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One of the big issues with the smart home is that so many of the country’s tech lovers aren’t living in homes. Dwelo is designing large-scale smart home solutions built for renters living in apartments. The startup’s system allows building owners to integrate things like smart locks, lights and thermostats into their units while renters are given a Dwelo app and hub that allows them to contr...
The fall real estate conference circuit is just around the corner! It’s not too late to get a plan in place for making the most out of these networking opportunities. Here are some of the top events on our list: EXPO RealOct 4-6, Munich, Germany Based in Munich, Germany, EXPO is one of the biggest property conferences in Europe. With almost 40,000 attendees from 77 countries, you'll find po...
As much as 80% of retail jobs at risk from automation, Citi and University of Oxford predict. Low-skilled jobs most at risk and will have profound effects on communities. 'Watershed' moment coming for retail jobs, Citi and Oxford warn. LONDON — Analysts from Citi bank and academics from Oxford are predicting seismic changes to the retail industry that could mean low-skilled jobs "...
As energy costs rise, businesses will need to make energy efficient investments in technology that keep the costs of maintaining and running an office under control. What CRE investors, buyers and tenants will be seeking Green technology is getting smarter and becoming more integrated with our businesses. In turn, buyers, investors and tenants will be looking to make energy efficient investments i...
Best Buy Co. and Amazon.com Inc. see the future of selling electronics—and it’s happening in your living room. Best Buy BBY,-9.43% is hiring hundreds of salespeople to sit down with consumers inside their homes and recommend the electronics they should buy, part of a free service it has been testing in several cities and plans to roll out across the U.S. this fall. Read: The company hopes its ...
Even as Amazon steps up a groceries war in the US following its $13.7BN acquisition of Whole Foods — cutting prices at the chain this weekend to amp up the pressure on rival Walmart — other supermarket players are figuring out their own strategic responses to Jeff Bezos’ big food fight. UK online supermarket brand Ocado has today outted an app for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, enabling u...
What the leading commercial real estate tech investors look for in a Founder... As a follow up to my blog last week about how I personally think Hustle is the key ingredient you want to look for in a Founder of a startup, I asked the best real estate tech investors I know what they look for in evaluating an entrepreneur who is raising money. Of course, it's never as simple as just looking for...
Customers can buy a GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) camera in any one of 45,000 retail outlets globally. While this a great convenience for its consumers, it has been a significant supply chain challenge for GoPro. In late 2015, the company overestimated demand for some of its HERO4 cameras and didn't respond fast enough when the cameras weren't selling as expected. This issue has led to reduced re...
Voice recognition technology may still be in the novelty stages, but as more people are getting used to talking to their devices, retailers have started paying attention. Right now it's being used for ordering groceries, pizza or coffee. For consumers there's no driving to stores, logging onto a computer, or pulling out smartphones to open an app. They simply say what they want to one of...
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