by Brittain Ladd | Sep 2, 2020 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
A challenge that most former Amazon executives face when they leave the company for a new opportunity, is failing to realize the company they’re going to is nothing like Amazon. What makes Amazon unique is that there is no such thing as the words...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 31, 2020 | Delivery, E-Commerce, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
COVID-19 has severely impacted the retail industry. Some retailers were forced to shut down as they were deemed as being non-essential but grocery retailers have thrived. Online grocery ordering and delivery has increased over 40% since the start of the COVID crisis,...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 11, 2020 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender
News reports are circulating that Walmart, in an effort to better compete against Amazon in online grocery delivery, is partnering with Instacart. Pilots will be conducted across four markets spanning California and Oklahoma. I question the partnership. Here’s...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 10, 2020 | Delivery, E-Commerce, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
People can die from any number of ways including accidents, which can kill them quickly, or from diseases which can kill them slowly. In the articles I write, I often state that a company can die. Most companies don’t die quickly, they die slowly; sometimes over...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 28, 2020 | Articles, Delivery, Forbes, Grocery
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,...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 28, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Delivery, E-Commerce, No Retreat, No Surrender, Trucking
Interest in companies that manufacture electric Class 8 trucks (think big semi-trucks pulling trailers) is exploding. The companies generating the most interest are Tesla and Nikola. However, there are other players in the market. Tesla thinks battery-electric...
