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Negotiating commercial leases: Calculating market rents
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailFor many commercial tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While an entrepreneur focuses on marketing and managing, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized salespeople. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate.
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Grocery stores in Texas heavily impacted by Harvey
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageTexas is in recovery mode, but the road to recovery is going to be a long one. In the areas hit hard by Hurricane Harvey, grocery stores are at work to reopen and restock their shelves with milk, bread and other essentials.
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Metals Thoughts: Crowded movie theater
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesIt seems almost immediately after I wrote that the rally in gold was overcooked (at $1,295 spot) and would likely not break $1,300 that the 10-year yield broke below 2.15 percent and has been on a tear ever since (currently 2.078 percent).
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Minimum wage is on the rise — Is it a blessing or a curse?
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementImpeccable service can only be delivered by a well-trained, friendly staff. Accordingly, the service industry is labor-intensive and employs a large number of skilled and unskilled workers.
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As Amazon-Walmart battle heats up, Alibaba lies in wait
Ross Lancaster RetailIf you asked the average resident of North America or Europe what the largest tech companies in the world are, you'd probably hear a list of familiar names: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, Google and so on. Those people would be exactly right.
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Metals Thoughts: Back to school
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesWe've taken a couple months away from publishing Metals Thoughts as it became a bit tedious to dissect every move plus/minus $35 on either side of $1,250 due to a misspelled tweet. With gold continuing to hold just below the $1,300 resistance for the third time this year and traders coming back from summer vacations, it seems prudent to get back in the habit.
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Amazon vs. Walmart shaping up like Mayweather vs. McGregor
Shawn Smajstrla RetailAs Amazon continues to enter and disrupt new markets (e.g., medical records and meal kits), its grip on retail appears ever-tightening. The collective sector faces the lingering question: Can anyone compete with Amazon?
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Bags in Brief: Clutches strapped and chained
Andrea Rush RetailAt a recent visit to beautiful Barcelona in conjunction with a law conference on branding, we were struck by architectural splendour on the one hand and perilous purse snatchers on the other. We clutched our handbags, eager to avoid the rogue, quick scissor snip to detach straps from clutch.
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Does Apple play by different rules in China?
Ross Lancaster Science & TechnologyIn early 2016, Apple won plaudits from internet privacy advocates and civil libertarians when it refused the FBI's request and a judge's order to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino, California, shooter Syed Farook. The tech giant claimed the government order amounted to hacking its own users and would require Apple to create software that doesn't exist.
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Consumer borrowing slows, wage growth tepid as Dow hits record high
Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhat to make of the U.S. economy under President Donald Trump? Three gauges shed some light. U.S. consumer credit grew by $12.4 billion in June versus a rise of $18.3 billion in May — a 32 percent change — the Federal Reserve Bank reported Aug. 7. June's total outstanding credit was $3.86 trillion, with an annual growth rate of 3.9 percent, versus May's yearly rate of growth of 5.9 percent.
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