The corpus consists of 1,128 German news articles from the years 2003 to 2009, collected from 29 general and business news websites. In each article, statements on the revenue of companies or markets were manually annotated, i.e., sentences and entities that refer to a statement are tagged and linked to each other.

From 2004 to 2023, the net revenue of Amazon e-commerce and service sales has increased tremendously. In the last reported year, the multinational e-commerce company's net revenue was almost 576 billion U.S. dollars, up from 514 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. Amazon.com, a U.S. electronic commerce company originally founded in 1994, is the world’s largest online retailer of books, clothing, electronics, music, and many more goods. As of 2022, the company generates the majority of it's net revenues through online retail product sales, followed by third-party retail seller services, cloud computing services, and retail subscription services including Amazon Prime. From seller to digital environment Through Amazon, consumers are able to purchase goods at a rather discounted price from both small and large companies as well as from other users. Both new and used goods are sold on the website. Due to the wide variety of goods available at prices which often undercut local brick-and-mortar retail offerings, Amazon has dominated the retailer market. As of 2022, Amazon’s brand worth amounts to over 281 billion U.S. dollars, topping the likes of companies such as Walmart, Ikea, as well as digital competitors Alibaba and eBay. One of Amazon's first forays into the world of hardware was its e-reader Kindle, one of the most popular e-book readers worldwide. More recently, Amazon has also released several series of own-branded products and a voice-controlled virtual assistant, Alexa. Headquartered in North America Due to its location, Amazon offers more services in North America than worldwide. As a result, the majority of the company’s net revenue in 2021 was actually earned in the United States and Canada. In 2022, approximately 316 billion U.S. dollars was earned in North America compared to only roughly 118 billion U.S. dollars internationally.

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Slack Statistics: Slack is a messaging app used in businesses that allows connecting people to information whenever they require it. This app was founded in 2013 but launched in the market in 2014 and has gained instant success by 2nd week the app had more than 15,000 users. It includes a variety of features that can be easily customized suitably as per the company’s needs. Modern days Slack can be replaced with both WhatsApp and email and this app can fix the same work in a better, faster, organized, and secure way. As of reports, in the 1st quarter of 2022, Slack had 20 million users which generated approximately $273.4 million in revenue. These Slack Statistics include insights from various aspects such as productivity, collaboration, and team dynamics that will shed light on how fast Slack is gaining popularity in the current business world. http://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/u2.png.jpg-1024x683.png" alt="" width="1024" height="683">(Source: techjury.com)

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The popularity of Slack has been on an epic rise for many years now, and there’s no sign of stopping its amazing growth.

Year	Daily Users	Monthly Users
2025	8.7 million	14.6 million
2024	12.6 million	21 million
2023	19.2 million	32.2 million
2022	25.7 million	43.1 million

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• As of date 2023, the active users of Slack turned out around 20 million.
• The revenue generated by the Slack app in 2022 was $273.4 million which has increased by 36% from 2021.
• In 2022, the paid Slack customers were above 169,000 increased by 39% from last year.
• By the end of 2025, the active users are expected to reach 79 million and the estimated daily users will be 47.2 million.
• It is estimated that $13.8 average revenue is going to be generated by paying Slack users and the overall revenue rate is supposed to be $4,271 million in 2025.
• In 2023 as of the latest data, the value of Slack was $26.51 billion and in 2022 it valued $26.23 billion.
• Slack is currently used for daily communication and managing projects reported by 65 Fortune companies out of the top 100 across the world in 2022.
• On weekdays Slack users usually spend around 9 hours on Slack and the rest was observed for at least 90 minutes.

Booking Holdings' global revenue increased by 25 percent in 2023 over the previous year. Overall, the company's total revenue, based on merchant, agency, advertising, and other types of revenue, amounted to roughly 21.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. That year, the net income of Booking Holdings worldwide exceeded four billion U.S. dollars. A major player in the online travel market Booking Holdings is one of the key players in the global online travel industry. In January 2024, booking.com - the site of Booking Holdings' leading brand - was the most visited travel and tourism website worldwide. As the company's earnings rose significantly in 2023 over the previous year, other online travel agencies (OTAs) reported a similar trend. For instance, global revenue of the Expedia Group, Booking Holdings' main competitor, experienced a 10 percent annual increase in 2023, surpassing the figures reported before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. What is Booking Holdings' leading business segment? Most bookings made through Booking Holdings are for room nights. In 2023, reservations of this type exceeding one billion. Meanwhile, Booking Holdings also offers transportation bookings, with over 70 million rental car days and 36 million airline tickets being booked through the company that year.

