by Brittain Ladd | Jul 29, 2026 | Supply Chains
The FCC just redrew the map for humanoid robotics, and almost nobody outside the industry has clocked how big this is. This week the FCC added advanced robotic devices such as humanoid and quadruped robots, plus connected power inverters to its Covered List, the...
by Brittain Ladd | Jul 12, 2026 | Logistics, Strategy, Supply Chains
On the night of April 24, 1980, eight RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopters lifted off the deck of the USS Nimitz in the Arabian Sea and turned north toward Iran. Their mission was to rescue 53 American hostages held in Tehran since November 4, 1979 — 50 inside the U.S....
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 | Jan 6, 2025 | Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Strategy, Supply Chains
In 2013, executives at Lidl made the decision to enter the U.S. grocery market. Lidl is a German-owned discounter that operates over 12,000 stores located in 31 countries. Lidl competes on price hence the reason why it is referred to as a discounter. Lidl sells around...
by Brittain Ladd | Dec 4, 2023 | AI, Delivery, E-Commerce, Grocery, Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail, Strategy, Supply Chains
What you are about to read is my opinion. Beginning in late 2022 and throughout 2023, current and former employees of the grocery micro-fulfillment company, TakeOff, began to reach out to me to provide updates about what’s going on inside the company. I’m...
by Brittain Ladd | Oct 25, 2023 | Delivery, Logistics, Strategy, Supply Chains
Uber Freight, launched in 2016, continues on a mission to disrupt the trucking industry. The $2.25B acquisition of Transplace in 2021 accelerated Uber Freights growth but the company continues to be impacted by changes in the economy that have driven freight volumes...
