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JUNE 21, 2019

Luxury fitness brand Equinox is set next month to open its first hotel in New York City, “with more on the horizon in Seattle, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Santa Clara, Calif.,” As well, the furnishings brand RH, formerly known as Restoration Hardware, plans to open RH Guesthouse in New York in the fall. and Portland, Maine.

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MAY 18, 2016

Ever since consumers made it clear that they weren’t going to give traditional brands the benefit of the doubt if they couldn’t pivot toward online sales, it’s largely been big-box merchants, like Target and Macy’s, that have blamed supply chain issues for empty shelves, delayed delivery estimates or overflowing stock rooms.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Scooters are so retro that they are almost brand new. More importantly, how does one use such a thing — or even a bike — and operate it in an urban environment without falling off, getting hit and suffering injury? Bird , a company focused on e-scooters , provided more than 10 million rides in its first 12 months of operation.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Instead the Oakland-based startup has built fish tanks into its grander goal of bringing power back to the people when it comes to eating natural, but making it easier to produce one’s own food in-house. And for a small brand, Back to the Roots has made some fairly impressive progress.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Pick if the San Francisco Giants version of Barry Bonds would hit a home run today or if the Oakland A’s Mark McGuire would hit a home run today. It’s one of several COVID-era innovations from the fantasy sports brand. What we did see was great engagement on MLB products and back into the DraftKings ecosystem.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

And as of last week, the list got a bit longer, as California made a few great leaps toward becoming the autonomous delivery capital of the country, with two big pilots by brand-name firms scheduled for the cities and suburbs. And then there is Oakland-based Boxbot, founded by ex-Uber and Tesla engineers and backed by Toyota AI Ventures.

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