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Amazon Acquires Zappos.com

On July 22, 2009, Amazon acquired e-commerce company Zappos.com for 807M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Amazon’s 5th transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is Amazon’s 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Amazon’s 17th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Amazon’s 1st transaction in Nevada.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-07-22
Target Zappos.com
Sector E-Commerce
Buyer(s) Amazon
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 807M USD

Target

Zappos.com

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Zappos' headquarters in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
Zappos' headquarters in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
Zappos.com, Inc. is an online shoe retailer with a strong emphasis on providing high levels of customer service and support. Zappos.com, Inc. was formed in 1999 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Amazon

Seattle, Washington, United States
Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,525,000
Revenue 638.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.

Amazon is an e-commerce retailer and provider of web services. Amazon enables millions of products to be sold through its website and by third parties across a variety of product categories. Customers access Amazon directly and through mobile websites and apps. Amazon was founded in 1994 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 80
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 5 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 20 of 70
State: Nevada M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 17 of 57
Year: 2009 M&A 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-16 SnapTell

Palo Alto, California, United States

SnapTell, Inc. is an image recognition based mobile marketing company, maker of the Apple's iPhone software applications that enables end-user to take a picture of the product they want to buy online such as cover of DVD, book and Magazines, and connecting to online store to purchase it.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-20 LOVEFiLM International

London, United Kingdom

LOVEFiLM International Limited is an home entertainment companies. It is one of the most respected entertainment and film sites in Europe. It was the first company to deliver online-DVD to the mass market in the UK and other key markets in Europe.

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