Amazon tests reusable cardboard boxes in Europe

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World’s biggest e-commerce company is trialling reusable packaging solutions with European start-ups Hipli and Re-zip

Amazon is trying out reusable packaging provided by two European packaging startups, Hipli and Re-zip, to test return rates and other consumer metrics, such as durability and processing times at its logistics...

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