by Brittain Ladd | May 8, 2023 | Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Individuals like to reach out to me off the record to ask for my opinion on strategy, robotics, and operations. In return, they provide me with information. For example, for nearly 2.5 years, I’ve had discussions with individuals from Walmart and dunnhumby about...
by Brittain Ladd | May 7, 2023 | Corporations, Economics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Crime has become so rampant that many retailers have chosen to lock up nearly all of the products in their stores behind plexiglass. I recently stated in a post, “Retailers that lock up their products lock out their customers. Far too many stores have become...
by Brittain Ladd | May 6, 2023 | AI, Business, Consumer Electronics, Economics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Technology
The undisputed King of smartphones is the Apple iPhone which controls 57% market share as of March 2023. What makes Apple’s accomplishment even more impressive is that the company Apple dethroned, Research In Motion or RIM, maker of the BlackBerry, owned over...
by Brittain Ladd | May 4, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Supply Chains
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke announced early Thursday that the company is cutting 20% of its workforce and selling the majority of its logistics business to Flexport, including Deliverr Inc. Shopify also divested 6 River Systems to Ocado Group. Ocado has terminated 80% of...
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...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 28, 2023 | AI, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Robotics, Social Media, Supply Chains
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Brett Adcock, Founder and CEO of Figure, regarding the company’s vision for robots. Brett is also the founder of Archer, an aviation company, and Vettery, a hiring marketplace. Figure recently came out of stealth mode...
