PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Sports Authority Going Out of Business!!

6月

15日

There weren't many people.
20% off most everything ... not that cheap but if you buy and brand name merchandise, 20% is good.

As you come in the door.
It is not empty yet.

I just needed to take this picture. ; )
Can I buy this mannekin?

I might buy this.

I went to Sports Authority's Going Out of Business Sale today. Almost everything is on sale for 20% off the price tag. I am sure they are going down more but for now they still have everything in their store. I bought couple of things.

It is another bricks and mortar (B&M) store going down the drain. It just cost too much to maintain large store and staff to run it. People even go to the B&M to test the equipment and if they like it buy it online. At this point, unless you have very strong Internet presence and use the B&M to deliver or accept return, you cannot compete with Amazon and eBay and other online stores.

This trend will continue. The B&M store is a show case for the products for people t test out before they buy it online.

#GoingOutofBusiness #SportsAuthority

My take on Microsoft buying Linked in

6月

14日

$26.2 billion sounds a lot but it is a lot better buy than $8.5 billion they spent on NOKIA provided Microsoft can so something with 433 million Linked in users. When you think about it, Microsoft spend $60.51 per user. Linked in has revenue of $2.99 billion last year ... so that means, each user produced about $6.91 per year for Linked in. So that means Microsoft paid about 8.76 fold of the Linked in revenue. It's still not as bad as when we had .com boom.

#Linkedin #Microsoft

Do you print much?

6月

14日

We ha no use for stamp like this ... It says "Confirmed" in Japanese.

We do not print much anymore, do we?

We used to print everything and filed them. Now all documents are email and stored in the computer and the server. We do have copier but we don't use it much anymore. How about fax machine?

Do you know faxed documents are legal document but email is not. Did you know that. So when you write a letter to congress, VP or President, you need to fax it the mail it.

Make your email mobile friendly!!!

6月

13日

You cannot expect people to read your email if it is this small.

More people read email using smartphones than PC. You know that already. Many of you are reading the blog post on mobile devices. So, you need to make your email mobile friendly as well.

You need to spend so much effort writing your marketing email, but it all goes waste if your email is not readable on mobile devices. Check out http://www.newsmail.com by PSPinc. It makes your email change format depends on the size of the screen. It is called Responsive.

#NewsMAIL #PSPinc #ResponsiveEmail

All Cars are Connected

6月

12日

The car is communicating with somewhere to get an update.
This is not just receiving data, it is also sending dada too.
It is not sending who you are ... I hope not.

IoT ... We now hear more and more about IoT (Internet of Things) and the most obvious one of IoTs is the car. Many newer cars are communicating with some servers to send and receive data. This data may include

- Location
- Speed
- Wiper on/off
- Lights on/off
- Traction Control on/off
- Outside temperature
- Proximity data

How ever it is not sending who you are for privacy reason. But it can.

#IoT

Apple TV Remote and Mac

6月

11日

Apple TV Remote

Open Mac System Preferences
and select Security and Privacy

Click on Advanced

Check mark "Disable ....

When I use Apple TV remote to control Apple TV, it also starts iTunes on my Mac. I needed the way to disassociate Apple TV Remote from the Mac. Here is how you do it. The images above shows you how to do this.

#AppleTV #Remote

Street Parking in Seattle

6月

11日

I parked on the curve downtown Seattle. I did not know it cost $8 for $2 hours. That is expensive. I guess the city does not want you to drive your car downtown.

#StreetParking

Doing business in Japan Seminar

6月

10日

I'm at doing business in Japan type seminar. They are talking about how slow the division makings are in Japan.

I was at this type of seminar 30 years ago. It could have been a same slide. Nothing changed, I guess.

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Street Parking in Seattle

6月

10日

Yesterday, many of the street parking spots were occupied by taxi cabs which are not paying any parking fee. This is a problem for traffic and parking revenue for the city. What do you think?

#SeattleParking