by Brittain Ladd | Jun 4, 2023 | Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Quick Commerce, Retail
I really like this article from Clara Ludmir. Great job, Clara. LinkedIn members who read my posts know that I’ve stated since 2020 that most quick commerce companies are going to die a painful death. Nearly every prediction I made regarding the quick commerce...
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 | 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 | May 31, 2023 | Innovation, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to several reports, one grocery chain is fighting hard to keep stores open despite rampant shoplifting and an uptick in violence forcing many retailers to leave major cities across the country. Giant Food, which operates 165 supermarkets in D.C., Maryland,...
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 22, 2023 | Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Industries rise and fall for many reasons. The automotive industry in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s became severely disrupted by the arrival of well-made vehicles, primarily from Japan, that had better quality, a better ride, better motors, and more...
