by Brittain Ladd | Aug 10, 2025 | Retail, Strategy
Harley-Davidson Motor Company has named Arthur Starrs — CEO of Top Golf and former CEO of Pizza Hut—as their new CEO. I can already hear the screams coming from Harley-Davidson’s diehard customers who were hoping that Harley-Davidson would choose a Harley...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 6, 2025 | AI, Logistics, Retail, Supply Chains
I broke the story that Convoy was going out of business. Dan Lewis will confirm this. Out of respect for Dan, Grant Goodale, and the hardworking team from Convoy, I gave Dan several extra days to find a buyer for Convoy instead of me immediately writing a LinkedIn...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 23, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
The majority of retail and logistics analysts and reporters continue to focus on last mile delivery in their reports and articles. For example, Amazon has relaunched Amazon Shipping, a program that competes with UPS and FedEx. I understand the interest in the program....
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 12, 2023 | Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
To understand what TikTok is up to, one must first understand that TikTok is controlled by their parent company, ByteDance, based in China and worth $200B. Although TikTok is wildly popular in the USA, the majority of revenue and profits at ByteDance are driven by...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 11, 2023 | Logistics, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
One of the biggest challenges faced by retailers who ship packages direct to customers is the need to place the item being shipped into a separate box that often contains packaging material to act as padding. This is especially true for Amazon that has already shipped...
