To B2B or B2C

Cainiao launches open tender for 2021 logistics services – but be quick

Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of Chinese-e-commerce platform Alibaba, today launched an open tender for logistics services for next year.
It is calling on logistics providers in key markets including North Asia, South-east Asia, Europe, the Middle East, ANZ and the US.
However, those interested in bidding for the company’s business have just five days, as the deadline for submissions is 15 December.
The tender is segmented into B2C and B2B …

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Against the odds: CH Robinson, UPS & DSV – It gets really exciting from here

In what is effectively a continuous search for value in the transport and logistics vacuum, you may remember my 28 April column headed: “CH Robinson, UPS & DSV face judgement day“.
Ever since, things have played out according to plan it seems.
Risk reward 
“The most troubled, CH Robinson (CHRW), could well be the most rewarding,” I wrote at the time, leaving fairly open to the imagination/interpretation, I reckon, whether that would apply …

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