As Packaging World established in Part I of our Special Report on E-Commerce (see pwgo.to/2195), online grocery sales are growing rapidly, with market analysts predicting that between 2013 and 2018, online grocery sales will grow at a CAGR of 21.1%, reaching nearly $18 billion by the end of the forecast period. One of the major drivers of this shift away from brick-and-mortar sales-offline grocery sales are expected to rise by just 3.1% annually during the same period-is consumers' desire for convenience.
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