Comment / Market Insight: Why nervous Kuehne + Nagel is in the midst of an existential crisis

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The market talk and rumours surrounding the latest corporate restructuring – which mainly concerns staff – underway at Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) are growing by the day, with many logistics executives and other trade sources keen to question whether the Swiss 3Ps would end up blaming the law of unintended consequences, given the internal soft plan that it is carrying out.

To be sure, the DSV/Panalpina deal is accelerating the speed at which several strategic decisions are taken in Schindellegi, Switzerland ...