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Thought leadership

Long-form essays on the secular forces reshaping procurement economics. Each piece examines a single category-level thesis in depth, pressure-tested through the same analytical lens we apply to a Claight category report: cost structure, supplier behaviour, regulatory inflection points, and the practical implications for buyers navigating these shifts.

Featured Essay · Packaging

The Rigid to Flexible Evolution

How the packaging industry's biggest secular shift is repricing procurement risk

Published May 29, 2026·3,292 words · 14 min read·9 sections
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Thesis

The most important question in packaging procurement is no longer "which converter do I use" but "which substrate format will my category be in five years from now". The answer for most consumer-facing categories is now visible, and the...

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