Contributors
McNellis: Whole Foods’ Existential Threat?
Amazon’s plunge into the $800 billion US grocery industry posed an existential threat to rivals.” CNN August 2018 By John McNellis A couple questions...
McNellis: Death by Power Point
By John McNellis With speaking season just around the corner, with the conferences, conventions and even lowly breakfast panels backing up like rusting jets...
McNellis: WeWorking a New Angle
By John McNellis With major announcements almost daily, WeWork is stealing so many headlines it's annoying the president. The latest is its name-change...
McNellis: Winter is Coming
By John McNellis As of last Friday, the S&P 500 was down 2.33 percent for the year. Like a dead rat in the...
As the Open Office Debate Intensifies, It’s Time to Reach Common Ground
By Robin Weckesser, President, a3 Workplace Strategies Recent studies have workplaces stirring again about an ongoing, controversial topic: Open or closed offices? What...
Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, It Affects the Industry’s Owners
By Helen Moulis As most of us know, we’ve entered a new era of tax rules with the passage of the Tax Cuts...
McNellis: Mattress Firm’s Moral Bankruptcy
By John McNellis Mattress Firm, the nation’s largest mattress retailer, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in last month. Why did it go bankrupt? Simple....
McNellis: Amazon’s Clicking into Bricks
By John McNellis In May 2017, The Real Deal ran a cover story entitled, “Retail is F*cked.” While snarkier than its mainstream competitors,...
Microsoft’s Redmond Campus Gets $169+ MM In Upgrades Over Last Year
By Kelsey Graeber The original posting can be found HERE. Over the past year, Microsoft’s plans for the Redmond campus overhaul, expected to...
McNellis: A Broken Compass?
By John McNellis Does outspending your competition buy you the best talent? Of course. Does it guarantee you the World Series championship? Not...
Facebook Oculus Spends $106MM on Redmond Facilities Expansion
By Kelsey Graeber In January, Matt Day of the Seattle Times stated that “Facebook is reshaping Seattle as a virtual, augmented reality hub.”...
McNellis: Could California Flame Out?
By John McNellis The phone rang early yesterday. “Well, our center’s still standing,” my partner said. “Whoa.” “The fire’s only a couple blocks...
