Introduction A critical appraisal of Amazon’s website was conducted providing a benchmark for other sites. The sites key characteristics were identified; it was found many were inter-related. Design for instance demonstrably fitted context of use, considered crucial to online success. It was found usability is an important concept, which Amazon has successfully related to navigation, content and layout. The importance of engineering principles should not […]

Introduction Amazon.com is a 15-year old company established in 1995 by Jeffrey Bezos. Initially established as an online bookstore, it soon found itself in the trading business dealing with electronic commerce with a variety of product lines such as books, electronic items as well as an increasing number of varied consumer products. Based in Seattle, Washington and registered in Delaware in the United States, Amazon.com […]

Data continues to affirm Amazon.com’s dominance in the product-search industry. In fact, recent  reveal the Amazon  as the place most American consumers begin their product research. For entrepreneurs in the business of selling products, these trends are causing major shifts in product distribution and marketing. Here are four reasons why Amazon’s growth in product search matters to you. 1. Amazon shoppers are ‘Primed’ to buy. The more […]

  Company: Amazon CEO: Jeff Bezos Year founded: 1994 Headquarter: Seattle,USA Number of Employees (2018): 613,3 Public or Private: Public Ticker Symbol: AMZN Market Cap (2018): $ 778.39 Billion Annual Revenue (2018): $ 220.96 Billion Profit | Net income (2018): $ 8.9 Billion Amazon is one of the best online retailers and it will continue its success and growth into the second half of 2016. One out […]

A Tennessee family is suing Amazon after their $1 million house was destroyed in a fire caused by a “hoverboard” toy purchased on the site. According to , the Fox family of Nashville claims that Amazon knew the hoverboard in question was a dangerous product, but sold it anyway. In January, the hoverboard caught fire, destroying all of the family’s home and all their personal possessions. […]

Many companies which embarked in e-commerce had failed especially during the period of the “dot. Com bubble”. The failure of these dot-comes were due to the fact that many of these companies do not have a viable business model and they were focus mainly on increasing their market share at the expense of their bottoming. Amazon. Com is one of those companies which had survived […]

Beautiful and fearless, these women warriors functioned as rulers, priestesses, warriors and domestics in their nomadic society. There have been many speculations, myths and tales of great women warriors. The variation of stories about women warriors range from the stories of Amazons being oiropatas, man-killerrs, to women warriors such as Boudicca, Icenian warrior queen that set fire to London. With such diversity in the history […]

Financial Reporting, Analysis and Ethics: A Comparative Analysis of Overstock. com and Amazon Robert Baird BU7545 Fall 2011 Financial Reporting, Analysis and Ethics: A Comparative Analysis of Overstock. com and Amazon Robert Baird BU7545 Fall 2011 Table of Contents| | | Executive Summary| 2| | | Company and Industry Information| 3| | | Accounting Issues| 6| | | Accounting Policies and Disclosure Practices| 9| | […]

Case Study: Amazon and EBay 1)      In today’s world web oriented services are increasing day by day and internet giants like EBay and Amazon are adopting this methodology to strengthen up their business. The core purpose of web services is to enable machine to machine interaction within a network in such a way that it becomes easier for all the stakeholders to achieve their objectives. […]

When you think of ecommerce giant , a company that was founded on selling books online, offering an all-you-can-read book subscription service might seem like a no-brainer. But, so far, nada from Amazon (which, of course, sells just about anything you can think of). Instead, other companies have launched their own subscription services. That might be about to change. With the inadvertent announcement of an […]