What does the current downturn in demand for recycled plastics mean for the packaging value chain? Coming into 2020, recycled polymers were the most sought-after dance partner at the ball, increasingly demanded for by a consumer class focused on undoing the environmental damage wrought by plastic waste. That pushed the plastics value chain from bottom […]
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For FMCGs and retail procurers, window of opportunity is now
What does the spring oil collapse mean for procurers at the end of the value chain? Welcome to June and the unofficial start to summer in the Northern Hemisphere. If you are a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, you have also entered the timeframe in which you and many of your peers should see the […]
Disrupted marketplace requires active, informed negotiating stance
Five months into 2020, here’s where we are: Companies literally and figuratively have ripped up their plans and guidance on 2020 business expectations, as the coronavirus pandemic has made conditions unsettling in the near term and uncertain in the long term. The global economy’s descent continues, with the only question now being whether the bottom […]
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