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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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    Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington. [6] The company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories. This diversification led to it being referred to as "The Everything Store". [7]

  4. List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon - Wikipedia

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    Amazon.com, Inc., is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, as an online bookstore, Amazon went public after an initial public offering on May 15, 1997, during the midst of the dot-com bubble. [1] The funds gained from the IPO allowed Amazon to ...

  5. Timeline of Amazon Web Services - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon Web Services blog is launched, with a first blog post by Jeff Barr. [9][10] At the time, the name Amazon Web Services refers to a collection of APIs and tools to access the Amazon.com catalog, rather than the Infrastructure as a Service it would eventually become. [10][11][12][13] 2005. Prelude. A private precursor to AWS launches ...

  6. Timeline of e-commerce - Wikipedia

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    Services like Amazon.com and eBay were some of the most notable e-commerce websites to be released in this time period. [1] 2000s–2010s Hundreds of e-commerce services such as online food ordering, media streaming, online advertising, online marketplace, brick and mortar retailers, e-commerce payment systems and online storefronts emerge.

  7. Jeff Bezos - Wikipedia

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    Mark Bezos (half-brother) [ 1 ] Signature. Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈbeɪzoʊs / BAY-zohss; [ 2 ] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American business magnate best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. He is the second wealthiest ...

  8. Online shopping - Wikipedia

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    An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a regular "brick-and-mortar" retailer or shopping center; the process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. When an online store is set up to enable businesses to buy from another businesses, the process is called business-to-business (B2B) online shopping.

  9. Zappos - Wikipedia

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    US$2 billion (2015) Number of employees. 1,500+. Parent. Amazon. Website. zappos.com. Zappos.com is an American online shoe and clothing retailer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. [1] The company was founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn and launched under the domain name Shoesite.com.