Revenue of leading online travel agencies (OTAs) worldwide increased significantly in 2022 compared to the previous year, following a sharp decline with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. That said, among the selected companies, only Booking Holdings and Airbnb reported higher revenues in 2022 compared to 2019. Overall, both before and after the impact of the health crisis, Booking Holdings recorded the highest figure, generating revenue of over 17 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. That year, the Expedia Group followed in the ranking, with revenue of approximately 11.7 billion U.S. dollars. What are the most visited travel websites? In January 2024, booking.com - the website of Booking Holdings' leading brand - topped the ranking of the most visited travel and tourism website worldwide, with just under 570 million visits. That month, tripadvisor.com, aribnb.com, and expedia.com followed on the list. When looking at the traffic breakdown of booking.com by country, the United States accounted for the highest share of website visits in January 2024, ahead of the United Kingdom and Germany. How big is the online travel market? As estimated by the Statista Mobility Market Insights, online sales channels in the travel and tourism market worldwide generated roughly 70 percent of total revenue in 2023. That year, global revenue of the travel and tourism market, including hotels, package holidays, vacation rentals, and cruises, exceeded 800 billion U.S. dollars.

In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, Chinese e-commerce corporation Alibaba Group recorded consolidated revenues of around 868.69 billion yuan. This translates to approximately 126.49 billion U.S. dollars.

Alibaba

Alibaba was originally founded in 1999 as a B2B e-commerce portal to connect Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers. In 2003, the service expanded to include Taobao, a C2C e-commerce marketplace and in 2008 Tmall, a B2C online commerce platform focused on brands and online retail. To round off the digital offerings, group shopping and flash sale website Juhuasuan was launched in 2010.

Overall, the largest portion of Alibaba Group revenues are generated through Chinese-based e-commerce as company data states 582.73 billion yuan segment revenue in 2023. That year, retail e-commerce in China accounted for 65 percent of company revenue. International commerce retail totaled 49.9 billion yuan of annual revenues. In that year, Alibaba Group’s net income amounted to 65.57 billion yuan, increasing steadily from over 47 billion yuan in the previous year

The group’s monetization model relies heavily on online marketing services including P2P marketing services, display marketing and promoted selling as well as commissions on transactions and storefront fees. Alibaba’s Chinese retail marketplaces had around 903 billion annual active buyers.

Alibaba also holds stakes in online video company Youku Tudou and entertainment company Alibaba Pictures.

This statistic shows revenue forecasts for 2012 and 2017 for the 10 fastest-growing industries in the United States. Revenue in the green & sustainable building construction industry is expected to grow from 103 billion U.S. dollars in 2012 to approximately 287 billion U.S. dollars by 2017.

In 2023, global retail e-commerce sales reached an estimated 5.8 trillion U.S. dollars. Projections indicate a 39 percent growth in this figure over the coming years, with expectations to surpass eight trillion dollars by 2027.

World players Among the key players on the world stage, the Chinese retail giant Alibaba holds the title of the largest e-commerce retailer globally, accounting for a 23 percent market share. Nevertheless, forecasts suggest that by 2027, Seattle-based e-commerce powerhouse Amazon will surpass Alibaba in estimated sales, reaching a staggering 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars in online sales.

Leading e-tailing countries The Chinese e-commerce market was the biggest worldwide in 2023, as internet sales constituted almost half of the country's retail transactions. Indonesia ranked second with the highest share of retail sales online (32 percent), closely trailed by the United Kingdom and South Korea, exceeding the 30 percent mark. That year, the up-and-coming e-commerce markets centered around Asia. The Philippines and India stood out as the swiftest-growing e-commerce markets based on online sales, anticipating a growth rate surpassing 20 percent.

First party e-commerce net sales generated by online stores of Walmart, Inc. represented approximately 12% of the total net sales of Walmart, Inc. in 2020. From their humble beginnings as a small discount retailer in Rogers, Ark., Walmart has opened thousands of stores in the U.S. and expanded internationally. Through innovation, they are creating a seamless experience to let customers shop anytime and anywhere online, through mobile devices and in stores. They are creating opportunities and bringing value to customers and communities around the globe. Walmart operates approximately 11,500 stores under 56 banners in 27 countries and eCommerce websites in 10 countries. They employ more than 2.2 million associates around the world — nearly 1.5 million in the U.S. alone.