadn’t overhauled its box strategy. The retailer has a massive share of the e-commerce market, last estimated at nearly one-third ...

When I started, I used common cardboard from old boxes, but what I found is that there is a huge range in quality. So then I switched to non-recycled material, which made a big difference.

When I visited the International Paper box plant McDaniel manages, in the Georgia city Lithonia, he led me to a shelf of boxes recently ordered by I.P. clients — Amazon and Procter & Gamble were ...