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 10, 2023 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
Special thanks to Nancy Luna of Insider for quoting me in this article. Those who frequently read my posts know that I am a fan of DoorDash. In my opinion, DoorDash has one of the best CEOs in business, Tony Xu, and arguably the most capable executive team in the food...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 5, 2023 | Grocery, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
A recent Bloomberg article about Amazon written by Matt Day, contained this paragraph: “In the New York area the company is testing a new, fully automated facility in Bethpage, on Long Island. The warehouse, which will open later this year or early next year,...
by Brittain Ladd | Aug 2, 2023 | Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
My compliments to Caroline O’Donovan of The Washington Post for this article. Amazon’s simple plan for groceries has gone awry. After acquiring Whole Foods Market in 2017, Amazon lost all momentum by FOOLISHLY competing against themselves by scaling Amazon Fresh...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 21, 2023 | AI, Grocery, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to this article by Jinjoo Lee, supermarkets are losing market share and customers to big-box retailers like Costco Wholesale who has a highly efficient operating model and leans on membership fees and sales volume to generate revenue and profits. Walmart,...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 18, 2023 | E-Commerce, Grocery, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender
Note: I do not work for Instock. I wrote this article because I like the solution they created. The importance of fulfilling online orders for grocery and e-commerce continues to grow. Along with the growth is a need for retailers to invest in solutions that reduce...
