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| + | For customers outside the U.S., Amazon.com offers services to [[Amazon.ca|Canada]], [[amazon.co.uk|United Kingdom]], [[Amazon.de|Germany]], [[amazon.co.jp|Japan]], [[amazon.fr|France]], and [[amazon.cn|China]]. The company also has acquired an impressive array of other enterprises, including [[imdb.com|the Internet Movie Database]], [[Alexa.com|Alexa Internet]], [[audible.com|Audible]], and [[Exchange.com]]. | ||
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| − | + | Amazon has steadily branched into retail sales of music CDs, videotapes and DVDs, software, consumer electronics, kitchen items, tools, lawn and garden items, toys & games, baby products, apparel, sporting goods, gourmet food, jewelry, watches, health and personal-care items, beauty products, musical instruments, industrial & scientific supplies, groceries, and more. | |
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| + | Beginning August 2005, Amazon began selling products under its own private label, [http://www.amazon.com/Pinzon-Bedding-Bath-Furniture-Kitchen/b?ie=UTF8&node=16379511 Pinzon]. In March 2007, the company applied to expand the trademark to cover a larger and more diverse list of goods, beyond its original scope of housewares. The list of products registered for coverage by the trademark grew to include items such as paints, carpets, wallpaper, hair accessories, clothing, footwear, headgear, cleaning products, and jewelry. | ||
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| + | On May 16, 2007 Amazon announced its intention to launch its own online music store. The store launched in public beta September 25, 2007, selling downloads exclusively in MP3 format without digital rights management. | ||
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| + | In August 2007, Amazon announced AmazonFresh, a grocery service offering perishable and nonperishable foods. Customers can have orders delivered to their homes at dawn or during a specified daytime window. Delivery was initially restricted to residents of Mercer Island, Washington, and was later expanded to several ZIP codes in Seattle proper. AmazonFresh also operated pick-up locations in the suburbs of Bellevue and Kirkland from summer 2007 through early 2008. | ||
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Revision as of 22:32, 6 June 2008
Amazon.com is an e-commerce company retailing a huge range of products online through third-parties. As one of the first major companies to sell online, Amazon was first well-known as a bookseller but today has an infinite number of other products. Through Amazon Web Services, they also provide marketing and web services for developers such as cloud computing and online billing. Product categories include...
- Books
- Music, Movies and Games
- Digital Downloads
- Electronics and Computers
- Home & Garden
- Grocery
- Toys, Kids & Baby
- Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry
- Health & Beauty
- Sports & Outdoors
- Tools, Auto & Industrial
Contact
- 1.800.201.7575 (Toll free, US and Canada)
- 1.206.346.2992 or 1.206.266.2992 (Outside US and Canada)
- 1.877.586.3230 (Canada only)
Address
- P.O. Box 81226
- Seattle WA 98108 US
Related domains
For customers outside the U.S., Amazon.com offers services to Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, France, and China. The company also has acquired an impressive array of other enterprises, including the Internet Movie Database, Alexa Internet, Audible, and Exchange.com.
Headlines
- Reuters June 6, 2008
- TechTicker Yahoo Finance June 6, 2008
- BBSNews June 6, 2008
- TheStreet.com June 4, 2008
History
Amazon has steadily branched into retail sales of music CDs, videotapes and DVDs, software, consumer electronics, kitchen items, tools, lawn and garden items, toys & games, baby products, apparel, sporting goods, gourmet food, jewelry, watches, health and personal-care items, beauty products, musical instruments, industrial & scientific supplies, groceries, and more.
Beginning August 2005, Amazon began selling products under its own private label, Pinzon. In March 2007, the company applied to expand the trademark to cover a larger and more diverse list of goods, beyond its original scope of housewares. The list of products registered for coverage by the trademark grew to include items such as paints, carpets, wallpaper, hair accessories, clothing, footwear, headgear, cleaning products, and jewelry.
On May 16, 2007 Amazon announced its intention to launch its own online music store. The store launched in public beta September 25, 2007, selling downloads exclusively in MP3 format without digital rights management.
In August 2007, Amazon announced AmazonFresh, a grocery service offering perishable and nonperishable foods. Customers can have orders delivered to their homes at dawn or during a specified daytime window. Delivery was initially restricted to residents of Mercer Island, Washington, and was later expanded to several ZIP codes in Seattle proper. AmazonFresh also operated pick-up locations in the suburbs of Bellevue and Kirkland from summer 2007 through early 2008.
