The growth of the everthing store: Amazon and it's impact on shipping & retail

The Growth of the Everything Store In 2005, Amazon celebrated its 10-year-anniversary by launching Amazon Prime. Here's how it's grown in the 10 years since. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Amazon.com Total Revenue (in billions) 88.9 74.45 61,09 48.08 342 24/51 19/17 10/71 14,84 8.49 Amazon.com Employees (Full and Part-Time) 154/100 117,300 88,400 56,200 33,700 24,300 9,000 20,700 12,000 17,000 Amazon.com Inc. Share Price (AMZN) *Share price at 1/1 of each year 358.69 265.50 435.85 125.41 169.64 43.22 44,82 77.70 58.82 37,87 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Major Product Launches And Acquisitions amazon.com Prime $79 annual membership program launches, offering free shipping on all purchases. amazon Prime instant video Prime Instant kindle Zappos First generation Primen:W kindle released. Acquires Zappos Free two-hour delivery on Video released. for 1.2 billion. 25,000 "essential products." audible kindle fire HD amazon V webservices™ Kindle Fire HD Acquires Audible for $300 million. released. amazonstudios Simple Storage Service (S3) Online file storage service amazonat TV shows, movies and comics piloted and green-lit based on crowd-sourced feedback, launches. Initial listings include a $4.85 million Norman Rockwell. Breaking the Big Boxes For perspective, here's how Amazon's growth compares to two of their big box competitors - Sears and Best Buy. Amazon Best Buy Sears 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Revenue 8.49 27.43 19.70 10.71 14.84 19.17 40.02 50.70 24.51 45.02 30.84 35.93 34.2 48.08 61.09 50.70 49.12* 49.69 49.74 74.45 88.99 53.01 46.77 41.72 40.61 43.36 42.66 41.56 39.85 36.18 Employees 9k 100k 12k 109k 355k 17k 140k 20.7k 24.3k 150k 33.7k 155k 322k 56.2k 88.4k 150k 337k 117.3k 154.1k 352k 180k 167k 293k 324k 165k 140k 242k 312k 274k Share Price Percentage Change from Jan. 2005 AMZN: BBY: SHLD: +18.28 +26.23 +32.00 +20.73 +6779 +8.08 -13.36 +113.25 +22.73 +201.46 +318.81 +302.83 +453.57 +795.10 -26.73 -58.07 +0.76 -10.69 -29.07 +3.18 -38.67 -71.50 -66.07 -60.07 -53.38 +0.27 +2.70 Sources: http://www.statista.com/statistics/234488/number-of-amazon-employees/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/266282/annual-net-revenue-of-amazoncom/ http://amazongenius.com/timeline-history-amazon-com/ https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chfde h=0&chdet=1433531400000&chddm=1363368&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NASDAQ:SHLD;NYSE shorr padkagin or. :BBY&cmptdms=0;0&q=NASDAQ:AMZN&&fc https://web.archive.org/web/ https://web.archive.org/web/ https://web.archive.org/web/200511050 https://web.archive.org/web/200611280401* https://web.archive.org/web/2 https://web.archive.org/web/20130415000000*/http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=bby http://www.gurufocus.com/financials.php?symbol=bby#sh http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?ticker=BBY http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/shld/revenue-eps kei=Ne9xVbmRAom3rQHHi4DYCw ance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AMZN finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AMZN /finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AMZN finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=AMZN p00/http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=shld