Chapter 2 Part 2（课件）-《跨境电商物流英语》同步教学（北京邮电大学出版社）

Chapter 2Introduction to Cross-border E-commerce Websites CONTENTS eBay Part 1 Part 2 Amazoncs Part 3 AliExpress Part 6 Other Main Cross-border E-commerce Platforms DHgate Part 4 LightInTheBox Part 5 ☆ learn the concept of cross-border e-commerce ☆ learn the concept and development of cross-border logistics ☆ learn the differences and features of various cross-border logistics ☆ learn some information of Chinese cross-border e-commerce logistics Objectives ☆ learn the basic information of cross-border e-commerce platforms ☆ learn the features of cross-border e-commerce platforms ☆ learn the cross-border e-commerce platforms in China Part 2 Amazon Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994. The tech giant is the largest Internet retailer in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization, and second largest after Alibaba Group in terms of total sales. The amazon.com website started as an online bookstore and later diversified to sell video downloads/ streaming, MP3 downloads/streaming, audio book downloads/streaming, software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and jewelry. The company also produces consumer electronics—Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Echo—and is the world’s largest provider of cloud infrastructure services (IaaS and PaaS). Amazon also sells certain low-end products under its in-house brand Amazon Basics. Amazon has separate retail websites for the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Japan, China, India, and Mexico. In 2016, Dutch, Polish, and Turkish language versions of the German Amazon website were also launched. Amazon also offers international shipping of some of its products to certain other countries. https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/delivery-man