Friday, July 23, 2010

Amazon.com


It was found by Jeff Bezos in 1994, 14 years ago.

Started selling online in 1995, 15 years ago.

First it had the name Cadabra.com.

It was first a book store but soon it started selling DVDs, CDs, MP3 downloads, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, and toys.

The website also work in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, and China.

At 2009 it had the most used by UK for the musics.

It also provides international shipping to certain countries for some of its products.

Bezos wrote the business when they were moving from NY to Seattle.

The books are offer 200,000 titles.

He named it Amazon as the worlds largest river.

The goal was to have all the prodoct in alphabet order fom A-Z.

It was found in the state of WA.

The fist book that sold in Amazon was: - Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.

The symble for stock now its AMZN.

The stock now its $1.50 billion.

The company didnt accept any thing for 4 to 5 years at first.

The headquarter now its at Seattle's Beacon Hill.

One of the biggest compos in Seattle.

It has 24300 emploees.

It became known because of the online sale and having everything in alphaber order.




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