Some facts about Amazon.com. What do you know about this e-company? Your opinions?
Amazon.com is an American international e-commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA. It’s is the world’s largest online retailer. Amazon offers variety products starting from books and CDs to tools and home furnishings.
The company was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, but the site went online as Amazon.com in 1995. The company was named after the Amazon River, one of the largest rivers in the world. Amazon’s logotype has featured a curved arrow leading from A to Z, representing that they carry every products from A to Z, with arrow shaped like smile.
At first Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon the range of goods it offers became broader. When the dotcom frenzy of the late 1990s destroyed many e-companies, Amazon survived, and become a huge player in online sales. Revenues of more than 1 billion dollars in 2001 proved that Bezon’s unconventional business model could succeed.
The Amazon serves consumers through its retail websites and focus on selection, price and convenience. Amazon attracts at least 615 million visitors annually. Its e-fulfilment systems are renowned for their efficiency.
In 2000 Amazon began to offer e-commerce platform to other retailers and to individual sellers. Today more than two million small businesses, world-class retail brands and individual sellers increase their sales and reach new customers thank to Amazon’s e-commerce platform.
Since its founding, the company has attracted criticism and controversy from some sources over its actions. There include, for example, anti-competitive actions, price discrimination, works containing libel and much more. Also Amazon has attracted widespread criticism by both current and former employees, as well as the media and politicians for poor working conditions.
Despite it, more than 97 000 full-time and part-time employees continue to work for Amazon. And now it’s the biggest succeed e-commerce company.
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Some facts about Amazon.com. What do you know about this e-company? Your opinions?
Amazon.com is an American international e-commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA. It’s is the world’s largest online retailer. Amazon offers a variety of products starting from books and CDs to tools and home furnishings.
The company was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, but the site went online as Amazon.com in 1995. The company was named after the Amazon River, one of the largest rivers in the world. Amazon’s logotype has featured a curved arrow leading from A to Z, representing the fact that they carry every products from A to Z, with an arrow shaped like a smile.
At first Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon the range of goods it offers offered became broader. When the dotcom frenzy of the late 1990s destroyed many e-companies, Amazon survived, and become a huge player in online sales. Revenues of more than 1 billion dollars in 2001 proved that Bezon’s unconventional business model could succeed.
The Amazon serves consumers through its retail websites and focus on selection, price and convenience. Amazon attracts at least 615 million visitors annually. Its e-fulfilment systems are renowned for their efficiency.
In 2000 Amazon began to offer e-commerce platforms to other retailers and to individual sellers. Today more than two million small businesses, world-class retail brands and individual sellers increase their sales and reach new customers thanks to Amazon’s e-commerce platform.
Since its founding, the company has attracted criticism and controversy from some sources over its actions. There They include, for example, anti-competitive actions, price discrimination, works containing libel and much more. Also Amazon has attracted widespread criticism by both current and former employees, as well as the media and politicians for poor working conditions.
Despite it that, more than 97 000 full-time and part-time employees continue to work for Amazon. And now it’s the biggest succeed and most successful e-commerce company.
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