Despite resilient stock markets and relatively low unemployment, cracks are forming beneath the surface: job growth is cooling, inflation remains stubborn and retailers are preparing for a weaker ...

Cardboard-box sales have seen the biggest contraction since the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Packaging Corp. of America just reported an almost 10% year-on-year slump in second-quarter shipments.

Demand for cardboard boxes has dropped to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. Cardboard boxes are seen as an under-the-radar economic indicator as they are crucial to ecommerce. US box ...

Have you ever wondered how your online orders arrive in those sturdy cardboard boxes — and what it means when there are fewer of them? Fewer boxes often hint at softer retail demand across U.S.