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The Mall Food Court’s Hall Transformation

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Rouse’s communications director, Robert Rubenkonig, said in a 2004 Shopping Centers Today story that the developer sought to create “community picnics” with the concept. As it stands, the chain has locations in cities such as Boston, New York and Los Angeles, among others. That was double the number reported at the time.

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Most Platforms Can’t Scale, Will Fail

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They provide physical or virtual platforms (like a shopping mall) for multiple groups (like retailers and shoppers) to get together. Put yourselves in the shoes of the Revolution Money team back in 2007, pitching its platform to retailers and consumers. Platforms’ Critical Success Factor: Crossing the Critical Mass Frontier.

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Retail’s Small Business Crisis

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have a retail crisis — or a small business crisis? Which is why “fixing” retail must include giving SMB merchants the tools they need to compete in the very dynamic environment that now defines Retail U.S.A. So, what does this all have to do with retail? Here’s a question: Does the U.S. Here’s an answer. We have both.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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Unity Software, a software platform aimed at video-game developers, pursued a bidding-based approach to its IPO in September 2020, similar to the process used by Google when the search giant went public in 2004. Boston Consulting Group predicts, however, that only a few investment banks will ever again be able to grow to that kind of size.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Retail/Consumer Goods. Founded: 2004. Founded in 2004, Amazon’s Lab 126 is responsible for innovations like the Kindle, Fire, and Echo. Entrepreneurs can apply to the Verizon Innovation Centers in Boston and San Francisco to gain access to the company’s versatile test network and sophisticated technical equipment.