Events
Amazon Studios launches to
create original television content.Amazon acquires Whole FoodsKindle book e-reader
launches.Announces proposal to
open up a 2nd HeadquartersAmazon launches in July,
having been established a year earlier,
as an online book retailer.Launches Amazon Web Services,
its cloud computing platform.Amazon floats on the Nasdaq in New York,
with a market capitalisation of $438m.
Acquires bookpages.co.uk and launches Amazon UKAmazon Prime, its premium
membership package
launches in the US, followed in
the UK two years later.Acquires Kiva, a robotics
company, for $775m.Amazon Art launches.
Drone delivery plans unveiled
for first time under
'Prime Air' name.Celebrates 20th birthday
with market capitalization
standing in excess of $245bn.Amazon Fresh, its online
fresh food delivery business,
launches in Seattle.
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