Comment / From boxes to couches: Mærsk’s parcel gambit (and the graveyard it’s walking through)

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In a nutshell: The ocean shipping behemoth is pushing into last-mile delivery just as startups are dying and incumbents are retreating. Is this bold strategy or corporate hubris?

There is a certain audacity in a company best known for moving 20,000-teu vessels across the Pacific deciding it would also quite like to put a box on your doorstep. Yet, that is precisely what Mærsk has been doing. The once-leader in container shipping wants to deliver packages to consumers’ front ...