The battle for business has intensified, with cities across the country casting themselves in the most favorable light possible as they vie for an extremely lucrative partnership with giant online retailer Amazon. We noted the bracing competition in our October 4 blog...
A report issued every other year by the nonprofit research group Urban Land Institute is sprinkled with optimism concerning the state of the commercial real estate market across the U.S. This detail most prominently leaps out from relevant data culled and presented by...
"This is historic," says New York City official Jonnel Doris in commenting upon the Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise program operative across the vast metropolitan area. Reportedly, that initiative -- commonly referred to as MWBE in shorthand form --...
Clearly, business behemoth Amazon is a bit enamored with New York City, with the commercial colossus already having a strong and well-demonstrated presence across the metropolitan area. And the giant Internet-based retailer's already existing presence will reportedly...
Business principals in any commercial entity who have worked hard to grow their company and ensure its lasting viability obviously have a lot of internal data, processes, know-how and other proprietary information that they seek to jealously safeguard and protect. And...
Careful contract negotiation, drafting and enforcement are critically important for any business. Contracts are what define terms, set expectations, stipulate key timeframes, set forth parameters regarding financing, purchase/sale elements, due diligence, governing...
Few goals in life are fully realized without a considerable amount of advance creativity and effort being first expended by one or more individuals who are pursuing them. The business realm in New York and elsewhere routinely tests that truism, especially as regards a...
Ron Shaich clearly knows what he is talking about when dialogue turns to the enumeration of factors that best fuel sustained business success. Proof of that emerges powerfully and quickly via empirical evidence that focuses closely on the performance of Panera Bread...
Things are looking good. So say Federal Reserve Bank of New York officials in terms of what their proprietary data on manufacturing activity within the state is showing. In fact, what the so-called Empire State Manufacturing Index presently reveals is this: ramped-up...
A recent article from the publication Business Insider references the abundance of "entrepreneurial enthusiasm" that is on clear display across the United States and always has been. The U.S. is a country of promise and hope, and that has always been evidenced in its...
