The store will offer sustainable alternatives to unsustainable packaging solutions like paper-based hamburger clam-shell packaging and packaging for fruit and vegetables
Smurfit Kappa inaugurates new e-commerce store in Dominican Republic. (Credit: Smurfit Kappa)
Ireland-based corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has inaugurated its new e-commerce store in the Dominican Republic.
Created by Smurfit Kappa Todo Carton, the new store will help to meet the expanding packaging market in the Dominican Republic. It will serve as an online retail packaging boutique.
As per the firm, the online shops will provide e-commerce packaging for both small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). It will be suitable for influencers and entrepreneurs also who trade through social media platforms like Instagram.
Smurfit Kappa’s Better Planet Packaging solutions, which provide sustainable alternatives to non-sustainable packaging solutions, are included in the e-commerce store’s product range.
The store will offer products like paper-based hamburger clamshell packaging, fruit and vegetable packaging, baked goods packaging, and giftware packaging.
The corrugated packaging company said that all these packaging options may be customised to meet customers’ needs.
Smurfit Kappa Dominican Republic general manager Andrés Silva said: “So many companies cater only for businesses that can afford to place bulk orders.
“At Smurfit Kappa, we think that small businesses and start-ups also deserve to be able to afford sustainable and innovative packaging. Both our off-the-shelf and customised packaging products are in great demand and we are attracting new customers all the time.
“Thanks to the hard work of our team and our packaging expertise and experience we are thrilled to be the first Smurfit Kappa store in the region to sell packaging in small quantities.”
The launch of the new e-commerce store comes in response to the success of its brick-and-mortar shop, which has been operating for more than 25 years in the country. It was impacted by the pandemic’s greater reliance on the e-commerce channel.
The shop has now made it possible for Todo Carton to grow its clientele and connect with a new group of small business owners that require sustainable packaging in more manageable sizes and at competitive costs.