Amazon's Biggest Challenger: Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss
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In this corner, representing brick-and-mortar, weighing in at $485B in revenue across 5,000 stores staffed by 1.5 million associates: the reigning world champion, Walmart. The challenger, with $135B in revenue from 541,000 employees: Amazon, known as the disrupter.
Battered but not beaten, the original retail superstore has armed itself with new ideas, advanced technologies and deep pockets to fight back harder than ever before for omnichannel dominance.
Walmart Vice President of Real Estate JP Suarez was frank during the Retail Leaders Panel at CREW Network's annual convention about what Amazon has done to Walmart's business model. Historically, Walmart has been a leader in assortment and price. Then online…
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The Strengths And Weaknesses Of 10 Major U.S. Office Markets
U.S. office real estate is faring well all things considered.
The country's 10 leading office metros remained strong in Q3 and fundamentals were solid in all but two markets. The sector is facing some headwinds as companies, mostly law firms and professional services firms, grow increasingly conservative in their real estate footprint to cut costs. Robust supply levels are also putting pressure on fundamentals.
Using Colliers International market research, Bisnow highlighted third-quarter strengths and weaknesses within all 10 major markets.
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Future Of Student Housing Could Combine Living And Learning
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