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Amazon.com, Inc. (/ˈæməzɒn/), is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies along with Google, Apple and Facebook.

Amazon is known for its ability to disrupt well-established industries through technological innovation and mass scale. It is the world’s largest e-commerce marketplace, AI assistant provider, and cloud computing platform as measured by revenue and market capitalization. Amazon is the largest Internet company by revenue in the world. It is the second largest employer in the United States and one of the world’s most valuable companies. Amazon is the second largest technology company by revenue.

Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994 in Bellevue, Washington. The company initially started as an online marketplace for books but later expanded to sell electronics, software, video games, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States by market capitalization. In 2017, Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for $13.4 billion, which vastly increased Amazon’s presence as a brick-and-mortar retailer. In 2018, Bezos announced that its two-day delivery service, Amazon Prime, had surpassed 100 million subscribers worldwide.

Amazon distributes downloads and streaming of video, music, audiobook through its Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Music, and Audible subsidiaries. Amazon also has a publishing arm, Amazon Publishing, a film and television studio, Amazon Studios and a cloud computing subsidiary, Amazon Web Services. It produces consumer electronics including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo devices. In addition, Amazon subsidiaries also include Ring, Twitch.tv, Whole Foods Market, and iMDb. Among various controversies, the company has been criticised for poor working conditions, tax avoidance, and anti-competitive practices.

关于亚马逊

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。

2018年3月，北京市消协官网显示，北京市消协2017年在亚马逊购买19种比较试验样品，其中有9种不达标，不达标率为47.4%。 2018年7月19日，《财富》世界500强排行榜发布，亚马逊位列18位。12月18日，世界品牌实验室编制的《2018世界品牌500强》揭晓，亚马逊排名第1位。

2019年7月18日，停止为亚马逊中国网站上的第三方卖家提供卖家服务。