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#Podcast 17: What can the Workplace Learn from Retail Experience?
February 10th, 2023The Top 20 Smart Building Startups by Total Funding
February 8th, 2023Mapping the Strategic Direction of CBRE Global Workplace Solutions
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped M&A, divestments, strategic partnerships and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the business, by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period between January 2020 and November 2022. […]
Johnson Controls Business and 2022 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine the Johnson Controls business, based on their Q4 earnings release, conference call, investor presentation and 10K, reporting financials year ending 30th September 2022. Johnson Controls International plc (JCI), headquartered in Cork, Ireland, is a pure-play smart buildings player, serving a wide range of customers in more than 150 countries. They […]
Skyfii Occupancy Analytics Business and FY2022 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Skyfii, a Sydney-based Australian public company providing crowd analytics and occupancy management solutions to public venues and commercial properties. This analysis covers their latest financial results y/e 30 June 2022, vertical market focus, acquisitions and growth strategies. Skyfii completed an IPO (ASX: SKF) on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2014. The company positions itself as […]
Canon Video Surveillance Business 2021 Examined
In this Research Note, we examine the Canon video surveillance businesses, incorporating Canon and Axis Communications hardware, Milestone video management software, Arcules cloud services and BriefCam video analytics software. This analysis is based on the parent company investor presentations, corporate strategy conference 7th March 2022 and Axis 2021 Annual Review and Sustainability Report. Canon video surveillance businesses are reported under the network […]
Motorola Solutions Purchases Envysion, their 5th Acquisition in Video & Access Control
Motorola Solutions continues its strategy of investing in its video surveillance and analytics business with the purchase of Envysion, a US physical security provider for the retail sector, for $124 million net of cash on 2nd November. Envysion’s loss prevention offering for quick-service restaurants, convenience, and specialty stores is a cloud-based solution. It integrates video systems […]
What Type of Smart Building Will Lead AI Adoption?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the inevitable future for buildings but just like the adoption of smart technology over the last decade, the introduction of AI will be different for each building vertical. Retail, hospitality, healthcare, and office buildings, for example, each discovered their own use cases for smart technology, their varying needs created different drivers […]
Podcast #4: Bricks & Clicks! Digitizing the Traditional Retail Experience
In this new Podcast series, Memoori explores the intersection between technology and commercial real estate through interesting conversations. Bricks & Clicks! Digitizing the Traditional Retail Experience. In episode #4 we talk to Carita Weiss, Head of Payments at Coop Sverige, one of the biggest retailers in Sweden. Carita discusses their new store initiative ‘Scan & […]
New Challenges for Commercial Real Estate Mean New Challenges for Cities
“The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis has hit the commercial real estate sector hard. Containment measures implemented in response to the pandemic severely affected economic activity and reduced the demand for commercial property,” states the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) April 2021 Global Financial Stability Report: Preempting a Legacy of Vulnerabilities. “Part of the adverse impact — […]