62,666
edits
Changes
no edit summary
| 2012 || March 19 || Acquisitions || Amazon acquires [[w:Kiva Systems|Kiva Systems]] for $775 million, a robotics company that creates robots that can move items around warehouses.<ref name="MyUser_Bloomberg.com_January_10_2016c">{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-03-19/amazon-acquires-kiva-systems-in-second-biggest-takeover |title=Amazon Acquires Kiva Systems in Second-Biggest Takeover - Bloomberg Business |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date= |author= |accessdate= January 10, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || April 23 || || "Amazon launches AmazonSupply.com, a supply site for businesses"offering more than 500,000 items.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon launches a supply site for businesses |url=https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2012/04/23/amazon-launches-supply-site-businesses/ |website=digitalcommerce360.com |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=3 Observations on Amazon’s New Industrial Marketplace, AmazonSupply.com |url=https://www.mdm.com/premium/top-distributor-sectors/3-observations-on-amazons-new-industrial-marketplace-amazonsupply-com/ |website=mdm.com |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Introducing AmazonSupply |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120423005599/en/Introducing-AmazonSupply |website=businesswire.com |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || April || Legal || Amazon agrees to allow collection of [[w:sales tax|sales tax]]es in both Nevada and Texas (starting on July 1), and agrees to create 2,500 jobs and invest $200 million in new distribution centers in Texas.<ref name="MyUser_Statesman.com_January_10_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.statesman.com/news/business/documents-amazon-risking-little-in-texas-sales-tax/nRqFH/ |title=Documents: Amazon risking little in Texas sales tax deal |newspaper=Statesman.com |date= |author= |accessdate= January 10, 2016}}</ref>
