The document discusses the history and growth of Amazon, beginning as an online bookstore founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. It summarizes Amazon's early growth, expanding into additional product categories. While Amazon saw huge revenue growth in the late 1990s, it also experienced major losses in the early 2000s during the dot-com crash. The document outlines steps Amazon took to refocus on profitability, like cutting costs and workers while focusing on its core shopping business.

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Internet Technology
Guided By : Ms.Ameera
CSE Department M.E.S CE
March 26, 2012
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1 E-commerce
2 E-Commerce Vs E-Business
3 Features of e-commerce
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Jeff Bezos
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Website to sell books through internet.
Early days of Internet
Unattractive interface
Lack of key information
Online book store a community.
Creating book reviews
Searching
Sharing
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Website to sell books through internet.
Early days of Internet
Unattractive interface
Lack of key information
Online book store a community.
Creating book reviews
Searching
Sharing
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Website to sell books through internet.
Early days of Internet
Unattractive interface
Lack of key information
Online book store a community.
Creating book reviews
Searching
Sharing
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8. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Website to sell books through internet.
Early days of Internet
Unattractive interface
Lack of key information
Online book store a community.
Creating book reviews
Searching
Sharing
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9. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Website to sell books through internet.
Early days of Internet
Unattractive interface
Lack of key information
Online book store a community.
Creating book reviews
Searching
Sharing
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10. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Website to sell books through internet.
Early days of Internet
Unattractive interface
Lack of key information
Online book store a community.
Creating book reviews
Searching
Sharing
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Website to sell books through internet.
Early days of Internet
Unattractive interface
Lack of key information
Online book store a community.
Creating book reviews
Searching
Sharing
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Website to sell books through internet.
Early days of Internet
Unattractive interface
Lack of key information
Online book store a community.
Creating book reviews
Searching
Sharing
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Growth
1’st year — $15.7 million
2’nd year — $54 million
Added music cds,videos,electronics,s/w,toys, videogames &
home improvements.
profits waived for sake of growth.
1999 — $1.6 billion through sales.
Time magazine — ”Person of the year” — ”King Of Cyber
Space”
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Growth
1’st year — $15.7 million
2’nd year — $54 million
Added music cds,videos,electronics,s/w,toys, videogames &
home improvements.
profits waived for sake of growth.
1999 — $1.6 billion through sales.
Time magazine — ”Person of the year” — ”King Of Cyber
Space”
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Growth
1’st year — $15.7 million
2’nd year — $54 million
Added music cds,videos,electronics,s/w,toys, videogames &
home improvements.
profits waived for sake of growth.
1999 — $1.6 billion through sales.
Time magazine — ”Person of the year” — ”King Of Cyber
Space”
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17. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Growth
1’st year — $15.7 million
2’nd year — $54 million
Added music cds,videos,electronics,s/w,toys, videogames &
home improvements.
profits waived for sake of growth.
1999 — $1.6 billion through sales.
Time magazine — ”Person of the year” — ”King Of Cyber
Space”
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18. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Growth
1’st year — $15.7 million
2’nd year — $54 million
Added music cds,videos,electronics,s/w,toys, videogames &
home improvements.
profits waived for sake of growth.
1999 — $1.6 billion through sales.
Time magazine — ”Person of the year” — ”King Of Cyber
Space”
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Growth
1’st year — $15.7 million
2’nd year — $54 million
Added music cds,videos,electronics,s/w,toys, videogames &
home improvements.
profits waived for sake of growth.
1999 — $1.6 billion through sales.
Time magazine — ”Person of the year” — ”King Of Cyber
Space”
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Toast
323 million loss
523 million loss
2000 — share price dropped to 70%
Amazon.toast . . . Amazon.bomb
2001 — $1.4 billion loss
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21. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Toast
323 million loss
523 million loss
2000 — share price dropped to 70%
Amazon.toast . . . Amazon.bomb
2001 — $1.4 billion loss
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22. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Toast
323 million loss
523 million loss
2000 — share price dropped to 70%
Amazon.toast . . . Amazon.bomb
2001 — $1.4 billion loss
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23. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Toast
323 million loss
523 million loss
2000 — share price dropped to 70%
Amazon.toast . . . Amazon.bomb
2001 — $1.4 billion loss
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24. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Toast
323 million loss
523 million loss
2000 — share price dropped to 70%
Amazon.toast . . . Amazon.bomb
2001 — $1.4 billion loss
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Changing Focus
2001 — 15% workers, two centers & one customer support
center
Get rid of unprofitable crap
Online shopping portal
$5 million profit
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Changing Focus
2001 — 15% workers, two centers & one customer support
center
Get rid of unprofitable crap
Online shopping portal
$5 million profit
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Changing Focus
2001 — 15% workers, two centers & one customer support
center
Get rid of unprofitable crap
Online shopping portal
$5 million profit
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28. Amazon E-commerce E-Commerce Vs E-Business Features of e-commerce
Changing Focus
2001 — 15% workers, two centers & one customer support
center
Get rid of unprofitable crap
Online shopping portal
$5 million profit
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Amazon has survived and is also making profit- a fact that
many analysts and observers doubted would never happen
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Use of internet and web to transact business.
Digitally enabled transactions
exchange of value across organizational or individual boundaries
in return of products and services.
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Use of internet and web to transact business.
Digitally enabled transactions
exchange of value across organizational or individual boundaries
in return of products and services.
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Use of internet and web to transact business.
Digitally enabled transactions
exchange of value across organizational or individual boundaries
in return of products and services.
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E-Business refers primarily to the digital enablement of transactions
and processes within a firm.
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Ubiquitous
Global Reach
Universal Standard
Richness
Interactivity
Information Density
Personalization/Customization
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Ubiquitous
Global Reach
Universal Standard
Richness
Interactivity
Information Density
Personalization/Customization
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Ubiquitous
Global Reach
Universal Standard
Richness
Interactivity
Information Density
Personalization/Customization
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Ubiquitous
Global Reach
Universal Standard
Richness
Interactivity
Information Density
Personalization/Customization
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Ubiquitous
Global Reach
Universal Standard
Richness
Interactivity
Information Density
Personalization/Customization
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Ubiquitous
Global Reach
Universal Standard
Richness
Interactivity
Information Density
Personalization/Customization
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Ubiquitous
Global Reach
Universal Standard
Richness
Interactivity
Information Density
Personalization/Customization
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