by Brittain Ladd | May 30, 2023 | Grocery, Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Dollar General, led by CEO Jeff Owen, is arguably the best-positioned retailer for growth out of any other retailer in the world. The company currently operates more than 19,000 stores in 47 states and generated $37.8B in revenue in 2022. The company is rapidly...
by Brittain Ladd | May 24, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
One of the more difficult things to do as a media company is market a list of something and then defend how the list was chosen. In the case of CNBC, they have created a list of the Top 50 most disruptive companies. CNBC provides a summary of how the companies were...
by Brittain Ladd | May 23, 2023 | AI, Economics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Bill Gates loves to talk. He loves to talk about nuclear energy. He loves to talk about climate change. Most of all, Bill loves to talk about Artificial Intelligence. When Bill Gates talks, I listen. I know many people like to criticize Bill but I’m not one of...
by Brittain Ladd | May 22, 2023 | Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Industries rise and fall for many reasons. The automotive industry in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s became severely disrupted by the arrival of well-made vehicles, primarily from Japan, that had better quality, a better ride, better motors, and more...
by Brittain Ladd | May 21, 2023 | AI, Freight Forwarding, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to reports from FreightWaves and other publications, cross-border logistics provider Flexport is developing a truck brokerage business to take care of the domestic transportation leg for imports. The move follows the recent acquisition of Deliverr, an...
