by Brittain Ladd | Jan 6, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Consulting, Consumer Packaged Goods, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Innovation, Leadership, Logistics, Management, Marketing, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Retailers, Robotics, Strategy, Supply Chains
In 2013, executives at Lidl made the decision to enter the U.S. grocery market. Lidl is a German-owned discounter that operates over 12,000 stores located in 31 countries. Lidl competes on price hence the reason why it is referred to as a discounter. Lidl sells around...
by Brittain Ladd | Dec 4, 2023 | AI, Business, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Hyperlocal, Innovation, Leadership, Logistics, Manufacturing, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Retailers, Robotics, Strategy, Supply Chains
What you are about to read is my opinion. Beginning in late 2022 and throughout 2023, current and former employees of the grocery micro-fulfillment company, TakeOff, began to reach out to me to provide updates about what’s going on inside the company. I’m...
by Brittain Ladd | Oct 18, 2023 | Business, E-Commerce, Leadership, Management, Retail, Retailers, Social Media
What you are about to read is my opinion. I recently wrote an article about the pharmacy and retail company Walgreens. One of the topics focused on Walgreen’s IT department and their Chief Information Officer Hsiao Wang. Wang’s rude behavior, lack of IT...
by Brittain Ladd | Sep 22, 2023 | Business, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Leadership, Logistics, Retail, Robotics, Social Media
Shopping at Whole Foods certainly has it’s advantages. For example, being able to purchase the freshest of the fresh organic fruits and vegetables, and finding unusual items not carried by most grocery retailers. Whole Foods has developed a loyal cult following...
by Brittain Ladd | Sep 1, 2023 | Business, E-Commerce, Grocery, Leadership, Logistics, Retail, Supply Chains
Walgreens Boots Alliance said Friday that Roz Brewer had stepped down as the company’s chief executive as it leans deeper into its strategy to become a health care company instead of a drug store, according to a CNBC article. “Our Board and leadership team will...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 30, 2023 | Leadership, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
I’ve watched with fascination as many retail CEOs over the last year are announcing layoffs. Although layoffs are common in retail and other industries, what makes the recent layoff announcements made by Amazon, Meta, Salesforce and other companies unusual is...
