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How to use data to truly personalize the consumer experience – without being intrusive. Author By Kevin Brown • Published Dec. 13, 2017 Share it post share tweet Sponsored Content By As we all know, information has become extremely valuable, and when it comes to proliferation of data, payments are the motherlode. In 2015, there were more than 144 billion non-cash payments in the U.S. alone. Th...

It feels strange to say this, but, in a way, the threats to radically alter NAFTA by the Trump administration have actually brought positive exposure to the overall benefits of nearshore operations in Mexico, especially in Baja California. What’s odd is that virtually nobody in neighboring Southern California seems to know about it. At the very least, the level of visibility into how productive ...

Co-working startup Mindspace recently raised $20 million as it gears up to launch its first two locations in the U.S. While Mindspace is looking to go big or go home in the U.S., it’s starting off slow with its first two locations in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Mindspace started in Tel Aviv about four years ago and has since expanded to Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom. Mindspace, i...

The line-blurring solution offers several advantages for shoppers and retailers, but challenges exist that could be a deal breaker for some. Author By Robert Williams • Published Dec. 12, 2017 Share it post share tweet First Published on Mobile app or mobile web? While the debate has been discussed for years, there’s an emerging solution that blurs the line between to two solutions by bringing...

Nextdoor, the neighborhood social networking site raised about $75 million in a funding round, The Information reported, estimating that the valuation is $1.5 billion. The round was confirmed by TechCrunch. This adds to the over $200 million that the San Francisco-based company has raised, dating back to 2010. Its last reported round was in early 2015 at a $1.1 valuation. The report says that the ...

Real estate heavyweights clearly don’t want to be left in the dust by tech startups that see opportunities to do things more efficiently, more transparently, and more affordably than has previously been possible in the long clubby, expensive, and opaque world of real estate. Just one indicator is their sudden interest in venture capital. Indeed, a six-year-old, Beverly Hills, Ca.-based early-sta...

Fifth Annual CRE // Tech New York Event Shatters All Attendance Records For A Real Estate Tech Event New York, NY (December 11, 2017) — Nearly 700 commercial real estate professionals were on hand at the CRE // Tech (cretech.com) December 7th event held at SL Green’s Tower 46 in Midtown Manhattan. This was the largest event ever in the commercial real estate tech sector with professionals atte...

Author By Daphne Howland @daphnehowland • Published Dec. 8, 2017 Share it post share tweet Dive Brief: Online holiday shopping has garnered retailers $65.14 billion so far (Nov. 1-Dec.5), a 14.7% increase over last year, with each of those days seeing more than $1 billion a day in revenue, according to Adobe Digital Insights, using Adobe Analytics data. Mobile is contributing a lot: Nearly half ...

Advancements in the way information is shared, accessed, and managed in every aspect of our lives continue to shape the way communication takes place. This presents a new opportunity for property owners & managers, who are turning their attention to more efficient mechanisms for engaging and interacting with tenants & residents. For property owners & managers, being available goes a lo...

MishiPay, a London startup that has built mobile self-checkout technology that promises to put an end to queuing to pay, has raised £1.65 million in seed funding. The round is led by European VC Nauta Capital and will be used to further grow the burgeoning company as it persuades high street retailers to adopts its wares. Apparently inspired by co-founder Mustafa Khanwala’s own shopping experie...