Flexport’s Ryan Petersen on tariffs, China and fuel surcharges

CNBC has interviewed Flexport’s CEO, Ryan Petersen, on a range of subjects: from the choices facing Apple if its products are hit by tariffs, as Trump has suggested, to the “stickiness” of falling fuel prices, and how companies such as DHL, he claims, don’t reduce surcharges in a timely manner. It’s an interesting interview – but one has to wonder how much Flexport would have had to pay for the …

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Flexport broadens top management team as its services expand

Flexport, now styling itself as “the modern freight forwarder”, has announced three top recruits to its team – none of which is from the forwarding business.
Sudhanshu Priyadarshi joins to head the finance team, from Walmart where he was vice president finance for US ecommerce. Prior to that, he was global chief operating officer of Cipla, a pharma company. He has more than 20 years’ experience in ecommerce, retail, pharma and consumer goods …

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