Comment It recorded that DHL Global Forwarding US had been recognised as one of the top 20 US companies (number 16, in fact) to sell for. Interestingly, given the year it’s had, the company didn’t feature at all on the 2014 or 2013 lists, so things must either have been truly awful in the past ...

As a result, technology that can help regain lost revenue is becoming one of the industry’s single greatest growth opportunities. Revenue leaks afflict every stage of the shipment lifecycle – from quoting and contract management to reservations, shipping and billing – and they can severely imp...

Judging by its performance on the stock exchange since March 2009, nothing could go wrong with this relatively small company, which has a market cap of $600m. Its equity valuation has risen by an astonishing 4,585% since the bull market began six years ago, and although its stock is now priced at a ...

Closely monitored by investors, suppliers and customers, the largest US carriers have fought hard in recent years to survive and then to secure the lion’s share of the market to the apparent benefit of their shareholders, who have recorded outstanding returns since the end of 2013, after a very di...

The stock of the former has lost 11% in value since I said the French carrier would likely need fresh equity to stay in the air – such an outcome remains a distinct possibility into 2016. Meanwhile, the shares of the German carrier are down 16% since the turn of the year, when we rightly predicted...

If you want to know how retailers are doing worldwide, check out the latest trading performance of Hong Kong-based Li & Fung, arguably the most important supplier on Earth. Likewise, don’t miss updates from an unrivalled construction machinery maker, Caterpillar of the US, whose $51bn market c...

In 2005 it set out “with one simple objective — to take the ‘complicated’ out of transportation management”. And it did it using a proprietary technology platform. Just a decade later, its tailored supply chain management solutions command an equity valuation of $1bn. Its acquisition-led s...

“UPS deal puts FedEx on the defensive” was The Wall Street Journal’s headline in the wake of the UPS/TNT tentative deal three years ago. “FedEx made an expensive bet that a multibillion-dollar investment in new aircraft would give it a march over United Parcel Service on routes between Asia ...

However, Mr Naito didn’t get off to the greatest of starts – at least on the evidence of NYK’s share performance since he took office. Enthusiasm was shortlived – after a four-week rise, during which NYK stock almost hit its one-year high, it has subsequently lost 16% of its value since 18 M...

“But hey, if they strike a deal, then you’d probably need a carrier from the US or the Middle East to sneak in at some point and fix the mess by 2020,” he also suggested. A tie-up with the French and the Dutch governments “would lead to the creation of a new carrier whose name will eventuall...