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How Amazon Controls E-Commerce

Fast facts you might not have known about Amazon.
Posted on May 16, 2011 by Christina DesMarais
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How did Amazon, which started by selling books online, morph into a diversified online giant boasting $34 billion in annual revenue? Erick Schonfeld with TechCrunch posted a fantastic slideshow created by global consulting boutique faberNovel that brings to light a myriad of fast facts you might not have known about Amazon, which is now responsible for one-third of e-commerce transactions in the United States.

You might not know that Amazon:

  • Hired two Walmart executives to create an immensely successful digital-driven supply chain and was sued for violating trade secrets law in 1998.
  • Owns a pile of popular sites, such as Drugstore.com, Zappos and IMDb, while Amazon Web Services drives many successful companies, such as Dropbox, Foursquare and Yelp.
  • Expects its cloud computing business to grow even bigger than its retail activities.

Read more interesting facts, including the three keys to Amazon’s success, at TechCrunch.

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  • Marco Suarez

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  • J.B. Malik

    Amazon.com has already crushed the 3rd-party selling marketplace, too – its fastest growing segment (i.e. Merchants leveraging Fulfillment by Amazon). eBay is a distant reflection in their rearview mirror. I blogged about it here: http://honestonlineselling.blogspot.com/2011/04/explosive-growth-of-amazon-marketplace.html

    -J.B. Malik
    Founder, http://www.HonestOnlineSelling.com

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    I think the combination of online store front, direct shipment from suppliers and well managed distribution hub are key to Amazon’s success.