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📮 Did you hear about potential Royal Mail's takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky? This might be old news for my UK-based colleagues, but it certainly caught my attention again this week! 📬 Royal Mail, a name deeply intertwined with the printing industry—especially in the traditional transactional, transpromo, and direct mail segments—is now part of a significant shift that's reshaping our industry. Mergers and acquisitions are the reality not just in mail but also in core press and post-press sectors. But let's not rush to conclusions about the industry's decline. Mr. Kretinsky's investment surely rests on more than Royal Mail's 500-year legacy. While Royal Mail's story might seem like a pretext to discuss the decline of traditional printed letters, it also highlights the booming segments in modern logistics. Fueled by changing consumer behaviors and e-commerce, new players are entering the market with innovative logistics solutions, automated parcel lockers, and expanded service portfolios, driving growth and profits. 🚀📦 Commercial printing is undergoing a similar transformation. Like postal letters, traditional litho or simple transactional volumes are down, but new opportunities are bubbling up. Workflow automation (yes, AI-driven!), books on demand, ultra-short runs, personalization, and packaging are areas to watch. 📈🤖 📚 📦 Even in industries that appear to be in decline, new players and innovations can completely transform and uplift the entire sector. 🌟🔄 What are your thoughts? How do you feel about national postal operators being taken over by international players? Is this going to improve their position in the very competitive market? Or should local governments intervene? 🤔💬 Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/dbvaRxnF #RoyalMail #PrintingIndustry #Innovation #Logistics #Ecommerce #Transformation #DigitalTransformation #Automation #AI #Packaging #BooksOnDemand

Royal Mail 📦 bid update: price offer is now 370p per share, the 1st one was 320p per share. It means £3.5bn for International Distributions Services PLC, RM owner. Kretinsky (Czech billionaire who's trying to buy RM) agreed to change the offer that should include commitments to Royal Mail's plans to keep 6-day-a-week first class letter under USO, protect workers' rights as well as the Royal Mail brand, and keep its headquarters in the 🇬🇧. What will happen now? Merge? Network Restructuring? Royal Mail is the owner of GLS (Europe & North America) & Parcelforce Worldwide (UK). 3 Carriers, same group, with a huge international footprint and tens of thousand of Customers worldwide. Parcel delivery industry is changing fast as tech industry, probably cause technology changed Parcel industry more then anything else in the last 10/15 years. The Guardian, by Alex Lawson https://lnkd.in/d55BQ_Ew Sky News, by Sarah Taaffe-Maguire https://lnkd.in/dYsCvsVB BBC, by Lora Jones https://lnkd.in/dtsKjruc #parcel #unitedkingdom #acquisition #delivery

The pendulum is going to start swinging again soon. N&C can help you determine how your rates compare to the market and secure cost savings before the market starts to climb.

This is a big one if it goes through. I think it will have a much larger impact on LTL than the Yellow closure. What do you think? #businessowner #salesexecutive #shippingmanager #supplychainlogistics #purchasingmanager

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Q3 2023 has been a landmark period for the transportation industry, marked by major shifts in trade patterns and company strategies. From the realignment of shipping lanes to the fallout of Yellow's bankruptcy, our latest newsletter covers changes. Let’s look at how these developments are shaping the future of transportation. #transportation #logistics #trucking https://mer.cr/3FkLvCm

Navigating Uncertainty in the Transport Industry: The Case for Trusts for Truck Owners and Carriers. In today’s unpredictable transport industry, truck owners and carriers face challenges from fluctuating fuel prices to changing regulations and global trade shifts. This instability can make planning tough and impact financial health. Setting up a trust offers a strategic solution for financial stability and asset protection. 🛡️ Trusts can safeguard against lawsuits, provide tax benefits, assist in succession planning, and ensure financial planning during ups and downs. 🔄 To leverage trusts effectively, it’s essential to consult with legal and financial experts, tailor the trust to meet specific business needs, and time the setup appropriately. While establishing a trust requires initial effort and resources, the protection and advantages it offers make it a wise strategy for anyone in the transport sector looking to secure their financial future amid industry volatility. 🚚💼 🚀 #TransportIndustry #FinancialStability #AssetProtection #TruckOwners #Carriers #SuccessionPlanning #TaxPlanning #BusinessLegacy #TruckLife #SecureYourFuture #ladiesintrucking

Trucker US Logistics Solutions Shuts Down in Bankruptcy The Texas-based operator filed for Chapter 7 liquidation One of the largest trucking failures since truckload giant Yellow collapsed last year. The Humble, Texas-based company said Monday it had been notified by its lender that it wouldn’t receive sufficient funding to continue operations. The closure will eliminate about 2,000 jobs and pull more than 500 trucks from a troubled American trucking market. (Its reported the company’s owner, private equity firm Ten Oaks Group, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, shuttered operations.Ten Oaks Group was struggling to obtain further financing with its lenders, which forced the private equity firm to abruptly close USLS.) #businessfinance #loans #banks #trucking #investing #logistics #money #stocks #sales #salestips #leadership #inflation #gas #economy #venturecapital #hedgefunds #revenuebasedfinance #finance #retail #elections #elections2024 #trump #biden

“There are plenty of people in every industry who are not happy with their current provider.” GOLDEN NUGGETS in my most recent conversation with Shawn Varner - Financial Advisor. We talk about how he’d attack the current market if he were a #freightbroker again. Tons of wisdom there, check out the full conversation in the links below. #transportationindustry #recruiting #checkcover3

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