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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. It’s one approach to a growing retail vacancy issue that local governments are getting more aggressive in trying to solve. Backers of the tax position it as a solution to the increasing amount of empty retail space in the city.

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Retail Pulse: The Price Must Be Right

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It’s been a week of experimentation in retail, with many big names opening new types of stores to — as the saying goes — see what sticks. It seems more likely that these brands will uncover their key rather than some universal master retail key that can solve the brick-and-mortar challenge across the board.

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Five At Five: France Aims To Tax Big Tech

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The new tax would apply to Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon so that they are paying what the government sees as a fairer tax rate in the region. NCR Buys StopLift To Prevent Retail Fraud. Airbnb Landlords Get $2.25M Fine For Illegal San Fran Rentals. Amazon Eyes Two-City Split For HQ2. Transit Raises $17.5M Led By Alliance Ventures.

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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Northern Virginia, Virginia. Through this process, we learned about many new communities across North America that we will consider as locations for future infrastructure investment and job creation.”. Indianapolis, Indiana. Los Angeles, California. Miami, Florida. Montgomery County, Maryland. Nashville, Tennessee.

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Is Amazon’s Delivery ‘Purge’ A Boon To Last-Mile Rivals?

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The net impact of Amazon’s decision translates to Bear Down Logistics’ facilities shutting down in Ohio, Virginia and Illinois in April — with 280 positions lost. The Seattle Times reported that a Bear Down Logistics driver in Michigan makes $15 an hour, while UPS pays about $20 an hour in the same region for the same work.

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Are Online Merchants The Mall’s Unlikely Salvation?

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But perhaps that is the old conventional wisdom — the emerging idea is that online retailers are giving back some of what they’ve taken away these days. “We The firm takes in-person returns from participating online retailers at six malls in California, Chicago and Virginia. Lebovitz said, the number will grow.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The NYC Amazon HQ That Will Never Be

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Amazon confirmed that it will instead move forward with plans for Northern Virginia and Nashville, and continue to hire and grow across its “17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. Instead of working with the community, Amazon threw away that opportunity.”. and Canada.”. First in that line was Governor Cuomo. “A

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