Comment / Supply chain radar: the K+N stamp on the DSV + Panalpina deal

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Another update, this time from Mr J Catch, which was corroborated by side market talk and other DSV insiders.

This story could well be two-sided. Kuehne + Nagel’s rumoured interest for Panalpina staff in the middle of a takeover, could either put pressure on DSV to up the ante, while reassuring the main shareholder that staff will not be touched, or it could mean K+N trying to profit from prolonged negotiations, thinking of poaching the best Panalpina talent, just as the ...