by Brittain Ladd | Sep 24, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Business, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Innovation, Logistics, Microfulfillment, Retail, Robotics, Strategy
On January 12, 2021, General Motors announced a new business, BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. BrightDrop solutions are...
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 | Sep 11, 2020 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
A challenge faced by all retailers that offer last mile delivery is how to reduce the cost of the delivery. For example, a delivery made to a customer within a two-mile radius of a store or a fulfillment center will cost a retailer between $10 to $15. Grocery...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 3, 2020 | E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Articles about Instacart continue to appear in the press but for all the wrong reasons. The most recent articles outline that Instacart workers are losing money because bots are being used by some Instacart workers to snatch the most lucrative orders within...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 3, 2020 | Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
The Labor Department reports that food prices have increased to their highest levels. Prices for meats, poultry, fish and eggs increased the most rising 4.3% Stated simply, consumers are being crushed by the price of groceries. Will prices come down? No. They’re...