Filed under Another Tech Takedown: From Zero Hedge: Movie Gallery’s Chapter 22 just turned into a 7. The WSJ reports that the firm has decided to shutter all of its 2,415 stores and liquidate completely. Previously, the bankrupt movie rental chain had hoped to continue operating with a trimmed down asset base, and close just [...]
Apr
30
The Turbo Encabulator
A little weekend comedy: (from TechCrunch)
Apr
28
CoStar Website Saga – Episode 4
In a post on the CRE blog Agent Genius this past Monday morning, author Duke Long listed what he believes are 32 key commercial real estate sites with which everyone should be familiar. Notably absent from Duke’s list is CoStar. No big deal. Unless you work for CoStar, that is. A CoStar employee named Scott [...]
Dec
02
NNNEX should be Part of Your Online Plan
I just got the email below from NNNEX, a listing website I have always liked for its simplicity and ease of use. It does one thing and does it well: a Craigslist of retail investment properties, if you will. The message is a very powerful one. It is just too bad most people in commercial [...]
Oct
29
First Look: Microsoft Retail Store Grand Opening
So today I decided to go check out the grand opening of the Microsoft retail store at Simon’s Shops at Mission Viejo. I must say the store is impressive but the design does remind me of another retail store but I just can’t quite put my finger on which store that might be….. The store [...]
Jul
15
Preview of Microsoft’s Retail Store
Not much to say here. Microsoft could have some cool stuff to check out. Microsoft’s Surface is an item that should wow most customers. (HT – Traffic Court)
Jul
14
New Auto Dealerships – Best Buy?
I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while now but I’m just getting around to posting today. Electric motorcycle startup company Brammo has signed a distribution deal with Best Buy. This is interesting because there are several companies trying to capitalize on the soon-to-be electric vehicle craze (see here for a list of some [...]
Jul
09
Interesting Internal Stats from Redfin
TechCrunch has a post up about a conference that took place in Seattle this evening called The Naked Truth 2009 hosted by Redfin. Four technology startups presented on the topic of revenue models. All examples are interesting; however, the Redfin numbers are of particular interest to me as a real estate professional and certified technology [...]
Mar
06
Unimpressive New CRE Site with Great PR
An associate of mine sent me a link to this article on MSNBC about a new commercial real estate website that has just been launched. The site is called myrealestatelistings.net (the .com is taken by another RE company). I checked out the site and must say it is simply horrible. I’m not sure what these [...]