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'''Amazon.com''' is the United States' largest online retailer.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite web|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/technology-a-surprise-from-amazon-its-first-profit.html|author=Saul Hansell|date=Jan 23 2002|accessdate=Apr 26 2009|format=HTML|title=TECHNOLOGY; A Surprise From Amazon: Its First Profit|language=English|publisher=New York Times Co.}}</ref> After being founded in 1995, the company did not make its first quarterly profit until 2001.<ref name="nyt1"/> If individuals make purchases from ''Amazon Smile'', the company donates a portion of the sale to a [[charity]] of the buyer's choice, such as International Christian Concern.<ref name="Holiday2014">{{cite book|last=Holiday|first=Ryan|title=Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NZoiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28|accessdate=31 October 2014|date=30 September 2014|publisher=Penguin Group US|isbn=9780698176911|page=28|quote=You can set up a special subdomain on your ecommerce site where a percentage of every purchase users make goes to a charity of their choice (which is what Amazon did with Smile.Amazon.com this year to great success, proving that even a successful company can find little growth hacks).}}</ref> In 2014, Amazon announced that it would be partnering with [[Twitter]], an agreement that allows individuals to make purchases using a hashtag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theaussieseo.com/2014/05/26/top-e-commerce-tips-boost-position-search-engines/|title=Twitter And Amazon Join Forces|date=15 May 2014|accessdate=31 October 2014|quote=In a recent announcement Amazon made it’s affiliation with Twitter public. It will allow it’s users to buy products using a hashtag. The service is already available in the US and United Kingdom.}}</ref>
'''Amazon.com''' is the United States' largest online retailer.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite web|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/technology-a-surprise-from-amazon-its-first-profit.html|author=Saul Hansell|date=Jan 23 2002|accessdate=Apr 26 2009|format=HTML|title=TECHNOLOGY; A Surprise From Amazon: Its First Profit|language=English|publisher=New York Times Co.}}</ref> After being founded in 1995, the company did not make its first quarterly profit until 2001.<ref name="nyt1"/> If individuals make purchases from ''Amazon Smile'', the company donates a portion of the sale to a [[charity]] of the buyer's choice, such as International Christian Concern.<ref name="Holiday2014">{{cite book|last=Holiday|first=Ryan|title=Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NZoiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28|accessdate=31 October 2014|date=30 September 2014|publisher=Penguin Group US|isbn=9780698176911|page=28|quote=You can set up a special subdomain on your ecommerce site where a percentage of every purchase users make goes to a charity of their choice (which is what Amazon did with Smile.Amazon.com this year to great success, proving that even a successful company can find little growth hacks).}}</ref>
In 2014, Amazon announced that it would be partnering with [[Twitter]], an agreement that allows individuals to make purchases using a hashtag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theaussieseo.com/2014/05/26/top-e-commerce-tips-boost-position-search-engines/|title=Twitter And Amazon Join Forces|date=15 May 2014|accessdate=31 October 2014|quote=In a recent announcement Amazon made it’s affiliation with Twitter public. It will allow it’s users to buy products using a hashtag. The service is already available in the US and United Kingdom.}}</ref>
Amazon.com is one of the most common ways to purchase for many who practice [[preparedness]] and [[survivalism]].
==See Also==
* '''[[Supply chain]]:''' [[Just in time|Just in Time]] distribution system and [[Transportation]]
* '''Warehouse Stores:''': [[Wal-Mart]], [[Costco]] and [[Amazon.com]]
* '''[[Food distribution system]]:''' [[Transportation]] ([[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, [[railroad]], and [[airplane]]s), [[warehouse|warehousing]] (such as [[Amazon.com]], [[Costco]]), and [[retail]] facilities (such as [[Wal-Mart]]) which move [[food]] from the [[food production system]] to [[consumer]]s.
* '''[[Infrastructure]]:''' [[Essay:Systems of support|Systems of support]]
* [[Essay:Alternative systems of support|Alternative systems of support]]
* '''[[Food production system]]:''' Modern industrial big [[Agriculture|Agri-business]] versus [[Permaculture]]
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Systems of Support]]
[[Category:Companies]]
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