by Brittain Ladd | Jul 21, 2023 | AI, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to this article by Jinjoo Lee, supermarkets are losing market share and customers to big-box retailers like Costco Wholesale who has a highly efficient operating model and leans on membership fees and sales volume to generate revenue and profits. Walmart,...
by Brittain Ladd | May 14, 2023 | Economics, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
I wake up at 4 AM to go work out. Before I go to the gym, I check for messages. I communicate with people from around the world on LinkedIn including the press, students, professors, consultants, and executives. I’m grateful for the opportunity to interact with so...
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 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 | Jan 27, 2019 | Articles, Forbes, Retailers
Google’s e-commerce ambitions recently took a hit when Walmart withdrew from its products from Google Express and Google’s Shopping Actions service. Photo Credit: Getty GETTY Read original article on Forbes. An article by Bloomberg announcing that Walmart...