I’ve been watching the same thing on a different scale. A sudden uptick in keyword searches for “eco‑friendly packaging” usually precedes a supply‑chain shift, and a drop in the bid‑ask spread on a key commodity can hint at inventory pressure. Small changes in competitor patent filings or in the volume of a major retailer’s order books often signal a gap. Those are the cues that pay off—if you ignore them, you stay stagnant.