by Brittain Ladd | Oct 18, 2023 | Business, E-Commerce, Leadership, Management, Retail, Retailers, Social Media
Summary Ashley Buchanan engaged in unethical and potentially illegal behavior as the CEO of Michaels Stores. Buchanan hired Hsiao Wang, to build an IT platform for Michaels. Wang illegally copied software from leading software platforms with Buchanan’s approval...
by Brittain Ladd | Sep 22, 2023 | Business, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Leadership, Logistics, Retail, Robotics, Social Media
Shopping at Whole Foods certainly has it’s advantages. For example, being able to purchase the freshest of the fresh organic fruits and vegetables, and finding unusual items not carried by most grocery retailers. Whole Foods has developed a loyal cult following...
by Brittain Ladd | Sep 14, 2023 | Grocery, Microfulfillment, Retail, Social Media, Strategy
Anticipation is growing over Instacart’s IPO. Almost daily, articles appear about Instacart and how there’s hope that the IPO will inspire other companies to go public. The Information writes some of the best articles about Instacart. For example, this is...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 12, 2023 | Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Social Media
To understand what TikTok is up to, one must first understand that TikTok is controlled by their parent company, ByteDance, based in China and worth $200B. Although TikTok is wildly popular in the USA, the majority of revenue and profits at ByteDance are driven by...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 10, 2023 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Social Media
Special thanks to Nancy Luna of Insider for quoting me in this article. Those who frequently read my posts know that I am a fan of DoorDash. In my opinion, DoorDash has one of the best CEOs in business, Tony Xu, and arguably the most capable executive team in the food...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 2, 2023 | Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Social Media
My compliments to Caroline O’Donovan of The Washington Post for this article. Amazon’s simple plan for groceries has gone awry. After acquiring Whole Foods Market in 2017, Amazon lost all momentum by FOOLISHLY competing against themselves by scaling Amazon Fresh...
