Amazon.com Has Best Season Ever
The economic downturn apparently hasn't dashed everyone's Christmas spirits -- Internet commerce site Amazon.com announced Friday that the 2008 holiday season finished as its best ever, with over 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on the peak day, Dec. 15, which is a record-breaking 72.9 items per second.
Amazon holiday facts (as reported in a company press release):
- From Nov. 15-Dec. 10, sold one copy of Microsoft Office every 2.5 minutes
- The weight of all GPS devices sold since Black Friday equals 151 Mini Coopers
- Sold enough high-performance headphones that everyone attending the last three Super Bowls could grab a set and rock out
- Sold enough coffee to give each resident of Seattle a cup per day for two months
- Sold enough Spalding basketballs to fill three C-130 cargo planes
Amazon bestsellers (Nov. 15- Dec. 19 based on units ordered):
- Electronics: Samsung's 52-inch LCD HDTV; Apple iPod touch 8GB; Acer Aspire One netbook; Nintendo Wii
- DVDs: "Wall-E," "The Dark Knight" for Blu-ray and "The Dark Knight"
- Music: "Fearless," Taylor Swift; "And Winter Came," Enya; "Twilight" soundtrack
Meanwhile, Wal-Mart is trying to cash in on the Apple iPhone 3G frenzy by offering the device beginning Sunday. The retailer will offer the black 8GB model for $197 and the 16GB black or white model for $297 with a new two-year service agreement from AT&T or qualified upgrade, according to a press release. Wal-Mart will also match the price of any local competitor's advertised price.
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