"The fact is that Amazon has always been a logistics and supply-chain company," argued Michael Zakkour, Vice President of Global E-commerce Practices at Tompkins International while being interviewed by Business Insider. When you think about Amazon’s rise to fame as the most beloved e-commerce store around the world, Zukkour is definitely on to something. Amazon has arguably been successful since its inception in Jeff Bezos’ garage in 1994. But it was their introduction of free two-day shipping in 2005 that really got businesses and customers’ attention.