Retail stores, which were closing due to declining foot traffic even before the pandemic, are now increasingly being turned into online fulfillment centers
As the demand for in-person shopping diminishes, landlords, startups and retailers are converting abandoned stores into online fulfillment centers Tweets: @denniswygmans , @mjasay , @mims , @paytonchu...
Open letter from New York's state budget director regarding Amazon's pullout, which he calls a “tremendous loss”, claiming that HQ2 would have had a 9-to-1 ROI
losing 25,000+ jobs and $27 billion in tax revenue https://www.governor.ny.gov/ ... @semil : To each their own, tho as the facts bear out, cannot be argued as a win for NY/NYC/Queens based on this htt...
After Amazon misread New York's politics, pulling out was a typical Bezos power play of belligerently confronting opposition he views as unfair or unjust
And Everyone Lost Paige Leskin / Business Insider : Amazon was having official talks with city officials just the day before it canceled the New York HQ2 Chris Nuttall / Financial Times : Amazon and N...
Computer vision-powered kiosk maker Bodega debuts to furious internet backlash on concerns the startup wants to replace mom-and-pop corner stores
As investors, we hope to help founders … Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat : Bodega: Silicon Valley's new most-hated startup says its AI-driven vending machines are not evil Paul McDonald / Bodega Blog : So...