by Brittain Ladd | Apr 17, 2023 | Business, Consulting, Leadership, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
On a weekly basis, individuals and investors from around the world contact me and ask this question: Have you considered launching your own podcast? My reply is always the same – I have zero interest in launching a podcast because I believe the majority of...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 16, 2023 | AI, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
I give Google CEO Sundar Pichai, credit for doing his best to act “surprised” when he spoke about the impact AI will have on the economy and society. Sundar knows exactly what AI can do. Google has used AI for years. AI is vital to Google. This is the brutal truth...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 15, 2023 | Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Social Media
I appreciate the fact that my posts and articles are read and shared across Amazon. Thank you to everyone at Amazon who shares six-pagers, photos and diagrams of store mockups, and other information related to Amazon’s grocery strategy. I enjoy our...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 14, 2023 | AI, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Social Media
Elon Musk, Founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and who acquired Twitter in 2022 for $40B, is launching his own AI company called X.AI Corporation. Musk has brought on Igor Babuschkin, a former DeepMind employee, to lead the efforts. I’ve been expecting Musk to...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 13, 2023 | Delivery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy released his annual letter to shareholders. You can read the letter in its entirety here. Below are my comments. Overall, Jassy is focusing on all the right things for Amazon. Jassy had to reduce headcount at the corporate level, and allow for...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 13, 2023 | No Retreat, No Surrender, Retailers
On July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos, a former SVP at the hedge fund The D. E. Shaw Group, launched the company Amazon. The first products sold on Amazon were books. Between 1994 and 2000, Amazon slowly started selling other products. In 2003, while attending an MBA program, I...
