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London Packaging Week 2026 reveals 26 innovations shaping the future of packaging
From breakthrough materials to creative and sustainable solutions, this year’s expanded Innovation Gallery brings together 26 standout innovations, giving visitors an exclusive look at some of the most forward-thinking packaging solutions on show.
Luxury & Fashion news
Packaging is where brands keep their promises
More than anything, packaging is now the key proving point for brands. Ahead of London Packaging Week, experts from Bulletproof, Distinctive BAT, Free The Birds, Here, PA Consulting, Stranger & Stranger and Villeger explain what that means for the brands designing for lasting loyalty.
London Packaging Week 2026: Discover the ideas, craftsmanship and creativity shaping the future of luxury packaging
Explore the ideas, craftsmanship and innovations shaping luxury packaging at London Packaging Week 2026. Meet 220+ exhibitors, hear from 90+ expert speakers and connect with the world’s leading luxury brands.
How fine food and beverage packaging is being redefined
Fine food and beverage packaging is being re-engineered from the inside out, driven by the latest material science, smart solutions, and substantiated sustainability.
Why the future of retail depends on making sustainability commercially irresistible
Selfridges’ Harri Lockett explains how circularity becomes commercially successful, why trust matters, and what luxury retail can teach the wider packaging industry.
Beauty news
Why the future of retail depends on making sustainability commercially irresistible
Selfridges’ Harri Lockett explains how circularity becomes commercially successful, why trust matters, and what luxury retail can teach the wider packaging industry.
Answers to the cosmetics industry’s packaging waste challenge
As sustainability moves from being a niche differentiator to a baseline expectation in the cosmetics industry, refillable packaging systems and solutions are providing a viable and valuable solution to the industry’s waste problem.
The age of proof
Why packaging, trust and product design are converging into one system of evidence.
Selling luxury? You need to sell the feeling first
Piera Toniolo, Global Head of Influencer Marketing at Dolce&Gabbana Beauty, argues that in luxury, the story is never decoration, it is the product.
Drinks news
When the World becomes a shared broadcast
London Packaging Week convenes industry leaders from Butterfly Cannon, Bulletproof, Pentawards and beyond to explore why brands that endure during global cultural moments are those that contribute to culture rather than sponsor it.
Inside the emotional engineering of spirits innovation
London Packaging Week Innovation Awards judge Simon Elmer explores how heritage, design and commercial reality quietly collide in modern spirits.
The return of the grown-up soft drink
Soft drinks have become louder in function and nostalgia, but a quieter movement is returning them to atmosphere, memory, and meaning.
Expanding the lens of drinks design
Graeme Offord’s view of drinks design is shaped by global movement and market context, reflected in his work at Denomination and echoed at London Packaging Week, where global voices in packaging, branding and retail come together to examine how brands are built, expressed and experienced.
FMCG news
The outsider challenge: How FOLI broke the rules of condiment packaging
London Packaging Week meets FOLI founder Nohra Currie, the packaging outsider who turned a search for better salad dressing into one of the category’s most distinctive new brands. After calls to around 100 manufacturers, a bottle many said wouldn’t work, and a launch that has already secured a Harrods listing, her story makes a compelling case for challenging convention.
Heinz is changing the way we squeeze ketchup
Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) has moved from being a future regulatory requirement to an active business cost for UK food and drink producers. With invoices now being issued and further reporting deadlines approaching throughout 2026, packaging decisions are becoming increasingly important not only for sustainability but also for managing compliance costs.
How fine food and beverage packaging is being redefined
Fine food and beverage packaging is being re-engineered from the inside out, driven by the latest material science, smart solutions, and substantiated sustainability.
The biggest threat to iconic packaging is often the people who own it
Ahead of London Packaging Week, Distinctive BAT’s Cathal Gillen explores why enduring brands are built by protecting distinctive assets, not constantly replacing them.