FedEx’s strategic push to establish a dominant footprint in the European parcel market has hit a regulatory speed bump.
The US logistics giant’s planned acquisition of InPost, the Polish-based e-commerce delivery platform, has been delayed by an additional two months as the European Commission intensifies its antitrust review of the transaction.
The deal, which FedEx announced in February alongside private equity partners Advent International and PPF Group, was designed to fast-track the Memphis-based carrier’s entry into the competitive European last-mile delivery sector.
The extended review period signals that Brussels is applying heightened scrutiny to the combination, likely assessing potential impacts on competition in key national markets where InPost holds significant market share.
This development arrives amid a broader wave of regulatory caution in Europe regarding foreign acquisitions in strategic digital and logistics infrastructure.
The European Commission is simultaneously deepening its investigation into JD.com’s proposed takeover of Ceconomy, the parent company of MediaMarktSaturn, probing whether state aid rules were violated.