Please rephrase and give me key points to put on a slide. HISTORY Amazon was pro

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Please rephrase and give me key points to put on a slide.

HISTORY Amazon was promoted by Jeff Bezos. The company's website was publicly launched, when it became the exclusive book retailer on the Netscape and America Online websites. The company's initial public offering on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange took place. Amazon acquired Bookpages, Telebook, Internet Movie Database, Planet All and Junglee Corp. Amazon expanded with the acquisition of stakes in drugstore.com, HomeGrocer.com, Pets.com and Exchange.com. Amazon formed a strategic alliance with Toysrus.com to create a co-branded toy and video games store as well as a co-branded baby products store. Amazon established a strategic alliance with Borders Group to re-launch the Borders.com website on the Amazon e-commerce platform. The company launched imaginarium.com, a co-branded specialty and learning toy store. Amazon established a strategic alliance with the Virgin Entertainment Group to re-launch Virgin Megastore's US and Japanese websites using the Amazon e-commerce platform. The company launched its Canadian website. Amazon signed a multi-year agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Foot Locker to operate the NBA Store on NBA.com and the Women's NBA Store on WNBA.com. The company added over 40,000 gourmet food items, more than 60,000 jewelry items, and over 70,000 health and personal care items to its product portfolio. Amazon acquired joyo.com, one of the largest online retailers of books, music and videos in China. Through this acquisition, the company entered the Chinese internet market. The company signed a strategic alliance with The Bombay Company to launch new websites powered by Amazon's e-commerce technology for Bombay, Bombay Kids, Bombay Outlet, and Bombay's Canadian operations. History Amazon acquired BookSurge, a global leader in inventory-free book printing and fulfillment based in Charleston, South Carolina. The company officially launched its search engine A9. AWS launched 'Amazon S3', a simple storage service for software developers at very low costs.

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Amazon – promoted by Jeff Bezos Public launch happened with exclusive book retailership on Netscape and American Online Acquisitions Bookpages, Telebook, Internet Movie Database, Planet All, Junglee Corp and BookSurge – in USA Joyo.com – in China Expansion by taking stakes in drugstore.com, HomeGrocer.com, Pets.com and Exchange.com Strategic Alliances Toysrus.com created a co-branded toy and video games store Borders Group to re-launch the Borders.com Virgin Entertainment Group to re-launch Virgin Megastore's US and Japanese websites multi-year agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Foot Locker to operate the NBA Store on NBA.com and the Women's NBA Store on WNBA.com The Bombay Company to launch new websites powered by Amazon's e-commerce technology for Bombay, Bombay Kids, Bombay Outlet, and Bombay's Canadian operations Launched imaginarium.com, a co-branded specialty and learning toy store Canadian website Product range expansion 40,000 gourmet food items, more than 60,000 jewelry items, and over 70,000 health and personal care items Capability expansion Launch of search engine A9 AWS launched Amazon S3 - a simple storage service for software developers at very low costs

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