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How Social Commerce and Online Auctions are Set to Revolutionize Retail
GETTY Read original article on Forbes Retail is one of the oldest industries still operating. Throughout history, individuals have had a desire to buy for fun and a need to buy out of necessity. Retail is also an industry that is constantly changing. The arrival of...
How Retailers Can Select The Optimal Micro-Fulfillment Solution
GETTY Read original article on Forbes Micro-fulfillment, as a solution for automating online grocery fulfillment and fulfillment of other retail products closer to customers, is growing in popularity among retailers. Amazon, Walmart, H-E-B, Ahold Delhaize and...
A Look at the Micro-Fulfillment Model and the Future of Grocery Retail
GETTY Read original article on Forbes In an effort to more cost-effectively fulfill online grocery orders for its customers, Amazon has opened a "dark store," which is more of a warehouse than a store. Located in Brooklyn, New York, Amazon's dark store will be a good...
How A Warrior Mentality Can Make You a Better Executive and Leader
GETTY Read original article on Forbes I am often asked what I’ve learned the most from my years of experience traveling and working internationally. My reply is always the same: No matter the country, companies live and die by the leadership ability of their...
How Grocery Retailers Can Transform to Meet Consumers’ Needs of Today
GETTY Read original article on Forbes. According to research, Americans purchased more than $680 billion in groceries in 2019. In a word, the grocery industry is big business. To meet the demand for groceries in the U.S., retailers operate over 38,000 grocery stores,...
Louis Borders Has Reimagined The Grocery Business
I had the pleasure of recently speaking with Louis Borders, the founder of Borders bookstores, and the first heavily-automated online grocery retailer, Webvan. I didn't just interview Borders and ask him the same questions he's already been asked hundreds of times....
The Amazon Model for Making an Acquisition and Running a Business
GETTY Read original article on Forbes. Just over three years ago, Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.4 billion. It came as no surprise to me, especially considering I had made this recommendation back in 2013. However, the news made headlines and shocked the grocery...
Robomart Is About To Revolutionize Retail And Business
Retail sales in 2020 are expected to reach $5 trillion dollars and by 2023, retail sales globally are estimated to reach $30 trillion U.S. dollars. Retail is big business. Inspired by a desire to reimagine retail as we know it, Ali Ahmed, Tigran Shahverdyan and Emad...
Amazon and Whole Foods: Three Years Later, Is Amazon Any Closer To Being A Leader In Groceries?
On June 16, 2017, Amazon announced that they had acquired Whole Foods for $13.4B. I was not surprised at the announcement as I had made such a recommendation in this 2013 research paper. Amazon has owned Whole Foods for three years. Was the acquisition worth it? Has...
Tangled: Why Global Supply Chains Are So Complex
Photo: GETTY Read original article on Forbes. A ripple effect caused by COVID-19 is a desire on the part of many in Washington, D.C., including President Trump, to reduce America’s reliance on China’s manufacturing and exporting of products. U.S lawmakers...