Kuehne + Nagel – another bad day at the office
The same old kahuna?
In a recent conversation with my senior trade sources, the “key accounts” topic in freight forwarding returned with a vengeance – are they worth the effort or not?
Here is some feedback I have received, which ought to carry even greater significance now given the latest I’ve heard about Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) and some trouble it is rumoured to have in APAC.
Passing by
Incidentally, of course DSV Panalpina was recently central in any related exchanges on the matter, which my contacts summed ...
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