SB, good news for you, Glenn R, and the rest of you Amzn bulls;-)...Amzn is taking over Japan!!!!!
>SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2001--Amazon.co.jp
(http://www.amazon.co.jp), the Japanese-language site of global online
retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN.Q), launched its Music, Video, and DVD
stores today, with hundreds of thousands of Japanese and imported
products.
Launched last November as an online bookstore, Amazon.co.jp is the
No. 1 online bookseller for Japanese consumers.
The Japanese site's new Music, Video, and DVD stores offer many of
the features for which Amazon.com is known, including customer
reviews, advanced search capability, and similarities as well as
extensive editorial content from Amazon.co.jp editors and film and
music critics.
"I know our customers are going to appreciate the fantastic
selection of both foreign and Japanese music and movies available on
Amazon.co.jp," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com.
"Whether you're looking for the latest J-pop CD from The Yellow Monkey
or a DVD biography of our favorite Seattle Mariners' player Ichiro
Suzuki or a video of a famous Japanese animation series, you'll find
it along with great customer service and fast delivery."
"The continuing addition of new products to all four of our
international sites is an important part of Amazon.com's drive to
profitability," said Diego Piacentini, Amazon.com senior vice
president and general manager of International.
To that end, Amazon.co.uk launched its Electronics store in May
and Amazon.fr launched Software and Video Games in April. Amazon has
also announced that Amazon.de will add Electronics and that further
initiatives will be launched at all four international sites in the
coming year.
Since launching Amazon.co.jp, Amazon has more than doubled its
customer base in Japan to over 400,000 customers. Amazon.co.jp is
offering (Y)500 off any CD, DVD, or Video purchase of (Y)5,000 or more
through June 30, 2001, and continuing its free shipping within Japan
for orders of (Y)5,000 or more placed via any Amazon.co.jp store. To
go directly to Amazon.co.jp's new stores, visit:
www.amazon.co.jp/music, www.amazon.co.jp/video, or
www.amazon.co.jp/dvd.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN.Q) opened its virtual doors on the World
Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection,
along with online auctions and free electronic greeting cards.
Amazon.com seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company,
where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy
online. Amazon.com lists millions of unique items in areas such as
Electronics, Kitchen & Housewares, Books, Music, DVD, Video, Camera &
Photo, Toys & Games, Software, Computer & Video Games, Tools &
Hardware, Outdoor Living, and Cell Phones & Service. Through
Amazon.com zShops, any business or individual can sell virtually
anything to Amazon.com's more than 32 million cumulative customers,
and with Amazon.com Payments, sellers can accept credit card
transactions, avoiding the hassles of offline payments.
Amazon.com operates four international Web sites: www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, and www.amazon.co.jp. It also
operates the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the Web's
comprehensive and authoritative source of information on more than
275,000 movies and entertainment titles and 1 million cast and
crewmembers dating from the birth of film in 1891 to 2003. |
