In last month’s newsletter, we focused on the potential for Big Data to overthrow timeworn assumptions. A new program by Foursquare is the latest example of how this data renaissance…
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By Joel Groover Ramping up convenience via smaller stores and showrooms. In response to the fiscal crisis of 2008, many retailers focused on slashing prices in their existing stores or…
This month we’re exploring how Big Data is impacting real estate and retail as a means of questioning timeworn assumptions. Ourpost looks at how some companies are finding success in…
Questioning timeworn assumptions in the age of Big Data These days, some retailers are almost too good at extracting information about their customers [remember the story about how Target is…
This month we’re highlighting the significant impact health, beauty, wellness and fitness have had on the real estate industry recently. I’m going to make a prediction that health and wellness…
Our monthly newsletter is silent this month as we mourn with Pebb Enterprises and the families of Jared Weiner, Ori Rom, Thomas Virgin, Diane Smoot, Gary Shapiro, Diana Suriel and…
We’re just back from the Urban Land Institute’s Fall Meeting in San Francisco. A special thank you to the CRC Silver Council for inviting Rachel to speak on Transitions in…
Thank you all for your patience during our summer leave while we welcomed our newest associate. By now he’s mastered pivot tables and can almost roll over. With all that…
Grocery may not be disrupted in the way we feared years ago, with Amazon Fresh opening up in Santa Fe, but there’s still plenty of room for disruption. The traditional…
This month we were particularly impressed by a mother-friendly initiative announced by Vodaphone Group. In order to help working mothers transition back to full time, among other benefits, the first six months…
