More Than Just an Online Retailer

More Than Just an Online Retailer
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While most people know Amazon for its namesake e-commerce platform, the world’s most popular online retailer has expanded its business considerably over the past few years.

According to the company’s latest earnings report, online retail, excluding commissions from third-party sellers, accounted for just 49 percent of Amazon’s revenue in the second quarter of 2019, down from 63 percent two years earlier.

The chart breaks down Amazon’s revenue by operating segment, illustrating how far the company has come since starting as an online bookstore in the 1990s.