by Brittain Ladd | Dec 4, 2023 | AI, Business, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Hyperlocal, Innovation, Leadership, Logistics, Manufacturing, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Retailers, Robotics, Strategy, Supply Chains
What you are about to read is my opinion. Beginning in late 2022 and throughout 2023, current and former employees of the grocery micro-fulfillment company, TakeOff, began to reach out to me to provide updates about what’s going on inside the company. I’m...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 21, 2023 | AI, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to this article by Jinjoo Lee, supermarkets are losing market share and customers to big-box retailers like Costco Wholesale who has a highly efficient operating model and leans on membership fees and sales volume to generate revenue and profits. Walmart,...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 11, 2023 | AI, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Apple has unveiled the Apple Vision Pro, a spatial computer that blends digital content with the physical world, while allowing users to stay present and connected to others. Vision Pro creates an infinite canvas for apps that scales beyond the boundaries of a...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 7, 2023 | AI, Articles, Logistics, Retail, Supply Chains
Read original article on Solvoyo The topics I am asked to provide consulting and advisement on the most are supply chain management, followed by robotics, technology, logistics, transportation, retail, innovation, and strategy. What I find interesting is that over the...
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 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...
