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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Rachel Pugh & Paige Freshwater

Amazon customers feel 'silly' when they realise the logo contains more than a smile

Amazon has a logo which virtually everybody knows -or at least they think they do. The Amazon logo is underlined by a curved arrow from the letter A to the letter Z, which looks remarkably like a smiley face.

But while the Amazon logo looks like a smile, it also has another meaning - which makes a lot of sense. Amazon shoppers are just finding this out. Now they feel 'silly'.

The company has undergone dramatic changes since its public launch in 1997 - including revamping its logo six times. In 2000, Amazon changed its logo to include the iconic curved tick under the letters 'A' and 'Z', which is said to represent the smile of its happy customers.

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