Have logistics leaders lost “pricing” battle?

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By Alex Lennane

21/05/2013

Logistics companies only have themselves to blame, according to a new study. Price pressure is higher in logistics than in any other sector, apparently, with 75% of companies unable to charge the price what they want. And yet: “Companies are often the source of their own misery.”

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