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Amazon is staying focused on long-term investments in turbulent times

In a shareholder letter preceding tomorrow’s release of Amazon’s first quarter results, CEO Jeff Bezos puts Amazon’s strategy in context. Among investment priorities he lists new tools for Amazon sellers and category expansion.

Posted 04/22/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Amazon’s U.S. site goes down for two hours

Only the U.S. site was affected by the failure. The company says it knows what caused the outage, but is not saying.

Posted 06/06/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Amazon removes `I love Hitler` T-shirts following protests

The World Jewish Congress condemned Amazon yesterday for not removing the T-shirts from the site. Amazon the same day took down the items, which were being sold by a merchant using the Amazon platform.

Posted 04/25/2008Don DavisPost a comment

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FatWire gets fatter with Web 2.0 acquisition

Web content management vendor FatWire Software has acquired Infostoria, a vendor of Web 2.0 collaboration and content sharing tools. FatWire hopes the new functionality will improve clients’ web experiences and drive increased customer loyalty and sales.

Posted 10/29/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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BabyUniverse becomes a content provider to Amazon

BabyUniverse says the agreement with Amazon is the first significant relationship designed to support a plan to transform BabyUniverse from a pure e-commerce company into a content, commerce and new media concern.

Posted 12/12/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Amazon’s Q3 sales rise 24% to $2.31 billion, as net income drops 37%

Net sales at Amazon.com rose 24% year-over-year to $2.31 billion for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, as a continued investment in technology caused net income to drop 36.6% to $19 million, Amazon said.

Posted 10/25/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Amazon beefs up its content further with authors’ message posting

Amazon.com continues to beef up the non-selling content at its web site. Amazon today launched Amazon Connect, a program in which authors can post messages to readers via the Amazon.com home page.

Posted 02/02/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Marks & Spencer turns to Amazon for multi-channel ordering

To replace three separate ordering systems for its three selling channels, Marks & Spencer will use an e-commerce platform hosted by Amazon that also will improve the overall performance of its web site, the UK-based retailer said today.

Posted 04/19/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment