Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)(3.6%) (AMZN – $511.89 – NASDAQ) opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon.
From GAMCO's Growth Fund third quarter 2015 commentary.
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