Amazon Acquires Kiva Systems

March 20, 2012

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Amazon.com is making its biggest acquisition since the 2009 purchase of Zappos.com, agreeing to pay $775 million for Kiva Systems Inc., a maker of robots that move items around warehouses....

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Source: Bloomberg

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