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  • AR And VR To Explode In Retail Settings In The Near Future

    BISNOW

    As soon as next year, 100 million consumers in much of the world will be using augmented reality and virtual reality in a retail context, either online or in store, according to a forecast by research firm Gartner. “Retailers are under increasing pressure to explain the purpose of physical stores, and take control of the fulfillment and return process for cross-channel execution,” Gartner Principal Research Analyst Hanna Karki said in a statement.

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  • Tech Viewpoint: Three ‘ghosts’ to exorcise from your stores

    CHAIN STORE AGE

    Your stores may be haunted — but not by the supernatural. New England supermarket retailer Market Basket recently made national news by publicly assuring customers that its store in Wilmington, Mass. is not haunted by a Victorian-era ghost. While the odds of any brick-and-mortar store having spirits of the dead wandering the aisles range from remote to impossible, your stores may still have some “ghosts” that could use high-tech busting.

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  • Most Active Israeli Venture Investor OurCrowd Leads A Global Restructuring Of Startup Funding

    FORBES

    The venture capital industry is under attack. Prominent VC firm Andreessen Horowitz is “blowing up the venture capital model,” transforming itself into a “financial adviser” so it can beat “antiquated rules about what is and isn’t a ‘venture capital’ investment.” The customers are also dissatisfied: VC funding isn’t right for most startups says Indie.vc founder Bryce Roberts, voicing the concerns of a growing number of entrepreneurs who are “jaded by the traditional [VC] playbook.“ And millions …

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  • WeWork Is Making $3 Billion of Debt Securities Look Riskier, S&P Says

    BARRONS

    New York City’s real-estate market is usually relatively resilient during recessions. But today, its largest renter of commercial space is a single “co-working” office manager, which could add extra risks for the city’s landlords when the next recession hits, according to S&P Ratings. The growth of WeWork and similar co-working spaces since the financial crisis has added risk to the market for commercial mortgage-backed securities, according to the credit-ratings firm. About $3.1 billion …

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  • CREtech CEO Michael Beckerman to Emcee Honest Buildings and Convene’s Annual Catalyst Conference

    PR NEWSWIRE

    NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The fabric of tomorrow’s cities will be shaped by the strategies commercial real estate owners employ today. But innovation often requires an embrace of the unknown. For this reason, Honest Buildings, the only capital planning and project management platform purpose-built for real estate owners, and Convene, a network of premium places to work, meet, and host inspiring events, are joining forces for a second year, to connect senior strategic thinkers from …

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  • Real Estate Forum Presents CRE’s Top Tech Enterprisers

    REAL ESTATE FORUM

    CREtech CEO Michael Beckerman and CIO Ashkán Zandieh make Real Estate Forum’s list of CRE’s Top Tech Enterprisers.

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  • ButterflyMX Chosen by 1 in 3 New Multifamily Residential Buildings; Installed Base Crosses 250,000 Units

    ButterflyMX

    NEW YORK, April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — ButterflyMX, creator of the smart intercom, announced today that more than 1 in 3 U.S. multifamily residential properties built in Q1 2019 chose ButterflyMX for their property access needs. Additionally, less than four years from its commercial launch, ButterflyMX’s total install base has crossed 250,000 units. “We’re thrilled with the real estate industry’s acceptance and rapid adoption of ButterflyMX,” said Cyrus Claffey, co-founder, and CEO. “We pride…

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  • How faster deliveries could open the door to on-demand warehousing

    JLL REAL VIEWS

    As the pressure mounts on retailers and logistics companies to meet ever-faster delivery times, the idea of on-demand space within warehouses is gaining traction. Online booking systems to give companies access to the space they need for limited periods of time are already in operation across Europe and in the U.S. In the U.S., UPS recently launched its on-demand concept, Ware2Go, while California’s flowspace and Seattle-based FLEXE continue to expand….

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  • How do startups actually get their content marketing to work?

    TECHCRUNCH

    Even the best growth marketers fail to get content marketing to work. Many are unwittingly using tactics from 4 years ago that no longer work today. This post cuts through the noise by sharing real-world data behind some of the biggest SEO successes this year.

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  • Want Longer Leases? Look For A Coworking Tenant

    BISNOW

    Whether it is because they are rapidly growing startups or just not sure where they want to permanently hang their hats, companies today are demanding shorter leases, a trend that has landlords pondering how best to design space and structure leases to accommodate them — and those businesses that may fill the space after they leave.

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