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Why the used packaging market has a reputation, and what fixes it
Buyers arrive at used bulk packaging expecting to be disappointed, usually because they have been. The three practices that cause it and the four that fix it.
Tom Brennan · 6 min
November 11, 2025Who pays when packaging fails, and what your paperwork should say
A collapsed stack raises an awkward question that nobody wants to answer after the fact. How responsibility is usually allocated, and the five clauses that decide it in advance.
Tom Brennan · 7 min
August 15, 2023Why 48 × 40 became the default, and what it cost everyone else
The standard gaylord box footprint is 48 by 40 inches because a grocery trade association standardised a pallet in the 1960s. Here is how that decision still shapes what you can buy today.
Tom Brennan · 6 min