by Brittain Ladd | Jun 22, 2021 | Articles, Delivery, Forbes, Grocery, Retailers
GETTY Read original article on Forbes Prior to the pandemic, online grocery shopping accounted for just 5% of all grocery sales in 2019, according to data from Mercator Advisory Group. As of February 2021, online grocery shopping had increased 230% from pre-pandemic...
by Brittain Ladd | May 25, 2021 | Articles, Delivery, Food & Drink, Forbes, Retail, Retailers
Forbes Communications Council members share the various ways automated delivery has impacted their industry during the pandemic. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. Read original article on Forbes 1. Better Personalized Messaging In engaging with customers and...
by Brittain Ladd | Dec 17, 2020 | Articles, Delivery, Forbes, Grocery, Retail, Retailers
GETTY Read original article on Forbes According to Oracle’s latest grocery industry survey, 61% of consumers said they had ordered groceries online during the pandemic, with 41% now shopping online for their groceries more than in the store. Ninety-two percent...
by Brittain Ladd | Sep 11, 2020 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
A challenge faced by all retailers that offer last mile delivery is how to reduce the cost of the delivery. For example, a delivery made to a customer within a two-mile radius of a store or a fulfillment center will cost a retailer between $10 to $15. Grocery...
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,...
