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 | Apr 24, 2023 | No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to reports, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon plans to helm the country’s largest retailer for at least three more years as the company continues work to identify a successor. Retail analysts believe John Furner is the front-runner to be the next CEO. I disagree. I...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 17, 2023 | Business, Consulting, Leadership, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
On a weekly basis, individuals and investors from around the world contact me and ask this question: Have you considered launching your own podcast? My reply is always the same – I have zero interest in launching a podcast because I believe the majority of...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 13, 2023 | No Retreat, No Surrender, Retailers
On July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos, a former SVP at the hedge fund The D. E. Shaw Group, launched the company Amazon. The first products sold on Amazon were books. Between 1994 and 2000, Amazon slowly started selling other products. In 2003, while attending an MBA program, I...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 12, 2023 | No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
TikTok owner ByteDance has released a new app for download globally – Lemon8 App. I describe Lemon8 as being a more dignified platform than the notoriously unpredictable and wildly popular TikTok. Some industry observers are now describing Lemon8 as something at...
