by Brittain Ladd | Aug 12, 2026 | Logistics, Retail
In 2020, I recommended to Amazon and AutoStore™ to form a partnership. Amazon resisted. They wanted to build their own system. They failed. Amazon and AutoStore started to work together and both companies realized the value to each other. I wrote multiple posts...
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 | Jul 24, 2023 | Logistics, Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
According to reports, the Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore™ will pay $257.1M to the British online fulfillment company Ocado Group as part of a deal between the companies to settle all outstanding patent litigation claims. AutoStore filed a lawsuit against Ocado in...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 28, 2023 | E-Commerce, Grocery, Microfulfillment
GETTY Read original article on Forbes H-E-B, one of the best grocery retailers in the U.S. in my opinion, has announced the opening of a 55,000 square feet micro-fulfillment center that is attached to an H-E-B store located in Plano, Texas. The Plano facility is the...
by Brittain Ladd | Jun 9, 2023 | Microfulfillment, No Retreat, No Surrender, Retail
The proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons is turning into a battleground. Unions are asking the Federal Trade Commission to stop the merger as are special interest groups concerned about the impact on the price of groceries. Regardless of the lawsuits, I...
