by Brittain Ladd | Aug 1, 2020 | No Retreat, No Surrender
I am often asked what the future holds for Amazon? One school of thought is that Amazon is becoming so large that the U.S. government will break them up. Another school of thought is that the larger Amazon becomes, the more challenging it will be for the company to...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 31, 2020 | No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Since 2018, I have made the argument that Microsoft and LinkedIn can revolutionize retail. Specifically, what I have suggested is that LinkedIn become an integrated e-commerce and social media platform. In addition, I have argued that Microsoft can make acquisitions...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 10, 2020 | Articles, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Retail
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...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 19, 2020 | Articles, E-Commerce, Grocery, Retail
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...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 17, 2020 | Articles, E-Commerce, Grocery, Retail
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...
