Amazon UK is 10 today

Website celebrates a decade of UK online shopping dominance 1 minute ago | The UK leg of Amazon's website celebrates its 10-year birthday today. Although the American side of the company started back in 1994, when founder Jeff Bezos launched the site as an online book-seller, the UK version took another four years to go live. Since then, the company has grown from small-time bookseller to big-time electronics retailer, taking a dip into musical waters with the launch of its music store and looking to the future of reading with its (US only) Kindle. 10 Amazon facts To celebrate the fact that Amazon has hit a landmark age, here's 10 things you may not know about the website… 1 The UK software development plant for the company is based in Ricky Gervais' favourite town, Slough. 2 In 2008, the... [read full story]