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Everyone secretly wishes that they were a sales grandmaster. Who wouldn’t want to have the silver-tongued gift of persuasion? What most people don’t realize is that, behind all of the closed deals and sales trophies are hours and hours of prospecting. Prospecting is the foundation upon which a successful sales campaign stands, and is the most important aspect of your commercial real estate bus...
Walmart announced today it will begin testing a new service that will allow customers with August smart home devices, like the August doorbell and security cameras, to have their packages delivered inside their home instead of left on the doorstep. This test will also include online grocery orders, which won’t just be placed inside the house like the packages, but will be put away in the fridge ...
The startup was roasted on social media for cultural insensitivity after it said it planned to obliterate bodega and mom-and-pop shops. But can the concept survive? Author By Corinne Ruff @corinnesusan • Published Sept. 21, 2017 Share it post share tweet Last week, a San Francisco startup shook the retail industry with a bold claim — it plans to make bodegas and corner mom-and-pop shops obsole...
How Amazon pulled off its biggest Prime Now launch ever 403 Shares Share Tweet Share What's This? Amazon staff in Singapore at the Prime Now warehouseImage: victoria ho/mashable By Victoria Ho2017-09-21 09:27:39 UTC People were surprised when Amazon launched its two-hour delivery service, Prime Now, in Singapore last month. Unlike other countries where it launched Prime Now, the e-commerce gi...
Emerging CRE tech tools empower industrial investors to conduct more thorough market research, find better properties, and ultimately land bigger deals. While industrial properties may not be, at first glance, as enticing as other commercial property types, they’ve long been considered extremely safe assets. With an average annual total return of 12.8 percent over the past five years — higher ...
Pointy, an Irish start startup that lets local retailers put their stock online so that they can be discovered via search engines, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The round is being led by Frontline Ventures, alongside Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital, Draper Associates and a number of notable angel investors. The latter includes Matt Mullenweg, founder of ...
The affinity consumers have toward technology impacts how they want to engage with companies, and will ultimately determine where and with whom they do business. Mortgage lenders and independent agents with tech services that cater to millennials will clearly have the competitive advantage in housing. At which point do you, as a real estate agent, reevaluate how you're engaging with your clie...
Earlier today at Disrupt, Kirsten Green, founder of the early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm Forerunner Ventures, sat down for a quick conversation about her work. Green has become one of the most sought-after e-commerce investors in the country, thanks to bets on companies like Jet.com and Bonobos (both sold to Walmart), Dollar Shave Club (sold to Unilever), as well as numerous popular, ...
In a first for national grocery chains, Albertsons is buying the healthy meal kit delivery startup Plated for between $175 million and $200 million, though the final price could end up double that amount as the supermarket chain has agreed to “earnout” payments based on how Plated grows, according to the Information. Credit Suisse Group AG brokered the deal. According to The Wall Street Journa...
From Mill City to Innovation Hub: Relocating a Global Headquarters Outside Boston By Michael Hoban September 20, 2017 Text Size: A A A Print Email Share Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Kronos finalized the move of their headquarters to a half-million square feet (46,500 sq m) of office space close to the revitalized downtown of Lowell, Massachusetts. The former mill city of Lowell, Massachusetts, receiv...