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That building has since been handed off to another manufacturing company as we moved into an old JCPenney site located in Chapel Hill, a former shopping mall in Akron, OH. In the Akron area, there aren’ t many buildings over 200,000 square feet, so this one presented a unique opportunity. Upon seeing it, we felt a responsibility to revitalize it as a retail facility, and it has been a wonderful experience. We take great pride in having our headquarters in an old JCPenney. During the grand opening, the mayor visited and was impressed to see the parking lot nearly as full as it was when the mall was operational!
“ In city council meetings, this previously abandoned site was often discussed as an eyesore that generated no tax revenue, but now, the mayor has walked into our beautifully renovated headquarters and loves the transformation. This is exactly what our city needs. The front half of the building houses engineers, planners, logistics experts, and designers, while the back half is dedicated to production. Part of our acquisition of this facility was driven by its strategic location, but another significant aspect is the opportunity to be part of the broader narrative of retail reinventing itself while producing goods that promote retail,” Paul comments.
Looking ahead to 2026 and beyond, Paul sees significant opportunities these companies don’ t just want emerging from AI’ s evolution.“ Last market share, they want people on their year at CES, AI was all software-level platform. I think it’ s going to be great for discussion. This year, it’ s percolating retail and our industry,” he says. Paul also down to personal devices such as glasses, observes that the online versus in-store personal assistants, and individual battle has largely settled, with major objects,” he reveals. This next wave of AIpowered consumer devices reminds him distribution systems.“ All the doomsday
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of previous technology revolutions like stuff about retail has shaken out. We the PC era, health and fitness wearables, can stop watching our backs and get and home automation.“ It’ s going to be back to doing fun, innovative work,” he well-funded and competitive because concludes enthusiastically.
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