Inside an Amazon warehouse, when an order gets ready to ship, a worker doesn’t just make a decision about what package seems best. Instead, a suite of machine-learning tools analyze the combination of ...

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 ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A clerk reaches for ...

Amazon has deployed automated technology that can pack warehouse e-commerce orders five times faster than human employees, casting a spotlight on how online retailers are searching for ways to ...

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 ...

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 new artificial intelligence detects which products can be shipped in their original packaging, rather than babushka doll-like Amazon boxes that can end up overflowing recycling bins. In the past ...