A day after Zappos announced a security breach affecting up to 24 million customers, employees of the Henderson-based company spent Monday working to control the damage. In an email sent to employees about 4 p.m. Sunday, CEO Tony Hsieh revealed that the online retailer was the victim of a cyber attack after someone gained access to internal systems through a computer server in Kentucky.
The deal to bring Zappos to downtown Las Vegas is done. The deal to lease the building to the online shoes and clothing retailer is complete a year after announcing that Resort Gaming Group would purchase Las Vegas City Hall.
From the standpoint of sheer numbers, Sunday’s Zappos.com Las Vegas Rock ’n Roll Marathon was a huge success. The sold-out event drew some 44,000 racers who paid between $130 and $179 to run a half or full marathon, a portion of it on the Las Vegas Strip.
Inside The Beat coffeehouse on Fremont Street, Tony Hsieh reviewed a calendar on his laptop computer. It listed eight people from startups visiting Las Vegas this week to decide whether to relocate here.
As Zappos prepares to relocate to downtown Las Vegas, its growing list of investments in the area now includes more than $1 million to lure dedicated teachers to the area’s schools. Teach For America will receive $300,000 from the company and $1.2 million from CEO Tony Hsieh.
From his condo on the 23rd floor of The Ogden in downtown Las Vegas, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is overseeing a takeover of the surrounding area with a mix of capitalism and philanthropy.
There’s really no doubt that Tony Hsieh, ubiquitous in the national media these days, is one incredibly smart dude. His relatively nascent business, Zappos.com, had gross sales in excess of $1 billion last year.
A new deal that lowers the sale price on the Las Vegas City Hall property by $7 million might be upsetting to some, but it will help bring Zappos.com downtown, Mayor Oscar Goodman said today.
The Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously today to roll back the sale price of the Las Vegas City Hall property at Fourth and Stewart streets by $7 million to help bring Zappos.com’s headquarters to downtown Las Vegas.
Zappos is going to pay the city of Las Vegas less than originally planned when it moves its headquarters from Henderson to the current Las Vegas City Hall building downtown.
This is how Zappos is going to change the world. Eight people are sitting around a table next to a split-level swimming pool and spa, eating chicken wings and hamburgers grilled by caterers and sipping beers and mixed drinks served by a hired bartender.
I loved the Las Vegas Sun’s March 17 article, “Zappos CEO envisions a new community downtown,” which included Tony Hsieh brainstorming about ways to upgrade the quality of life for his employees and that of downtown Las Vegas, where I live.
On First Friday a few weeks ago, Eric Ryan, one of the executives behind Method biodegradable soap products sold at Target, was bar hopping on Fremont East with Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com.
