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Comment / Supply chain radar: FedEx between a rock and a hard place after disastrous M&A

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Yours truly once ordered (online) a pair of keenly priced designer sneakers in a UK size 10, but was in for a disappointment.

They were a kids size 10, which meant my friends’ four year-old got a free pair of designer sneakers and I was left counting the cost.

Pity FedEx then, which battled hard to take control of Dutch parcel firm TNT’s express business in 2016 for €4.4bn, and has been counting the cost ever since. It has just recently published ...

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