Today, we see Amazon as a “Giant” player in the e-Commerce market. It has once again caught the attention & heart of millions of Prime customers this year by featuring thousands of best products with amazing deals exclusively on the Prime Day held on 12th July, 2016.
The Amazon Prime Day this year featured more deals in a single day compared to the last year. It has recorded as the “biggest event ever” in the history of Amazon. This year, the site offered new deals every five minutes; while it featured new deals every ten minutes until last year. The customers were glued to the site to buy the products at the best prices ever.
Strategic move for the Big day
Amazon announced deals on almost every category it offers online. However, the deals fell into three main categories – Prime Day Spotlight Deals featuring the renowned products, Amazon Lightning Deals was a timed promotion that kept popping up throughout the sale, Prime Savings and Deals were available throughout the sale.
Amazon featured its’ own products on this day like Amazon Fire TV, Fire Tablet, Kindle Paperwhite and Alexa enabled devices at prices never seen before. It also had some solid deals on other brands under home cinema equipment category. The Amazon Prime Day sale this year showcased a better selection of deals and better combination of competitive pricing on selected products. Amazon’s strategy of making the Prime Day a successful event was a huge accomplishment.
What the numbers speak?
On the second annual Prime day, it announced 60% rise in the sales worldwide and 50% in the U.S. alone compared to the sales statistics on the first day of the sale. Amazon announced that the U.S. customers purchased nearly 90,000 TVs, 215,000 Instant Pot 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cookers, 14,000 Lenovo laptops, 23,000 iRobot Roomba 614 cleaning robots, 24,000 Vivere double hammocks and 200,000 headphones amongst the other deals. While these figures talk about the U.S. customers alone; globally, Amazon has observed the sales of 2 million toys and a million pairs of shoes. All in all, Amazon in true sense had its Big Day.
One of the main reasons Prime Day was a huge hit is because the Prime customers were actually able to make purchases on the site without technical glitch. Prime Day is an event held each year where only Amazon Prime members can participate. At present, Amazon has an estimated 63 million Prime members in the U.S. alone; while last year it had 44 million subscribers. This figure shows that Amazon has recorded a 43% increase in the Prime customers’ subscriptions from 2015 to 2016. For obvious reasons, Amazon this year had to have tempting deals to get the customers bite the site on the Prime Day. On the inaugural Prime Day, Amazon sold more number of units than it did on the previous Black Friday which has until now recorded the largest sales each year.
Competitive Edge
Amazon announced that it gives small businesses an amazing opportunity to showcase their products in front of the new audience with Prime Day. This event has undoubtedly gained lot of media attention as it strives to have a competitive edge over its competitors like Wal-Mart in the e-commerce industry in the U.S. and the global market.
Join us as we kick off summer with wonderful wine, food and friends! There will be seasonal dishes from Pasadena’s finest restaurants hand selected by Chef Claud Beltran and wine tasting of over 40 dry Rose wines form all over. All proceeds support PCDA’s programs for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
The Blacker House, 1177 Hillcrest Drive, Pasadena, CA 91106
Tickets at Professional Child Development Associates
For more information please contact Robert Bain at (626) 793-7350 x281.
Let’s go! The 18th Annual Wiggle Waggle Walk parades back to Brookside Park on Sunday, September 25th. Join thousands of animal lovers and their four-legged friends for a fun-filled community dog walk and fundraiser.
Our goal this year is to raise $325,000 to help provide shelter, food, veterinary care and so much more to the nearly 12,000 animals cared for every year at the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA. Funds raised from the Wiggle Waggle Walk will benefit all the animals that come through our open doors including dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, reptiles, wildlife and more.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
8 am: Registration and festivities begin
9 am: Walk begins
Brookside Park
Pasadena, CA 91103
Park in Lot I near entrance to Brookside Park.
Download a PDF of the Parking Map
Beginning at 9:00 am, the 3 mile walk will take place around the Rose Bowl Loop or you may opt for the 1 mile route around Rose Bowl Area H. The start line is at the main entrance to Brookside Park.
The Walk will be led by the pace car, followed by the PHS shelter dogs, followed by our Top Team, Top Fundraiser and Top Donor. General participants may begin lining up behind the cones at 8:45 am. There will be water available for you and your dog but you should consider bringing your own water as temperatures may rise throughout the event.
$20 = Early Bird Registration (before September 12th)
$25 = General Registration (after September 12th)
Early Bird Registrants pick up their bib number, t-shirt and any prizes they have earned at the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA on Sunday, September 18th from 10:00 am 2:00 pm. The first 900 participants to check in at Early Bird Registration will also receive a special gift for their dog!
If you register during General Registration but before the event (between September 12 – 25) you will still need to check in at the event in the registration area in order to receive your bib number, t-shirt and prizes.
Online registration closes at midnight (12:00 am) Friday, September 23rd
Day of registration begins at 8:00 am at the event
Join us for a day of fun for the whole family! Festivities include contests, demonstrations, vendor and sponsor booths, food trucks, bounce houses, scavenger hunts, entertainment, photo booths and so much more!
