by Brittain Ladd | Aug 30, 2020 | E-Commerce, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
On July 14th, 2019, I wrote the following in two parts on a LinkedIn post: The future of TikTok is dependent upon two things: The relationship between China and the USA, and the value of TikTok as an acquisition target. I estimate that prior to the Presidential...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 19, 2020 | E-Commerce, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Supply Chains
A topic that fascinates me is business and the decisions that are made by executives when determining how they will grow their companies, design and launch new products, enter new markets and most of all, deal with competitors. Few decisions are as important as how to...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 28, 2020 | Articles, Delivery, Forbes, Grocery
GETTY Read original article on Forbes. According to research, Americans purchased more than $680 billion in groceries in 2019. In a word, the grocery industry is big business. To meet the demand for groceries in the U.S., retailers operate over 38,000 grocery stores,...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 10, 2020 | Articles, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Retail
I had the pleasure of recently speaking with Louis Borders, the founder of Borders bookstores, and the first heavily-automated online grocery retailer, Webvan. I didn’t just interview Borders and ask him the same questions he’s already been asked hundreds...
by Brittain Ladd | Apr 5, 2020 | Articles, Autonomous Vehicles, E-Commerce, Grocery
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers in the United States were focused on remodeling their stores and improving the in-store experience for customers. Supposed retail experts and grocery analysts argued vociferously that the only way for retailers to be able to...
