But when the lawyer of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon misheard the name as “cadaver”, he changed the name to Amazon.
One, to suggest scale (Amazon.com launched with the tagline “Earth’s biggest bookstore”) and two, back then website listings were often alphabetical.
One more interesting thing about Amazon is, it’s logo began as an abstract river design.
In current logo design, a smile begins under a and ends with z (in the name of Amazon) which means they offer anything from A to Z to their online customers.
Here is one more interesting thing which you might not have heard and that is, founder of Amazon, Bezos is currently involved in a project to build a 10,000 Year Clock.Amazon has developed a merited impression for owning the internet shopping market, yet contenders like Walmart are hoping to increase the targeted market.
In 2015, by market capitalization, Amazon crossed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the US.