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Amazon.com, Inc. operates retail
Web sites, as well as provides programs that enable third
parties to sell their products on its Web sites in North America
and internationally. It sources and sells a range of products
under various categories, such as books; electronics and
computers; toys, kids, and baby; sports and outdoors; movies,
music, and games; home and garden; apparel, shoes, and jewelry;
tools, auto, and industrial; digital downloads; grocery; and
health and beauty. The company's retail Web sites include
amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.co.jp,
amazon.co.uk, shopbop.com, endless.com, and the Joyo Amazon Web
sites at joyo.cn and amazon.cn. Amazon.com, through Amazon
Services, offers programs that enable sellers to sell their
products on its Web sites; allow customers to shop for products
owned by sellers using its features and technologies; and allow
individual customers to complete transactions that include
multiple sellers in a single checkout process. The company's
Amazon Enterprise Solutions offer sellers e-commerce expertise,
technology, and operational infrastructure to enable e-commerce
businesses operating under their own brand name and Web site
address. It also offers Amazon Web Services, which provide
access to technology infrastructure that developers can use to
enable virtually various types of businesses. Amazon Web
Services include Amazon Simple Storage Service, Amazon Elastic
Compute Cloud, Amazon Simple Queue Service, Amazon SimpleDB,
Amazon Flexible Payments Service, Amazon Mechanical Turk, and
Alexa's Web Services. In addition, Amazon.com offers co-branded
credit card programs, fulfillment-related services, and other
marketing and promotional services, such as online advertising.
Further, it designs, manufactures, markets, and sells a wireless
e-reading device, the Amazon Kindle. The company was founded in
1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. |
