Amazon Sale is a page dedicated to the best online sale links on Amazon apparel and merchandise. An e-commerce website, Amazon lists merchandise on its website but the individual vendors are responsible for their inventory and for fulfilling their orders. In exchange for the online listing, Amazon receives a cut of the sales.SeattlePI: How Amazon.com Survived (January 28, 2004)
Departments
- Books
- Movies, Music and Games
- Digital Downloads
- Kindle
- Computers and Office
- Electronics
- Home and Garden
- Grocery, Health and Beauty
- Toys, Kids and Baby
- Apparel, Shoes and Jewelry
- Sports and Outdoors
- Tools, Audio and Industrial
Amazon Exclusive Programs
- Amazon Prime: A annual fee-based membership program featuring fast shipping options for eligible purchases
- Amazon Bestsellers: A list of the most popular items on the site, updated hourly
- Amazon Daily Blog
- AmazonConnect: A program for authors and artists to feature their blogs on the detail pages of their books and CDs
- Amazon Global: Assists with courier customs clearance as well as estimates international duty and tax charges during the checkout process
- Amazon Currency Converter: Review and place orders in your local currency using our automatic currency conversion
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References
Fast Facts
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NASDAQ Symbol
AMZN
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1994
Founded by Jeff Bezos
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1995
Amazon.com launched
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Originally began as a text-heavy book sellerSeattlePI: How Amazon.com Survived (January 28, 2004)
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1996
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1997
Increased sales by 800 percent over one yearSeattlePI: How Amazon.com Survived (January 28, 2004)
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1997
Added music CDs and movie videos to inventorySeattlePI: How Amazon.com Survived (January 28, 2004)
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1998
Introduced departments for toys, electronics, software, video games and homeSeattlePI: How Amazon.com Survived (January 28, 2004) improvement
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1999
Surpassed $1.5 billion in sales and Jeff Bezos was named the "Person of the Year" by Time magazineSeattlePI: How Amazon.com Survived (January 28, 2004)
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2000
Stock price dropped by more than two-thirdsSeattlePI: How Amazon.com Survived (January 28, 2004)
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2001
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2001
Reported its first profit by the end of the yearSeattlePI: How Amazon.com Survived (January 28, 2004)
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2002
