Endless.com
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| name = Endless.com
| logo = Endless.com_logo.png
| type = Subsidiary
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| foundation = 2007
| owner = Amazon
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| industry = Retail
| products = Shoes, handbags and accessories
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| homepage = [http://www.endless.com www.endless.com]
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Endless.com was an American e-commerce site owned by Amazon, focused exclusively on shoes and accessories.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/01/05/amazoncom-launches-independent-endlesscom/|title=Amazon.com launches independent Endless.com|last=Poland|first=Steve|date=5 January 2007|publisher=techcrunch.com|access-date=2009-09-07}} Amazon closed Endless.com on September 27, 2012, and directed its customers to Amazon.com/Fashion.{{cite news | date = September 19, 2012 | access-date = September 21, 2013 | work = Reuters | title = Amazon.com Inc is closing its fashion website endless.com as the world's largest Internet retailer focuses on a new, upgraded apparel and accessories section of its main website. | first = Alistair | last = Barr | url= http://in.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-endless-idINBRE88H1DN20120918 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306111310/http://in.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-endless-idINBRE88H1DN20120918 | url-status= dead | archive-date= March 6, 2016 }}
Endless.com was created in December 2007 by Amazon, as their first separate e-commerce brand.Dara Kerr, [https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-shutters-popular-shoe-site-endless-com/ "Amazon shutters popular shoe site endless.com,"] CNET, September 18, 2012. Launched sites in Japan, the UK, France and Germany mirroring Endless.com's business under the name Javari.FT.com, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9bc90b4-17e7-11de-8c9d-0000779fd2ac.html Amazon launches accessories brand in Japan], Financial Times, March 23, 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.retail-week.com/multichannel/online-retail/amazon-launches-standalone-footwear-site-javari/5006881.article|title=Amazon launches standalone footwear site Javari|last=Stabe|first=Martin|publisher=retail-week.com|access-date=2009-10-02}}
It was announced on July 22, 2009, that Amazon would buy online shoe retailer Zappos for $940 million in a stock and cash deal.
{{cite news | date = July 22, 2009 | access-date = July 24, 2009 | work = CNet News | title = Amazon to snap up Zappos | first = Caroline | last = McCarthy | url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10293262-93.html }}
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External links
- [https://www.amazon.com/fashion Amazon.com/Fashion]
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Category:Online retailers of the United States
Category:Internet properties established in 2007
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