Comment / Analysis: UPS – the last shot left

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By Alessandro Pasetti

27/07/2022

As a strong earnings season for transport and logistics gets under way, a quality stamp on the success of the B2B segment of integrated logistics services provider UPS, came yesterday from the ever-sharp and vibrant CEO Carol Tomé (pictured below) during a call with analysts.

As soon as she got going, thanking the 500,000-plus UPSers around the world for their “dedication, hard work and efforts”, her initial remarks were focused and unambiguous.

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She started with:

“Consolidated operating margin expanded to 14.4%, a 40 basis ...

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