世界名牌博览：亚马逊

亚马逊公司(Amazon，简称亚马逊;NASDAQ：AMZN)，是美国最大的一家网络电子商务公司，位于华盛顿州的西雅图。是网络上最早开始经营电子商务的公司之一，亚马逊成立于1995年，一开始只经营网络的书籍销售业务，现在则扩及了范围相当广的其他产品，已成为全球商品品种最多的网上零售商和全球第二大互联网企业，在公司名下，也包括了AlexaInternet、a9、lab126、和互联网电影数据库(Internet Movie Database，IMDB)等子公司。

亚马逊及其它销售商为客户提供数百万种独特的全新、翻新及二手商品，如图书、影视、音乐和游戏、数码下载、电子和电脑、家居园艺用品、玩具、婴幼儿用品、食品、服饰、鞋类和珠宝、健康和个人护理用品、体育及户外用品、玩具、汽车及工业产品等。

2004年8月亚马逊全资收购卓越网，使亚马逊全球领先的网上零售专长与卓越网深厚的中国市场经验相结合，进一步提升客户体验，并促进中国电子商务的成长。

Amazon.com is one of the biggest success stories of the Internet. It was started by Jeff Bezos from a garage in Seattle, Washington in 1995 and is now the largest online retailer in the world. Bezos was Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999 for popularizing online shopping. His company originally sold only books but has diversified into selling music, video games, toys, electronics and other popular ranges of goods. Amazon has cleverly marketed itself worldwide by establishing separate websites in different countries. In 2007 Amazon launched its Kindle e-book reader, which now enjoys a huge share of that market. A year later it teamed up with toy and electronicsmakers to sell goods with minimal packaging to help the environment. It remains aninnovative leader in the area of online commerce.