Amazon.com
hideAmazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is an American-based multinational electronic commerce company. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, it is America's largest online retailer, with nearly three times the Internet sales revenue of runner up Staples, Inc.
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, Inc. in 1994 and launched it online in 1995. It started as an on-line bookstore but soon diversified to product lines of VHS, DVD, music CDs and MP3s, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, etc. Amazon has established separate websites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, and Japan. It also provides international shipping to certain countries for some of its products.
On January 15, 2009, a survey published by Verdict Research found that Amazon was the UK's favorite music and video retailer, and came third in overall retail rankings.
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Retailers Expect a Grinch-like Christmas, Says UB Retail Expert
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unfortunately for retailers, the Grinch will be pushing the shopping cart again this holiday season, says Arun Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research in the University at Buffalo School of ...
Clicker.com aims to become Internet video usher
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet.
Amazon delivers Kindle books to PCs
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Amazon.com on Tuesday released free software that lets people read the online retail titan's electronic Kindle books on personal computers.
Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.
Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.
A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. But soon, eBay's biggest business will likely be PayPal, the online payments ...
Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.
PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Personal computers are changing - and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are missing a familiar component. You could experiment ...
Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping -- with words
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- You're probably used to typing your name, address and credit card number when you buy things online. Amazon.com is guessing you don't enjoy it, though, and wants to simplify the process by letting you purchase items ...
Amazon fights to keep Kindle on top of e-book crowd
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The threat of growing competition in the e-reader market does not seem to have cooled demand for Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, but the online retailer will likely face its toughest test in the coming holiday season.
Analysts see more growth ahead for Amazon
Oct 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Low prices, solid customer service and an increasing willingness by consumers to spend on discretionary items contributed to Amazon.com Inc.'s solid third quarter, and the growth should continue despite ...
Booksellers call for probe of online book-price wars
Oct 22, 2009 |
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The American Booksellers Association on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate online book-price wars underway by Amazon.com, Wal-Mart and Target.
Consumers still flock to Amazon: income up 62 pct
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings soared 62 percent, showing that consumers are comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer despite the still-shaky economy.
Amazon to release free Kindle software for PC
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer.
EU: breakthrough on online music rights
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The EU's top antitrust official on Wednesday described a deal among Apple Inc.'s iTunes, music companies, distributors and online licensing groups as a "great breakthrough" that would roll out more Internet music ...
