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A tale of two companies: Bill's Amazon-Walmart contradiction A tale of two companies: Bill's Amazon-Walmart contradiction Editorials NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, September 18, 2017, 4:10 AM facebook Tweet email Discounts welcome (LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) Editorials NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, September 18, 2017, 4:10 AM Seattle’s Amazon is on the hunt for a second home — a big Nort...
David Gorelick’s office at Cushman & Wakefield’s headquarters on Sixth Avenue remains pretty stark two months after he took the job as head of the brokerage’s retail division in July. Aside from a few family photos and mementos of earlier deals, there’s a reminder of his first job in retail: a poster of Sam’s Loans pawn shop in Detroit, where he worked as a 15-year-old. “It was kin...
Twitter users across the country howled in rage on Wednesday after getting wind of Bodega, the startup whose internet connected pantry boxes want to replace your local corner store. Many observers criticized the choice of the Bodega name — which traditionally refers to Mom and Pop convenience stores in large American cities — and the notion that two former Google employees could potentially pu...
Whole Foods has had quite the ride. CEO and co-founder John Mackey took it from a small natural foods store in the hippie haven of Austin, Texas to an international behemoth. It was only 10,500 square feet with 19 employees. But the idea of natural food stores was only beginning, and as one of the first in the country, the seed that Mackey planted blossomed. Through acquisitions of natural food st...
Amazon has been erasing billions from its rivals' valuations in the weeks since its acquired Whole Foods. Investors have shed their investments in other grocery stores as they wait to see how Amazon will modernize its new grocery holding. But the best weapon in Amazon's arsenal isn't robot cashiers, drones or machine learning — it's Amazon Prime. "We believe 80% (38 m...
A pair of California, ex-Google staffers are trying to put the local corner store out of business with a glorified vending machine they are calling “Bodega.” The machine — a roughly five-foot-wide box with a glass doors — is stocked with non-perishable convenience-store fare. Users can unlock the box with their phones — a camera watches what they remove and charges them accordingly. It...
Start-up Bodega learns an important branding lesson; apologizes after Internet outrage Bodega Bodega, a start-up accused of aiming to disrupt mom-and-pop corner stores, posted an apology on the company blog Wednesday. In this photo is a sample of a Bodega location. Bodega, a start-up accused of aiming to disrupt mom-and-pop corner stores, posted an apology on the company blog Wednesday. In this ph...
The Store Of The Future: 200+ Startups Transforming Brick-And-Mortar Retail In One Infographic September 13, 2017 If you are a startup in the retail industry, add or edit your profile directly at the CB Insights Editor to get in front of our research team. CPG Ecommerce Expert Research Financing & Exits Frontier Tech Market Map Retail Tech September 13, 2017 If you are a startup in the retail ...
At its core, commercial real estate brokerage is truly an entrepreneurial business. While you might be working at a large, established company, it's still up to you to win new business, successfully manage client relationships and in many cases, run a high-performing team. Ultimately, your success is in your own hands, which presents you with a huge opportunity. So, how can you embrace the ...
Silicon Valley seems to be obsessed with “disrupting” services that already exist—and, for decades, have worked just fine—in New York City, whether it’s laundromats or dollar vans or even dog-walkers. Now, we can add bodegas to that list; Fast Company reports that a start-up calling itself Bodega has set out to replicate the convenience of corner stores, but without, well, the stores the...