by Brittain Ladd | Nov 23, 2020 | Articles, Forbes, Grocery, Retail, Retailers
GETTY Read original article on Forbes Retail is one of the oldest industries still operating. Throughout history, individuals have had a desire to buy for fun and a need to buy out of necessity. Retail is also an industry that is constantly changing. The arrival of...
by Brittain Ladd | Nov 8, 2020 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender
With the exception of wine, fine art and antiques, few things age well. This is especially true when it comes to retailers. The retail industry is littered with empty stores of companies that failed to invest wisely in technology, store operations, supply chain...
by Brittain Ladd | Nov 7, 2020 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender
On October 1st, 2020, the British online retailer, Ocado, was sued by the Norwegian-based robotics company, AutoStore. AutoStore contends that its storage system and robots are the foundation on which the “Ocado Smart Platform” (OSP) technology was built and on which...
by Brittain Ladd | Oct 15, 2020 | E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
I recently hosted two webinars on the topic of micro-fulfillment centers (MFC). You can download and watch the webinars here and here. Based on the size of the audience for each webinar and the number of questions asked by audience members, the topic of...
by Brittain Ladd | Oct 7, 2020 | E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to this Bloomberg article, trips to Whole Foods in September were down 25% from a year earlier. This is alarming when compared to Kroger, Walmart and other grocery retailers that have seen massive increases in store traffic and online sales primarily as a...
by Brittain Ladd | Oct 5, 2020 | Articles, Forbes, Grocery, Retail
GETTY Read original article on Forbes In an effort to more cost-effectively fulfill online grocery orders for its customers, Amazon has opened a “dark store,” which is more of a warehouse than a store. Located in Brooklyn, New York, Amazon’s dark...
