Sunday, April 19, 2009

Conclusion

Throughout this blog assignment, the members of group two have gained a tremendous amount of information about Jeff Bezos, and the business structure and organization of Amazon.com. we found most interesting, considered a pioneer in online retailing, Amazon.com, expanded during the late 1990s to offer the "Earth's Biggest Selection" of books, CDs, videos, DVDs, electronics, toys, tools, home furnishings and housewares, apparel, and kitchen gadgets. Throughout the 1990s, the popularity of the Internet and World Wide Web swept across the world, and personal computers in most businesses and households got hooked up in some form or another to Internet providers and Web browser software. As use of the Internet became more prevalent in society, companies began looking to the Web as a new avenue for commerce. Selling products over the Internet offered a variety of choices and opportunities. One of the pioneers of e-commerce was Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com.

Studying Amazon.com, helped us learn and understand key MIS terms such as marketing mix, hardware, software, and databases and data warehouses, also how amazon through intelligent strategy is the worlds most successful online retailer.