Founded in 1994, the company humbly began from a garage in Bellevue as an online marketplace for books, capitalizing on the new age of the internet. And by 2001, the company had moved beyond just selling books to sell items like electronics and cookware, steadily growing into the e-commerce entity it is today. Amazon’s CEO and founder Jeff Bezos was already a billionaire and becoming a household name.
At the time, online shopping was gaining traction for its ease and convenience with total e-commerce sales estimated to be $32.6 billion in the U.S., up 19% from the previous year.
It can be hard to put into perspective just how
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