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 1, 2023 | E-Commerce, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
H-E-B is the leader within the grocery industry when it comes to leveraging automated micro-fulfillment centers (MFC) to fulfill online grocery and curbside pickup orders. H-E-B refers to their automated facilities as eCommerce Fulfillment Centers or EFC. H-E-B has a...
by Brittain Ladd | Mar 28, 2023 | E-Commerce, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Robotics
According to reports from CNBC and the Wall Street Journal, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said it plans to split itself into six independently run companies that could seek separate IPOs, effectively dismantling a business empire built over two...
by Brittain Ladd | Mar 20, 2023 | AI, E-Commerce, No Retreat, No Surrender
I am a fan of automation in warehousing and logistics. Companies like Slip Robotics, which offers arguably the most practical automated solution for loading and unloading trailers; Quicktron Robotics, which is accelerating intralogistics automation with its...
by Brittain Ladd | Jan 28, 2021 | Articles, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender
A challenge faced by vendors that wish to introduce new technology into the grocery industry is that many grocery retailers are risk averse. Instead of jumping at the chance to embrace new technology, most retailers take a ‘wait and see’ approach....
by Brittain Ladd | Oct 15, 2020 | E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
In addition to this report, I have written multiple articles on the topic of micro-fulfillment. The articles can be found here. Scroll through the list of articles to find all of the articles I’ve written about micro-fulfillment and the grocery industry. This...
