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They have fleets with hundreds of thousands of vehicles and command multibillion-dollar streams of revenue.
But in the rapidly shifting transportation landscape, even the Goliaths of the rental car industry — some of the best-known brands in the world — worry about being left behind.
That may explain why some of the largest ...
SEATTLE — To see what it’s like inside stores where sensors and artificial intelligence have replaced cashiers, shoppers have to trek to Amazon Go, the internet retailer’s experimental convenience shop in downtown Seattle. Soon, though, more technology-driven businesses like Amazon Go may be coming to them. A global race to automate stores is underway among several of the world’s top retai...
In early March, a 25-foot-wide billboard went up at 3033 North Clark Street in Lakeview. On it was a cartoon of a mustachioed, fedora-clad old-timer with Groucho Marx eyebrows, clasping a giant compass. Splashed next to him, right above an @properties logo, were the ominous words: “Don’t ask for directions from a tourist.” It was a quintessentially Chicago welcome for Compass, the venture-ba...
A new San Francisco co-working company launching in April has created a new twist on the typical co-working model. Courtesy of Werqwise Communal workspace lounge at Werqwise All of Werqwise's design decisions at its first co-working space were made to create a better workspace that will improve productivity and employee motivation, according to Werqwise founder and CEO Alan Mackay. The office sp...
Venture capital firms over the last year or so have wrestled with how forcefully to lean into investing in startups linked to cryptocurrencies:
- Is blockchain technology so consequential that we should reorient our entire investment strategy?
- Is it a fad that we can avoid as our competitors get distracted?
Carrie Schulz admitted that she was a little apprehensive. The design director for WeWork Tokyo says the fact that two new locations are opening this month in Japan’s capital city, and a third is being expanded, means a lot of work for her team.
“We’re still working through our first few projects here,” says Schulz. “We’ve been nervous ...
As if facing off against WeWork in the flexible office market isn’t enough, Knotel is now going after property data behemoth CoStar.
The New York-based startup plans to launch an online office listing data platform dubbed KnotelKoin, according to an email the company’s founder Amol Sarva sent to acquaintances and business partners Thursday. The platform will be based on blockchain technolog...
Waze Local, a new local feature built into the mobile mapping system owned by Google, allows small businesses and retailers to purchase advertising that will show up on the maps as a branded pin, encouraging drivers to stop in at the physical locations on their way to or from a destination. With Waze Local, business owners will also be able to promote listings in the search results section o...
Commercial real estate networking platform RealConnex has formed a partnership with Invizen IT, a real-time CRE analytics platform. The partnership adds asset protection, underwriting, land value analysis and feasibility reporting to RealConnex’s existing offerings. According to RealConnex, the arrangement's added capability means its users can verify CRE deals and aid in the progress of in...