by Brittain Ladd | Jan 1, 2025 | AI, Articles, Consumer Packaged Goods, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
This article originally appeared in Forbes. July 8, 2018 Aside from Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, few grocers generated as much press and excitement in 2017 than Lidl’s arrival in the United States. Opening its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia,...
by Brittain Ladd | Oct 13, 2024 | Articles, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
In The Beginning I joined Amazon in 2014. My first role was designing strategies for Amazon to become a 3PL. I have extensive supply chain and logistics experience. I then transferred into a team focused on designing fulfillment strategies for groceries. To ensure...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 10, 2023 | Articles, Forbes, Supply Chains
GETTY 2022 was the year of supply chain disruption. 2022 was also the year that many people first became aware of the topic of supply chain management. Books and magazine articles were written about supply chain management, and news programs presented...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 28, 2023 | Articles, E-Commerce, Forbes, Grocery, Microfulfillment
GETTY Read original article on Forbes H-E-B, one of the best grocery retailers in the U.S. in my opinion, has announced the opening of a 55,000 square feet micro-fulfillment center that is attached to an H-E-B store located in Plano, Texas. The Plano facility is the...
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 | Jun 3, 2023 | Articles, Grocery, Logistics, Manufacturing, Microfulfillment, Retail
I greatly appreciate being the first return guest for the wonderful Fulfillment IQ podcast. Special thanks to Harshida Acharya, Dan Coll 🛒📦🚀 and Ninaad Acharya for asking me to return. A few comments: ✅ Amazon needs physical stores. An acquisition of Target within a...
