by Brittain Ladd | May 19, 2022 | Newsletter, No Retreat, No Surrender
Everybody wants to know what kind of tank is in the picture. It’s a Merkava IV. It’s the main battle tank of the IDF – Israel Defense Forces – and it’s an incredible feat of engineering. I use the picture of the Merkava as an example of...
by Brittain Ladd | May 15, 2022 | Newsletter, No Retreat, No Surrender
Since 2010, I have been writing a private newsletter titled No Retreat/No Surrender. I write the article for executives, consulting firms, and financial institutions. However, due to the number of LinkedIn members that have asked me to write a newsletter, I have...
by Brittain Ladd | Mar 18, 2022 | Delivery, Grocery
GETTY Read original article on Forbes In May 2020, the Germany-based company Gorillas launched a new business model referred to as rapid grocery delivery. Instead of groceries being delivered in hours or days, Gorillas created a model using small retail locations...
by Brittain Ladd | Feb 4, 2022 | Delivery, Grocery, Retail
GETTY Read original article on Forbes On June 16, 2017, Amazon announced (paywall) that it would acquire the specialty retailer Whole Foods for $13.4 billion. I heard people speculate that Amazon would have an immediate impact on the grocery industry and that within...
by Brittain Ladd | Nov 22, 2021 | Grocery, Microfulfillment
GETTY Read original article on Forbes As a report from eMarketer shows, at the height of the pandemic in 2020, many consumers ordered their groceries online — which resulted in 63.9% growth in e-commerce grocery sales that year. In 2021, the report estimates that...
