Mergers News Updates

The former CEO of Albertsons told a judge that rival Kroger was to blame for the failure of a planned $24.6 billion merger of the two largest U.S. grocery store chains.

Analysts generally view the transaction as strategically sound because it would expand C.H. Robinson’s brokerage scale while adding complementary services.

The Oct. 5 announcement quickly sparked discussion across the transportation industry about its competitive and technological implications.

Representatives from the agriculture and chemical industries pressed their case that the proposed merger would increase affordability pressures throughout the economy. 

The proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern is drawing growing opposition from state officials, shippers and labor unions.

The carrier is looking into adding a nonunion LTL carrier for around C$200 million, or $142 million at current exchange rates, CEO Alain Bédard said.

The companies pledged four new or expanded commitments in a filing July 27, including allowances for customers to seek temporary alternate rail service in the event of service declines.

The deal to create the nation's first transcontinental railroad has been divisive within the industry because it would concentrate so much market power in the hands of one company.

The Tenney Group 2026 Mid-Year M&A Report found that capacity reductions have started to drive industry consolidation alongside other key factors.

The transaction, announced July 1, would nearly triple the North American contract logistics operations of Ceva Logistics, CMA CGM’s logistics subsidiary.