Most brokerages won't touch e-commerce because of the margins. Xander Hassan and Kanon Acker built their entire business around it — and they're winning.
In this return episode of This Week in Trucking, Xander and Kanon from Hassan Transportation & Logistics (HTL) break down how they went from general brokerage to designing full supply chains for e-commerce brands, including parcel, warehousing, last mile delivery, and drayage. Plus, the wildest freight theft story you'll hear this year — involving a stolen $650K load, a guy running the operation from a prison cell, and an FBI raid in California.
We also cover how small carriers can get into e-commerce fulfillment, why cold calling isn't dead, how HTL builds broker-carrier partnerships, and what tariff uncertainty means for small logistics companies in 2026.
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🔎 TOPICS COVERED: e-commerce freight, DTC fulfillment, last mile delivery, drayage trucking, freight theft, freight fraud, supply chain logistics, small carrier e-commerce, parcel freight, warehousing, broker carrier relationship, cold calling logistics, tariffs trucking 2026, freight factoring, working capital, trucking business, This Week in Trucking, Bobtail
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