Integrators gone nuts? From DHL's 'demand fee' to UPS's 'surge fee'...
Predictions, feedback welcome
A trifecta of sell-side notes gratefully landed in my inbox on Tuesday alongside the preliminary, unexpected figures of the most prominent integrated logistics behemoth in Europe as well as others.
It was hectic yesterday tracking the events, in fact, with the appearance of a new hybrid logistics player, BrightDrop (a General Motors first-to-last-mile green delivery company) coming soon after XPO Logistics disclosed its spin-off leadership, as well as John Menzies and Matson and their rallies on the stock markets. With the trading updates from latter ...
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