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Amazon

(亚马逊)

Amazon

亚马逊

Incorporated as “Cadabra” in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, the company went online the following year as amazon.com. It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified into DVDs, CDs, MP3 downloads, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewellery. Apart from online retailing, Amazon also produces consumer electronics, notably the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer, and provides cloud computing services.

Chairman / President

Jeff Bezos

CFO / Finance Director

Brian Olsavsky

Industry

Internet

Website

amazon.com

Headquarters address

Seattle, Washington and Arlington, Virginia, U.S.

Stock Code

NASDAQ: AMZN

Year founded

1994

last updated:

27 August, 2024

Some Chinese merchants say they have been asked by Amazon to stop offering products at a cheaper price on Temu. Photo: EPA-EFE

E-commerce

Amazon asks Chinese sellers not to offer cheaper prices on Temu

As competition heats up, the US retailer has started tracking product pricing on rival platform Temu, according to merchants.

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United States

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Malaysia

Anwar urges ‘extraordinary speed’ in AI adoption to drive digital economy

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has made artificial intelligence a key focus of his administration to support billion-dollar tech investments.

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An artificial intelligence robot using machine learning and AI to analyse a person’s health and give advice. Photo: Shutterstock

E-commerce

No Black Friday windfall for Chinese online shops selling overseas

Cut-to-the-bone pricing is eating into the profit margins of Chinese merchants selling online to global shoppers.

8 Dec 2024 - 8:56PM

Christmas

Can AI chatbots really make your Christmas shopping easier?

Generative AI technologies that can give people assistance and advice when shopping online are fast becoming a feature of the e-commerce experience.

8 Dec 2024 - 6:15AM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI, defence tech firm Anduril team up to build AI for anti-drone systems

The partnership comes at a pivotal period in the accelerating race between the US and China to dominate AI for military purposes.

5 Dec 2024 - 4:27PM

The OpenAI-Anduril partnership is expected to help address “urgent” gaps in air-defence capabilities around the world. Photo: Shutterstock

Apple

Amazon challenges Nvidia with new AI chips, to be used by Apple

Amazon says it is able to connect a greater number of chips together than Nvidia, helping customers save cost.

4 Dec 2024 - 10:19AM

E-commerce

Temu, Shein branch deeper into selling toys during holiday shopping season

The two popular budget-shopping platforms are looking to win a bigger slice of the global market for toys.

29 Nov 2024 - 3:39PM

United States

Opinion | World must forge ahead with globalisation, with or without the US

Washington has long resisted efforts to reform the Western-centric international order. Now Trump appears poised to withdraw from it altogether.

23 Nov 2024 - 8:28AMvideocam

Pinduoduo

Amazon invites Chinese sellers to new bargain marketplace Haul

The US e-commerce giant is aggressively promoting its new budget-shopping platform this holiday season to take on Temu and Shein.

22 Nov 2024 - 6:30PM

Amazon is inviting Chinese merchants onto its new budget-shopping platform. Photo: AFP

Smartphones

US antitrust officials want to force Google to sell Chrome browser

The case marks the most aggressive move to rein in a tech company since efforts to break up Microsoft failed two decades ago.

19 Nov 2024 - 10:18AM

TikTok

Amazon questioned by US Congress over TikTok e-commerce deal

Some see the collaboration allowing users to directly buy Amazon goods through the ByteDance-owned app as a way to make it harder to ban TikTok.

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Books and literature

The bookstores where anyone can rent a shelf to sell books, new or used

In Japan, where many conventional bookstores have closed, a new business model sees people rent shelves in a store to sell their books.

9 Nov 2024 - 1:38AM

A rented shelf at the Honmaru bookstore in Kanda Jimbocho, Tokyo. Photo: AFP

Shenzhen

Chinese cities dominate Amazon seller network, outnumbering US hubs

More than half of Amazon’s top 20 seller bases are in China, including top-ranked Shenzhen.

30 Oct 2024 - 10:18PM

An Amazon fulfilment centre on Staten Island, New York. Photo: AFP

Fame and celebrity

Who is Amazon nepo baby Preston Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ eldest son?

Emmy-winning journalist turned children’s book author Sánchez says Jeff Bezos ‘loves her kids’ – and likewise, she was seen holidaying in Greece with him and his son Preston this year.

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Semiconductors

Intel set for sharp drop in quarterly revenue as chip maker struggles to recover

The once-iconic American semiconductor giant is expected to report this week an 8 per cent decline in quarterly revenue to US$13.02 billion.

29 Oct 2024 - 8:45PM

US presidential election 2024

Bezos says Washington Post ended US presidential endorsements on ‘principle’

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos argued presidential endorsements ‘create a perception of bias’.

29 Oct 2024 - 12:18PM

TV shows and streaming video

The name’s Bond, James Bond. Yes, for real. And it’s no joke

A new film, Our Name is Bond, reveals the trials and tribulations as well as the upsides of sharing a name with the world’s most famous spy.

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Fashion

How Victoria’s Secret changed the US retail, media and fashion worlds

Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon examines why the brand is an unsung, if controversial, champion of US consumerism.

22 Nov 2024 - 2:20PM

Korean drama reviews

Review | Spice Up Our Love: No Gain No Love spin-off deconstructs romantic dramas

This fantasy drama follows an erotic-novel author who turns into the lead character from one of her web stories, both played by Han Ji-hyun.

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Han Ji-hyun as web-novel author Nam Ja-yeon in a still from Spice Up Our Love.

E-commerce

Temu sells US$4 remotes compatible with rival Amazon’s Fire TV Stick

The knock-off Fire TV remote controls are selling briskly, according to Temu’s site.

9 Oct 2024 - 11:35AM

Temu is operated by Chinese e-commerce giant PDD Holdings. Photo: Shutterstock

Books and literature

The ‘CoHo’ effect? Why spicy romance novels are going full steam ahead

First came Twilight and Fifty Shades of Gray … now, romantic fiction is enjoying another heyday, with authors like Colleen Hoover boasting legions of fans

8 Oct 2024 - 12:52PM

Fame and celebrity

Who is Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton’s actress daughter?

Raised in Scotland with her twin brother Xavier, Honor Swinton Byrne starred in ‘The Souvenir’ then decided to take a degree in psychology; now, she’s following in her Oscar-winning mum’s footsteps.

6 Oct 2024 - 5:00AM

Korean drama reviews

Review | No Gain No Love: emotional but faltering end to K-drama romcom

There are big emotions and charming lead performances from Shin Min-a and Kim Young-dae, but No Gain No Love stumbles somewhat in its finale.

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Shin Min-a in a still from No Gain No Love.

Thailand

After billions for Singapore and Malaysia, Google spends big in Thailand too

Google’s US$1 billion bet on Thai data centres could boost the economy by US$4 billion over 5 years and create 14,000 jobs annually, it says.

1 Oct 2024 - 9:06AM

Semiconductors

Intel rebuffs Arm after British firm asked to buy US chip maker’s product unit

In the high-level inquiry, Arm did not express interest in Intel’s manufacturing operations.

27 Sep 2024 - 2:52PM

Smartphones

Xiaomi asks India to recall antitrust report over commercial secrets

Xiaomi says an investigation report on Flipkart contains sensitive business data on the smartphone firm that was not redacted, sources say.

23 Sep 2024 - 4:34PM

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