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By Richard Pickering, Head of Futures Strategy Davos As Davos opened this week, Angela Merkel reportedly poked fun at Theresa May. She keeps saying ‘make me an offer’, said the German Chancellor; who knows it is not her place to do so. May had the opportunity to set the record straight by offering comfort to the world’s biggest influencers around the kind of environment the UK will offer pos...
How We Work is Changing By Luis Estrada on Jan 31, 2018 in News The year 2017 marked the largest growth in coworking, and produced all-time highs in number of spaces as well as number of members. As the industry grows and evolves, what are some of the major Coworking trends to look for in the next year? Here are five trends that will shape the continued expansion of coworking in 2018. Increasing D...
In a clear effort to fend off Amazon's new artificial intelligence-powered store, Kroger announced plans Wednesday to debut similar technology at its branded stores including Ralphs supermarkets in Southern California. Dubbed “Scan, Bag, Go,” the technology allows customers to use a wireless handheld scanner or a Kroger-created app on their mobile devices to scan and bag groceries as the...
Voicelabs, a company that has been experimenting in the voice computing market for some time with initiatives in advertising and analytics, is now pivoting its business again – this time, to voice-enabled commerce. The company is today launching its latest product out of stealth: Alpine.AI, a solution that builds voice shopping apps for retailers by importing their catalog, then layering AI tech...
The Amazon Go store that finally opened for business on Monday may not be coming to your neighborhood anytime soon, but elements of that bricks-and-mortar shop and the experience of shopping there certainly are. Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN, +1.75% latest venture, which is located in Seattle and is a year late, does away with traditional queues and cash registers. “This is not a checkout solution. I...
Tom Goodwin Contributor Tom Goodwin is EVP, head of innovation at Zenith Media. More posts by this contributor: In the new age of ubiquitous connectivity the message is the medium 5G promises to transform the world again The world’s largest taxi firm, Uber, is buying cars. The world’s most popular media company, Facebook, now commissions content. The world’s most valuable retailer is now A...
It sounds like an Onion story: A long dead 1990 brand will lead the retail zombie apocalypse to your mobile device. Such a ridiculous concept that it's funny. Except, the joke's on all of us, because that's exactly what's happening, and the concept might just work. Circuit City is rearing its head after years of bad sales and the Great Recession put the company into the ground ...
Do you notice how technological trends like blockchain, machine learning, and IoT are on everyone's lips? The aforesaid seems to be directly associated with the future; thus, how can traditional businesses make sure they don't get left behind as the likes of Amazon transform themselves into an omni-channel shopping experience? One of the primary reasons online retail is winning today...
For many professionals, the lines between our work and non-work lives are growing increasingly blurry. And many even tend to like it that way. With the advent of smartphones and wireless internet, most knowledge workers no longer need to be at work to get work done. According to Gallup, 43% of workers spend at least some of their time working remote, up from 39% in 2012. As a result, the role of t...
Today’s commercial real estate landlords and brokers are faced with an opportunity unlike anything that has come before – rapid innovation that will fundamentally change the way our industry operates. This explosion in CRE Tech has already been embraced by many early adopters who have started to incorporate the various technology solutions available into their daily operations. Excitingly thes...