Dell has too many computers. Nike is swimming in summer clothes. And Gap is flooded with basics like T-shirts and shorts. After struggling with product shortages for much of the pandemic, the country’s retailers are now facing the opposite problem: an unprecedented glut of unsold merchandise that’s cutting into profits, derailing holiday plans and threatening […]
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Monday sloughed off rising volatility in global markets, from slumping U.S. stocks to currency turbulence abroad, and said their priority remained controlling domestic inflation. “There are interactions there,” Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said, noting that financial market volatility can affect investor decisions and the […]
The Federal Trade Commission wants to take a closer look at Amazon’s $1.7 billion takeover of Roomba maker iRobot, delaying an acquisition process that has no expected closing date in sight. Both Bedford-based iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) received a request for additional information Monday from the FTC in connection with […]
After a slowdown in buyer activity starting in late spring, home price and value drops are being observed more frequently across the U.S. Nowhere are home values declining quicker than in the western United States, though. California cities San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento, as well as Salt Lake City in Utah, saw the biggest […]
As the life sciences industry moves out of the spotlight of the Covid-19 pandemic and into a new era, a fierce cohort of women founders and executives is leading the way. Women still make up a small fraction of board members and C-suite executives in the life sciences industry. A report last month from Cambridge- […]
Inflation—and rising interest rates—are at the center of the American economic conversation. And for good reason, as the Fed anticipates more increases. Keeping interest rates in historical perspective Inflation is the highest it’s been since the early 1980s. Combined with the volatile swings in data throughout the pandemic, “We’re in uncharted territory,” said Ginger Chambless, […]
Demand for apartments plummeted in the national apartment market in the third quarter, coming off what had been several quarters of strong run-up in demand and rent growth for the national multifamily market. In fact, apartment demand turned negative last quarter, the first Q3 in at least 30 years that such a phenomenon occurred, according […]
Bricks-and-mortar store owners are emerging from the pandemic with surprising strength, posting some of their best numbers in years and plotting expansions as more Americans venture out to buy things again. U.S. retail vacancy fell to 6.1% in the second quarter, the lowest level in at least 15 years, while asking rents for U.S. shopping centers in the […]
GI Partners has acquired Blackstone Science Square, a fully leased lab building in Cambridge, MA on behalf of its Essential Tech + Science Fund. According to GI Partners, Blackstone Science Square offered it the opportunity to acquire a stabilized, highly functional lab building situated in one of the country’s largest life sciences markets. The 77,000-square-foot property […]
Leslie Cohen, one of the best-known female executives in Boston’s commercial real estate industry, is moving from one major local development firm to another. Cohen has joined The Davis Cos. as chief operating officer after spending more than two decades at Samuels & Associates, including the past six years in the COO role. Cohen has […]
