Aug 31, 2017
In the style of Shark Tank, three challengers vie to
have their chosen neighborhood crowned as the
#KingOfSummer in the Summer City Challenge.
James Cook, Arielle Einhorn and Taylor Coyne each compete for
the favor of judge Julia Georgules.
The three pretenders to the throne:
- 798 Arts District in Beijing, China is...
Aug 24, 2017
This is a crossover episode with the JLL
Chicago Industrial Realtime podcast. Listen to part 2 of
this conversation:
http://chicagoblog.jll.com/2017/08/24/hidden-world-retail-shipping-delivery/
James joins Aaron Ahlburn, George Cutro and Chad Buch to learn
more about how retailers use warehouses both...
Aug 17, 2017
Sea levels are rising faster than they have in 28 centuries.
Temperatures and annual precipitation is also growing. We can
expect more extreme and dangerous weather in the future. How should
retail business leaders prepare for this change? How can
retailers help lessen the impacts of climate change?
Retailers like...
Aug 10, 2017
James visits Beijing to learn more about China retail.
He meets up with the JLL Beijing Retail Research team: Steven
McCord, Sam Zheng, Lesley Chai, Ming Ji and Linda Yu.
They check out a smart-phone-operated vending machine.
Sam Zheng says that most of his meals are ordered online
through O2O, but he doesn't buy...