News / Disruptors like Amazon should watch out for the next generation of disruptors

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 Amazon has undeniably disrupted the logistics business: it has boosted air freight; flaunted the benefits of technology; and changed the landscape of warehousing.

But, warned Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust’s (AIPUT) fund manager Nick Smith this week, it must be careful not to fall foul of tomorrow’s disruptors. 

Mr Smith told The Loadstar the e-commerce giant had made the logistics industry sit up and recalibrate. 

“From my perspective, it has had a particularly good impact on the air freight sector, which had been in much need ...