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Jan 18
2018

January 18, 2018

Retail in the Age of Amazon

Even if you are not a Wall Street analyst, you are probably well-informed about Amazon’s recent accomplishments.  The company has come a long way from its humble book-vendor beginning, as it is now inches away from owning (some would say monopolizing) the modern consumer experience much in the same way Sears owned the consumer experience in the post-war era. Amazon has become so massive that antitrust policy-makers are starting to question its reach; it has all but become common practice for…

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Oct 11
2017

October 11, 2017

Why Amazon’s HQ2 Should Be Dallas Midtown Bound

Amazon (ticker: AMZN) recently sent shockwaves across most major American cities by announcing it would be building a second headquarters, called HQ2, which would be a “full equal” to its Seattle campus.  The aftershocks have persisted into this week, as major metropolitan newspapers continue to assess their respective cities’ viabilities in the competition — examples include the Chicago Tribune’s “How big a deal? Amazon’s massive HQ2 in Chicago scale,” The Baltimore Sun’s, “Breaking down Baltimore’s chances for Amazon HQ2,” and…

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Aug 8
2017

August 8, 2017

Why did Dallas grow North?

It is no surprise that Dallas gets hot in the summer—the Dallas Morning News is reporting that Dallas is expected to bake in temperatures as high as 110ºF early next week— and when the city of Dallas starts to scorch, so does the rest of the metroplex. However, back in 1907, a few Dallas suburbs apparently defied the laws of meteorology. In 1906, Dallas developer John Armstrong bought the land that would later become the city of Highland Park and…

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