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Article: Amazon still king of online sales
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2005
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SEATTLE -- Soon after Amazon.com Inc. debuted 10 years ago, Jeff
Bezos and his handful of employees spent late summer nights packing
books in a tiny warehouse, scrambling to ship a growing gush of
orders.
Today, the man who has grown accustomed to being hailed the king
of Internet commerce runs a global powerhouse that did nearly $7
billion in sales last year, dealing in everything from banjo cases to
wild boar baby back ribs.
As more businesses beef up their online operations, is the company
that helped get it all started in danger of seeing its dominance
eroded by the competitors it helped spawn?
Time will tell, but industry experts say Amazon is well positioned
to maintain a firm grip on ...