Busy schedules often leave little time for shopping Amazon can help One afternoon a family browses the company’s web site They choose backpacks notebooks and other school supplies Someone needs soccer cleats Amazon sells those too With the click of a button the order is sent In just a few days the items arrive at their door Amazon saved the family a lot of time Amazon com Inc is one of the world’s largest shopping web sites Most people call it Amazon Its company headquarters is in Seattle Washington Amazon sells a wide range of products It is often called the everything store The company’s logo is recognized around the world It shows an arrow that stretches from the first A to the Z in the shape of a smile Today Amazon is one of the most successful Internet businesses in the world The company is worth more than 400 billion 4 What Is Amazon
By the Numbers more than 45,000 robot workers in Amazon Fulfillment Centers more than 300,000 employees around 300 million Amazon users nearly 136 billion in sales in 2016 more than 250 Amazon Dash Buttons available Amazon headquarters in Seattle Washington 5
