Comment / Analysis: GLP deal the star performer for the year in supply chain M&A activity

ID 44645254 Dmitry Kalinovsky

At the turn of the year, I argued it would have been more difficult to quit smoking than to predict supply chain trends that would define 2017.

And in my last post of the year, I have come to realise there was one M&A bout I did not foresee – in the logistics property development sector, the first level of “downstream logistics” – which could have important ramifications for the competitive landscape of major forwarders and carriers worldwide.

Following the takeover battle for ...