We are COUNTING down! In a number of weeks the Historic GRAND CENTRAL MARKET will be turned into a Food and Music Fest! We are helping to raise funds, raise awareness and raise the roof! It’s going to be an memorable time and you can be part of helping to improve.. Lives and Life in the City of LA!
Don’t wait and watch all your friends LIVE STREAM, enjoying all of Bruce Kalman’s amazing hand-made eateries and seeing he and his band play and rock out some 90’s classics (and maybe even an Elvis hit) when for only $50 a ticket, you can pick up a Great Seat and a Great Eat!
55-Hour Weekend Closures on I-210 in Pasadena This Weekend #Pasadena @CaltransDist7
Summer Block Party
Dear Friends,
Please join me at my 17th Annual Block Party and Community Resource Fair.
Saturday, July 30
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
N Madison Ave. & E Jackson St.
Pasadena, CA 91104
Come discuss legislative and community issues while enjoying live music, a classic car show, game trucks and much more!
Information on local and state resources will also be available. A brief community recognition program starts at noon so please give yourself time to drive and park, bike, walk, or ride public transportation.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
Chris Holden
Assemblymember, 41st District
The new City Manager of Pasadena is Steve Mermell. If accepted Mr. Mermell would drop the “interim” from his title and become the official City Manager of Pasadena.
Compensation is expected to exceed $360,000 per year. Mr. Beck the previous city manager was earning close to $400,000 per year with bonuses.
Negotiations are still ongoing.
Mr. Mermell has been with the city of Pasadena for 27 years. His experience with the city is extensive.
The announcement was made late Monday afternoon.
Congratulations to Mr. Mermell,
We hope to see Mr. Mermell and his family perhaps move to Pasadena to become a more integral part in the city of Pasadena culture and ethnic diversity.
MAYOR TORNEK ANNOUNCES STEVE MERMELL APPOINTED AS CITY MANAGER
PASADENA, Calif—Mayor Terry Tornek announced that the City Council has appointed Mr. Steve Mermell as Pasadena’s new City Manager, effective immediately. Mr. Mermell had been serving as the Interim City Manager since February 15, 2016.
The unanimous decision by Mayor Tornek and the City Council occurred at the Monday, July 11, 2016 council meeting following a nationwide recruitment.
“After conducting a nationwide search with many well-qualified candidates, the Council concluded that long-term City employee Steve Mermell was the best choice,” Mayor Tornek said. Contract terms for Mr. Mermell’s appointment still need to be finalized, he said.
Mr. Mermell has devoted his government service career to Pasadena, having joined the City first in 1989 as an analyst for the Water and Power Department. He has served in a variety of positions including Purchasing Administrator, Budget Administrator, Deputy Finance Director, as well as temporary acting assignments as Finance Director, Planning Director and Health Director. He has served as one of two Assistant City Managers since 2009.
“I am humbled by the Council’s action. I don’t know if this is the best day of my career or if it was the day I was first hired by Pasadena,” the new City Manager said. “I want to thank the Council for their confidence in me and I look forward to my continued service for our community,” Mr. Mermell added.
About 50 applications were received by the City for consideration.
The CEO behind ‘Pokémon Go’ explains why it’s become such a phenomenon
Niantic CEO John Hanke talks about what went into making “Pokémon Go” a hit.
Pokemon Go added $7.5 billion to Nintendo's value in two days https://t.co/1fbK48esrd pic.twitter.com/GQKGRKNSPS
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) July 11, 2016
Pokémon GO
Travel between the real world and the virtual world of Pokémon with Pokémon GO for iPhone and Android devices. With Pokémon GO, you’ll discover Pokémon in a whole new world—your own! Pokémon GO is built on Niantic’s Real World Gaming Platform and will use real locations to encourage players to search far and wide in the real world to discover Pokémon. Pokémon GO allows you to find and catch more than a hundred species of Pokémon as you explore your surroundings.
MOYO is a family-owned business which produces desserts from quality ingredients. We pride ourselves on using ingredients which are fresh and readily available. We wouldn’t serve anything we wouldn’t eat ourselves. We are committed to giving back to the community whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Come grab a cup of “Bicycle Coffee” and stay for a slice of cake. Take a few minutes and enjoy the day with some family or friends.
Cakes: Triple Berry Shortcake, Double Chocolate, Tiramisu, Hazelnut, Red Velvet, Lemon-Raspberry, Strawberry Cheesecake
Hours: Sun-Thurs: 9:00am-7:00pm Fri-Sat: 9:00am-8:00pm Closed Tuesday
Address: 1373 N Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104 (Corner of Lake Ave and Washington Blvd)
Moyo.losangeles@gmail.com
Phone: 626.714.7200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Moyo.losangeles/
Twitter: @MoyoLosAngeles
Instagram: moyo_la
(photo: Priscilla L)
Chim means to taste in Thai. Chim! “The Tastes” of Thai Street Food is about bringing simplicity of good eats on the street of Thailand. Every dishes on our menu represents the street vendors as if you are visiting Thailand.
We have read that Jonathan Gold frequents Chim Thai Street Food.
Chim Thai Street Food
910 E. Union Street,
Pasadena, CA 91106
626.796.3636
