Brittain Ladd

Walgreens Must Make These ‘Big Moves’ To Achieve Their Goals

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...

Breaking LTL

by Brittain Ladd | Aug 23, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Transportation, Trucking

The majority of retail and logistics analysts and reporters continue to focus on last mile delivery in their reports and articles. For example, Amazon has relaunched Amazon Shipping, a program that competes with UPS and FedEx. I understand the interest in the program....

Amazon’s New Package Strategy will Lead to Big Changes

by Brittain Ladd | Aug 11, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail

One of the biggest challenges faced by retailers who ship packages direct to customers is the need to place the item being shipped into a separate box that often contains packaging material to act as padding. This is especially true for Amazon that has already shipped...

First Look at How PepsiCo is Using Tesla’s Electric Semi Trucks in their Business

by Brittain Ladd | Aug 4, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Supply Chains, Trucking

Tesla has only delivered a limited number of its electric semi trucks, and most of them are in operation in PepsiCo’s fleet – primarily in its Sacramento facility, which has been completely electrified and is solar-powered. Tesla’s semi truck has a list price of...

This is Why Logistics and Velocity Matter

by Brittain Ladd | Aug 1, 2023 | Delivery, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Social Media, Supply Chains

Amazon has announced that it has already delivered 1.8B packages to U.S. Prime members the same or next day, roughly four times what it delivered at those speeds by this point in 2019. For comparison, UPS delivered 24.3M packages per day in 2022 for a total of 6.2B...

When Anger and Egos Collide

by Brittain Ladd | Jul 24, 2023 | Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Robotics

According to reports, the Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore™ will pay $257.1M to the British online fulfillment company Ocado Group as part of a deal between the companies to settle all outstanding patent litigation claims. AutoStore filed a lawsuit against Ocado in...