“Amazon has done us an incredible service by raising the conversation” of the impact on the community, and creating some urgency behind it, said Rebecca Bagley, vice chancellor for economic partnerships at the University of Pittsburgh, in her remarks to the crowd.
“Brands are an insurance policy for businesses,” said Eileen Campbell, CEO of brand research company Millward Brown. “Despite a prolonged period of economic stress, political uncertainty and natural disasters that buffeted brands across many categories, the value of the world’s leading brands keeps rising across many categories, sustaining and nurturing businesses.” In fact, between 2006 and today, the company found that brand values rose by 66 percent across the top 100 companies.
“I know this is going to sound bizarre, but we are absolutely convinced that drones will have an impact on how people get to the arena in the future,” he?said. “We are thinking through drone transportation and how we would ultimately have areas where people can literally be dropped off 10 years from now with?drones. There are drones now that can carry 265 pounds so we are very focused on that.”
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“Doctor Who” is coming?back to Amazon thanks to a multi-year licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide North America that makes Prime Video the exclusive U.S. subscription streaming home for the popular sci-fi series.
“Deceptive pre-checked boxes and fine print obligated consumers to not-so-free trials for subscription services they didn’t want in the first place.”–Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna?announcing a .4 million settlement with RealNetworks, which was accused of falsely charging consumers for SuperPass, GamePass and other services.
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“I worry that 30,000 schools in the US have chipped paint. I worry we don’t have a single high speed line. JFK airport is not up to 21st century standards. I worry about rebuilding America. And I think China and the US together can do that,” he said.
“Amazon is a very brilliant company for no other reason that they know that every city will fall over themselves to give the company what it needs because it’s a huge prize,” District 4 Councilman Rey Salda?a said. “I suspect the company already knew where they were going before they made the announcement.”
“Consumers have moved from passively buying Groupon — looking at what’s in the email and going to buy it — to it almost becoming a part of their daily habit because they are going into their mobile device and buying,” said Taaffe.
“Having strong anchor tenants … is hugely critical to the entire startup ecosystem,” she said. “One of the things I’ve been impressed about, particularly Microsoft and Amazon over the past five years, is the active role that leaders in those companies have taken in the startup community.”