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Record investment in the U.S. market e-commerce - buying corporation Amazon online store for children's products Diapers.com $ 545 million, but the largest number in a segment of Internet sales for the year 2010 - $ 1.028 billion in the same amount earned online shops U.S. is the "hot" day of the year, "Cyber". Speaking about the deal between Amazon and Quidsi (company-owned Diapers.com), not to mention "no gentleman" behavior of "Amazon". After a series of failures of Internet hypermarket engaged in price competition - has reduced prices on some items that make up the "core" directory Diapers.com, such as diapers (born diapers). What e-commerce projects were interested in the Internet giant U.S. in 2010? Apart from Diapers.com, the corporation invested in the Amazon service collective purchases LivingSocial. This competitor Groupon, claiming sales of $ 1 million per day in 2011 to reach the target of $ 500 million a day. Draft Living Social got from Amazon about $ 175 million, increasing the amount of funds up to $ 232 million addition, under the control of Amazon went shopping service collective Woot (implements, mainly electronics). The declared value of the transaction - $ 110 million Hundreds of millions of dollars that Amazon has invested in social shopping - nothing compared with the plans Google. According to rumors, the search engine corporation offered to owners of service Groupon $ 6 billion, but the deal fell through. Last major investment in the U.S. market e-commerce - an agreement between eBay and service Milo, showing the prices of goods in the brick and mortar stores. Although the information (informal) about buying Milo for $ 75 million came only in December, the service is already integrated with a mobile barcode scanner RedLaser, which is owned by eBay. It is worth noting that the corporation is actively investing outside the U.S. - so a few days ago representatives of the eBay announced the purchase of a European shopping club Brands4friends, realizing clothing fashion brands at discount prices. The amount of the transaction is valued at $ 200 million