by Brittain Ladd | Jun 6, 2023 | Grocery, Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to this article from The Wall Street Journal, foreign brands are turning to America for expansion. Among the brands investing in opening stores are MANGO, UNIQLO, ZARA SA, the LEGO Group, Primark, and many others. IKEA is so happy with their growth prospects...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 5, 2023 | Freight Forwarding, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Although C.H. Robinson hasn’t officially named David Bozeman to be their CEO, I’ve received dozens of calls and messages on Signal Messenger from industry executives and members of the press asking me what I think of Bozeman possibly being named CEO. The...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 3, 2023 | Articles, Grocery, Logistics, Manufacturing, Microfulfillment, Retail
I greatly appreciate being the first return guest for the wonderful Fulfillment IQ podcast. Special thanks to Harshida Acharya, Dan Coll 🛒📦🚀 and Ninaad Acharya for asking me to return. A few comments: ✅ Amazon needs physical stores. An acquisition of Target within a...
by Brittain Ladd | May 30, 2023 | Grocery, Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Dollar General, led by CEO Jeff Owen, is arguably the best-positioned retailer for growth out of any other retailer in the world. The company currently operates more than 19,000 stores in 47 states and generated $37.8B in revenue in 2022. The company is rapidly...
by Brittain Ladd | May 24, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
One of the more difficult things to do as a media company is market a list of something and then defend how the list was chosen. In the case of CNBC, they have created a list of the Top 50 most disruptive companies. CNBC provides a summary of how the companies were...
by Brittain Ladd | May 21, 2023 | AI, Freight Forwarding, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to reports from FreightWaves and other publications, cross-border logistics provider Flexport is developing a truck brokerage business to take care of the domestic transportation leg for imports. The move follows the recent acquisition of Deliverr, an...
