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Next trails. Some of them tech workers wearing badges and company branded clothing. Nearby

restaurants were open, but without the lines that once snaked out the door. This is Salesforce,

a dominant story in the tech bubble of the last years and a leader in recovery after the

pandemic lifted. However, I welcome Chris Riegel. This is the scholar report, Chris is

the CEO of scholar.com, a global technology firm transforming the retail space. Chris,

I start with Salesforce because it's not social media. It's not depending on the whims

of the public. It's business to business and you recognize that as the fundamentals

for the recovery. And now this idea that the Salesforce tower is smattering of people. Do

you see this as a leading indicator? Did Salesforce over expand? Hardly it. It has a reputation

of being quite cautious in its outlook. Good evening to you. Good evening, John. I think

that Salesforce is dealing with what many businesses are dealing with now, which is such a rapid

change in the economy and the way business is done moving forward with COVID, with work

from home. Is it true that many of these companies had overstaffed during the peak of the

pandemic when you had trouble finding people? Yes, quite likely. Now you're seeing a very,

very rapid acceleration in many B2B categories and in the economy in general. So you have

the challenge of in many large city urban cores, people not coming back to the office for

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