Amazon.com, Inc. operates retail Web sites, as well as provides programs that enable third parties to sell their products on its Web sites in North America and internationally. It sources and sells a range of products under various categories, such as books; electronics and computers; toys, kids, and baby; sports and outdoors; movies, music, and games; home and garden; apparel, shoes, and jewelry; tools, auto, and industrial; digital downloads; grocery; and health and beauty. The company’s retail Web sites include amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.co.jp, amazon.co.uk, shopbop.com, endless.com, and the Joyo Amazon Web sites at joyo.cn and amazon.cn. Amazon.com, through Amazon Services, offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Web sites; allow customers to shop for products owned by sellers using its features and technologies; and allow individual customers to complete transactions that include multiple sellers in a single checkout process. The company’s Amazon Enterprise Solutions offer sellers e-commerce expertise, technology, and operational infrastructure to enable e-commerce businesses operating under their own brand name and Web site address. It also offers Amazon Web Services, which provide access to technology infrastructure that developers can use to enable virtually various types of businesses. Amazon Web Services include Amazon Simple Storage Service, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Simple Queue Service, Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Flexible Payments Service, Amazon Mechanical Turk, and Alexa’s Web Services. In addition, Amazon.com offers co-branded credit card programs, fulfillment-related services, and other marketing and promotional services, such as online advertising. Further, it designs, manufactures, markets, and sells a wireless e-reading device, the Amazon Kindle. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
