by Brittain Ladd | Jun 12, 2023 | Freight Forwarding, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Transportation
The selection of David Bozeman by C.H. Robinson to be CEO has created a flurry of behind-the-scenes discussions among industry leaders and the press. Most of the comments about David are negative because of his perceived inexperience. I continue to remind everyone...
by Brittain Ladd | May 24, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
One of the more difficult things to do as a media company is market a list of something and then defend how the list was chosen. In the case of CNBC, they have created a list of the Top 50 most disruptive companies. CNBC provides a summary of how the companies were...
by Brittain Ladd | May 21, 2023 | AI, Freight Forwarding, Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to reports from FreightWaves and other publications, cross-border logistics provider Flexport is developing a truck brokerage business to take care of the domestic transportation leg for imports. The move follows the recent acquisition of Deliverr, an...
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...