Journal of Commerce: AlixPartners Marc Iampieri, Global Co-leader of Logistics and Transportation, comments on the increase in M&A activity in the freight forwarding sector

The market is soft and organic growth is hard to come by now, so inorganic growth may be the best option. Building scale, expanding into new markets or plugging holes in networks are the reasons behind most forwarder acquisitions. Freight forwarders will survive this short-term challenge, and the strongest will end up with more market share and better solutions to squeeze some of the smaller ones out.

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