business When should your B2C startup enter a new market? – TechCrunch Christin Hakim, October 1, 2024March 19, 2023 Jim Mann is director of acquisitions at Thrasio, a consumer goods company reimagining omnichannel commerce and consumer products. The toughest questions most entrepreneurs face will involve international expansion. Whether to, when to, where to and how to expand all involve a wealth of complex considerations. The stakes are high: Success… Continue Reading
Real Estate L.A.’s Ultra-Competitive Real Estate Market Sparks Nontraditional Negotiation Tactics – The Hollywood Reporter Christin Hakim, August 23, 2024March 19, 2023 In a hot market — with no shortage of high-profile clients — real estate deals are increasingly including provisions designed to make offers extra-competitive and secretive. NDAS IN L.A. Nondisclosure agreements are on the rise — with an increase in recent years from the buyer’s side. That’s because sellers typically… Continue Reading
Real Estate Pending home sales surge higher in October — will the omicron variant trip up the real-estate market? Christin Hakim, July 23, 2023March 19, 2023 The numbers: Contract signings jumped The number of home buyers who signed a contract to purchase a home in October increased markedly, far exceeding economists’ expectations. Pending home sales rose 7.5% in October compared with September, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had projected a 0.7% increase… Continue Reading
tech Miami’s Tech Boom — Market Volatility & Recession Could Spell Trouble Christin Hakim, July 13, 2023March 19, 2023 The music is always too loud in Miami, but tech workers seem to love it anyway. As the tech industry fanned out across the US over the past two years, a geographically liberated workforce found itself in new and unexpected places — like frivolous, beachy Miami. Where other cities have… Continue Reading
Automotive MT & Oodle Automobile Finance roundtable: an unsure marketplace Christin Hakim, November 21, 2022 In past due October, a gaggle of sellers and finance execs amassed on the Grosvenor Space Resort London for a Motor Dealer roundtable in affiliation with Oodle Automobile Finance. Representing sellers had been David Johnson, workforce F&I director at Perrys, and David Wilson, managing director, Henson Team. From finance, Dan… Continue Reading
Automotive Toyota (+90.9%) ratings first win in 13 years, Opel Corsa #1 in marketplace up 20.4% – Perfect Promoting Automobiles Weblog Christin Hakim, November 5, 2022November 5, 2022 The Toyota Yaris Go (#4) is helping elevate the emblem to #1 within the Netherlands. The Dutch new automotive marketplace features a sizeable +20.4% year-on-year in October to twenty-eight,992 devices, that means the year-to-date quantity is now down -2.3% to 253,764. As it’s the case in Spain, Italy and France,… Continue Reading
tech Market Downturn Hits Tech With Layoffs, Stock Plunge, Slower Funding Christin Hakim, June 9, 2022 Tech firms saw massive gains over the past two years during the pandemic. But an economic downturn could shake out which companies can withstand recession. Insider explains how tech giants, startups, and the workforce are responding to the changing market. Loading Something is loading. Tech firms just experienced years of… Continue Reading
Real Estate Real estate agents got $3.9 billion in Covid relief PPP loans. The housing market boomed, but few repaid the loans. Christin Hakim, June 5, 2022 While Covid was battering the U.S. economy, Gary Goldberg seems to have done OK. During 2020, the pandemic’s first year, the Santa Barbara, California, real estate agent sold more than $27 million worth of luxury homes, slightly down from the $31 million he closed the year before, according to data… Continue Reading
Real Estate Home listings suddenly spike as sellers worry they’ll miss out on red hot market Christin Hakim, May 28, 2022 Sharply higher mortgage rates have caused a sudden pullback in home sales, and now sellers are rushing to get in before the red-hot market cools off dramatically. The supply of homes for sale jumped 9% last week compared with the same period a year ago, according to Realtor.com. That is… Continue Reading
tech Crypto job market holding up despite tech industry cutbacks Christin Hakim, May 22, 2022 The crypto job market shows few signs of slowing down despite high-profile cases of staff layoffs and hiring freezes across big tech companies. In recent weeks, several major tech companies have announced a paring back of staff, citing a downturn in the traditional market and narrowing demand for products that… Continue Reading