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2. History of Amazon - Wikipedia

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   History of Amazon. Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in his Bellevue, Washington garage in 1994. Amazon is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital streaming. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world", [1] and is one of the world ...

3. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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   Jeff Bezos's home in Bellevue, Washington, where the company was founded in 1994. Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos after he relocated from New York City to Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, to operate an online bookstore. Bezos chose the Seattle area for its abundance of technical talent from Microsoft and the University of ...

4. Timeline of e-commerce - Wikipedia

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   The Boston Computer Exchange, a prominent bulletin board system-based (BBS) marketplace for selling used computers, launches. [7] This is one of the first, if not the first, ever platforms for e-commerce. [8] 1982 Invention, Major launch Online marketplace Minitel, a pre-Internet Videotex online service, launches. This service could only be ...

5. Amazon Marketplace - Wikipedia

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   Amazon Marketplace. Amazon Marketplace is an e-commerce platform owned and operated by Amazon that enables third-party sellers to sell new or used products directly to consumers on a fixed-price online marketplace alongside Amazon's regular offerings. Using Amazon Marketplace, third-party sellers gain access to Amazon's customer base, and ...

6. Timeline of Amazon history - Wikipedia

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   1818-20 — Spix and Martius go on expedition in the Amazon. 1822 — On the 7th of September, Brazil proclaims independence under the famous discourse of "Independência ou Morte!" by Portuguese prince, Dom Pedro I, at the banks of Ipiranga, he would later become king and then emperor of Brazil. 1823 — Charles Macintosh invents waterproof ...

7. List of Amazon products and services - Wikipedia

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   In July 2010, Amazon announced that e-book sales for its Kindle reader outnumbered sales of hardcover books for the first time during the second quarter of 2010. Amazon claims that, during that period, 143 e-books were sold for every 100 hardcover books, including hardcovers for which there is no digital edition; and during late June and early ...