Profile
Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon.com), incorporated
on May 28, 1996, serves consumers through its retail websites and focus
on selection, price, and convenience. The Company also manufactures and
sell Kindle devices. It offers programs that enable sellers to sell
their products on its websites and their own branded websites and to
fulfill orders through them , and
programs that allow authors,
musicians, filmmakers,
app
developers, and others to publish and sell content..The Company operates
in two segments: North America and International. North America segment
consists of amounts earned from retail sales of consumer products and
subscriptions through North America-focused websites such as
www.amazon.com and www.amazon.ca and include amounts earned from AWS.
The International segment consists of amounts earned from retail sales
of consumer products and subscriptions through internationally-focused
websites. In May 2012, the Company acquired Kiva Systems, Inc. (Kiva).
