世界名牌博覽：亞馬遜

亞馬遜公司(Amazon，簡稱亞馬遜;NASDAQ：AMZN)，是美國最大的一家網絡電子商務公司，位于華盛頓州的西雅圖。是網絡上最早開始經營電子商務的公司之一，亞馬遜成立于1995年，一開始只經營網絡的書籍銷售業(yè)務，現(xiàn)在則擴及了范圍相當廣的其他產品，已成為全球商品品種最多的網上零售商和全球第二大互聯(lián)網企業(yè)，在公司名下，也包括了AlexaInternet、a9、lab126、和互聯(lián)網電影數(shù)據(jù)庫(Internet Movie Database，IMDB)等子公司。

亞馬遜及其它銷售商為客戶提供數(shù)百萬種獨特的全新、翻新及二手商品，如圖書、影視、音樂和游戲、數(shù)碼下載、電子和電腦、家居園藝用品、玩具、嬰幼兒用品、食品、服飾、鞋類和珠寶、健康和個人護理用品、體育及戶外用品、玩具、汽車及工業(yè)產品等。

2004年8月亞馬遜全資收購卓越網，使亞馬遜全球領先的網上零售專長與卓越網深厚的中國市場經驗相結合，進一步提升客戶體驗，并促進中國電子商務的成長。

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.