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Amazon.com went live from a rented house in Bellevue, Washington, selling books out of a garage-scale operation with a catalogue it did not stock. Within a month it had shipped to all fifty states and forty-five countries.

Valve took Dota 2 out of its two-year beta and released it free to play on Steam on 9 July 2013. It is Steam's second most-played game this week, with a peak of 790,564 concurrent players in the week to 2 October 2026.

A stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 perpetual calendar chronograph sold at Phillips in Geneva on 12 November 2016 for CHF 11,002,000, more than tripling its estimate. It became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction.

Valve released Counter-Strike 2 on 27 September 2023, replacing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on the same Steam page as a free update built on the Source 2 engine. It is Steam's most-played game this week, with a peak of 1,160,588 concurrent players in the week to 2 October 2026.

Mytheresa closed its purchase of YOOX Net-a-Porter from Richemont, giving Richemont a 33% stake in Mytheresa in exchange, after signing the binding agreement in October 2024; the combined company was renamed LuxExperience.

Salesforce told Washington state it was permanently laying off 93 workers across its Seattle and Bellevue offices from 3 November 2025, the same week it noticed 262 cuts in San Francisco.

Richemont's group sales rose to €22.4 billion, up 11% at constant exchange rates, with operating profit of €4.5 billion for the year ended 31 March 2026, led by its Jewellery Maisons Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels.

Sony cut a significant share of Bungie, including most of the Destiny team and some Marathon staff; a Washington WARN filing counts 292 jobs at its Bellevue studio, from a headcount of about 800.

Mega Darkrai ex leads the fifth Mega Evolution expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, over 115 cards with Mega Zeraora ex, Mega Chandelure ex and Mega Excadrill ex.

The Pokémon Trading Card Game's 30th-anniversary expansion, the first set released simultaneously worldwide, puts a foil card in every slot, a Pikachu rare in every pack and 30 different Pikachu illustrations.

Mega Rayquaza ex leads the sixth Mega Evolution expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, over 135 cards with Mega Golurk ex, Mega Malamar ex and Mega Golisopod ex.

Richemont's corporate calendar lists 13 November 2026 for its interim results covering the six months to 30 September 2026, the next scheduled test of the group's growth after a strong FY26 and Q1 FY27.