Comment / Supply chain radar: CH Robinson hammered, and rightly so – more trouble ahead

By Alessandro Pasetti

29/04/2019

US freight brokerage company CH Robinson is high on my radar, given several headwinds for its core truckload unit. But how bad is the latest news, according to which Amazon is going to massively undercut its transport and logistics “rivals” thanks to a brand new digital freight brokerage platform?

It could well be a red herring.

As I commented yesterday here, the Amazon push is great for the headlines, but CH Robinson’s weakness today on the stock exchange – down over 7% ...

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